The Last Waltz 2019 Tour In Association With Robbie Robertson Kicks Off This November

September 4, 2019
By: Blackbird Presents

Robbie Robertson, Sebastian Robertson, and Keith Wortman of Blackbird Presents are thrilled to announce the return of the highly acclaimed The Last Waltz Tour. This epic tour captures the excitement of The Band’s historic 1976 Thanksgiving concert at the famed Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco hailed as one of the greatest rock concerts of all time.

The multi-city tour kicks off at the legendary Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on November 5, 2019, and continues throughout November making stops at historic venues across the east coast. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 6, 2019, at 10 AM (Local Time) at [thelastwaltz.com]. * Saint Augustine Amphitheatre tickets will go on sale September 13, at 10 AM. VIP packages, including great seats and exclusive merchandise, will be available. Tour dates and venues are listed here.

The Last Waltz Tour 2019: A Celebration of The Band’s Historic Farewell Concert features a star-studded lineup led by GRAMMY® Award-winning guitar legend and vocalist Warren Haynes and GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/musician Don Was, with Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, John Medeski, Terence Higgins, and Mark Mullins & The Levee Horns featuring the original horn arrangements of Allen Toussaint. Very special guests Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers), Dave Malone (The Radiators), and Bob Margolin (Longtime Muddy Waters guitarist who performed with Waters and The Band in the original Last Waltz) will be featured throughout the tour.

Over forty years ago, The Band performed their final concert to a sold-out crowd with a whos-who of Rock’N Roll royalty in attendance. “As far as farewells go, this one was major,” stated Rolling Stone Magazine in 2016 expose about the famed concert. The evening culminated with “Don’t Do It,” The Band’s cover of Marvin Gaye’s “Baby Don’t You Do It.” After the last note, Robbie Robertson, The Bands’ lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member, said “Goodnight. Goodbye.” walking off stage, forever immortalizing this epic event.

“It is such an honor that the musical celebration of The Last Waltz and The Band carries on today. Blackbird Presents and this extraordinary lineup of talent makes me proud to be a part of this ongoing and wonderful tradition.” Says Robbie Robertson.

The Last Waltz Tour: A Celebration of The Band’s Historic Farewell Concert is an extension of Blackbird Present’s acclaimed 2016 two-night, sold-out concert event The Last Waltz New Orleans and 2017’s The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Tour which was praised by audiences and critics across the country. “You soon knew that The Band’s legacy would be well feted. Earplugs were required — for the crowd, not the band,” wrote the Huffington Post in its review of the show at the Orpheum in Boston, Massachusetts. “The last 30 minutes of The Last Waltz @SaengerNOLA was the best thing I’ve heard @jazzfest,” said Keith Spera, music critic, The New Orleans Advocate.

“We are excited to be working closely with Robbie, Warren, Don and our incredible lineup of musicians and special guests on the latest incarnation of The Last Waltz Tour.” Says Keith Wortman, “This year’s tour will introduce fans to some very special never-heard-before arrangements of the classic hits from that Thanksgiving night in 1976.”

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Didn't they do this already? Decently cool thing to do one or two times around, not really the type of thing I think that needs to be toured. Go watch the movie or play the album. Could be pretty interesting if Robbie was actually particpating as he never plays live anymore, but doesn't appear to be that way and don't really care about this thing having his support. Love that show and film, but he's been talking that event up since what feels like 5 years before it even happened. There's being proud and then there's just being annoying about it, and he's been the latter for an awfully long time now.

Not sure that concert is one for me, but I’m looking forward to the movie Once We Were Brothers, about Robbie and The Band. It’s playing at the Toronto Film Festival this month but haven’t been able to snag a ticket yet, it’s that popular.

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Didn't they do this already?

The Last Waltz Tour: A Celebration of The Band’s Historic Farewell Concert is an extension of Blackbird Present’s acclaimed 2016 two-night, sold-out concert event The Last Waltz New Orleans and 2017’s The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Tour which was praised by audiences and critics across the country.

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Doesn't look like Robbie Robertson is actually playing. Hard pass.

Where is Garth Hudson then??????? gimme a break. but!!!!!!sounds great......

Say it isn't so. Watching the movie of the actual event and listening to the album should be fine with anyone. Regardless of how well the performers play the songs, it's just a cover version of the real thing.

Would like to see Garth as part of this or at least make the offer!

Also would love to hear Robbie play as well.

Garth Hudson was a special guest at several dates on the 2017 Last Waltz Tour. Would guess he's got an open invitation for this tour, too.

Robbie gets a key to the city(whatever that is) while in Toronto...

Robbie says Toronto is his "hood"

guess what city is not included in this tour,,

Robbie is a great musician, but has always been a hypocrite, and continues to be

Levon description of how Robbie dealt with his bandmates more than proves that point

Goodnight and Goodbye for Robbie as the Band carried on without him and replaced him with an even better guitarist than he was/will ever be in Jimmy Weider a master of the Telecaster if there ever was one and who could play circles around Mr. I want to quit the road before it kills me like Jimi and Janice as if he had half the talent of those and his one and only real claim to fame IMHO is his connection/friendship with Martin Scorese . Talk about living on fumes .Reminds me sort of kind of Michael Lang of Woodstock fame .

This show was supposed to be a one-time performance when it was first announced for the night of the second Saturday of 2016 New Orleans Jazzfest. Tickets were priced accordingly. Then a second night in New Orleans was added, followed by the 2017 tour. I saw the show in New Orleans and then the 2017 tour stop near DC. But this new tour is not calling my name. It just feels like the people involved are milking it.

"The Band’s historic 1976 Thanksgiving concert at the famed Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco hailed as one of the greatest rock concerts of all time."

That's certainly debatable. I've seen better Grateful Dead shows. The Who's Quadrophenia tour in 1996 was stellar, especially the live broadcast of the NYC show.

Love the Band and the Last Waltz. What a lineup.

Robbie was and is obviously a big part of that.

Their saga seems to be a true case of the sum being better than the parts.

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Didn't they do this already? Decently cool thing to do one or two times around, not really the type of thing I think that needs to be toured. Go watch the movie or play the album. Could be pretty interesting if Robbie was actually particpating as he never plays live anymore, but doesn't appear to be that way and don't really care about this thing having his support. Love that show and film, but he's been talking that event up since what feels like 5 years before it even happened. There's being proud and then there's just being annoying about it, and he's been the latter for an awfully long time now.

LOL!! I immediately thought about the film director Peter Bogdanovich who did The Last Picture Show in 1971 and hasn't shut up about it since! Talk about annoying as Hell!!

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Didn't they do this already? Decently cool thing to do one or two times around, not really the type of thing I think that needs to be toured. Go watch the movie or play the album. Could be pretty interesting if Robbie was actually particpating as he never plays live anymore, but doesn't appear to be that way and don't really care about this thing having his support. Love that show and film, but he's been talking that event up since what feels like 5 years before it even happened. There's being proud and then there's just being annoying about it, and he's been the latter for an awfully long time now.

LOL!! I immediately thought about the film director Peter Bogdanovich who did The Last Picture Show in 1971 and hasn't shut up about it since! Talk about annoying as Hell!!

Good one

Weider, great player but could he wrote songs like Robbie? They weren't the same even live without Robbie.

The original concert took place at the Winterland in SF and these guys aren’t playing west of Chicago? LOL!

say what you will about Robbie - he wrote those timeless songs.

He may have written them...but Rick Danko's haunting voice and harmonies are what makes those songs so amazing.....

… and don't forget Richard Manuel …..
the sadness the loneliness in his voice .. ….
His vocals on Bobby Bland's-- Share Your Love always slay me …..



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Weider, great player but could he wrote songs like Robbie? They weren't the same even live without Robbie.

Robbie was a master thief of written material mostly that Levon Helm and Rick Danko wrote and then lo and behold when it got to the publishing it had Robbie Robertson written as the credit .

Great songwriters all steal left and right. it's part of their craft.

Clearly the sum was greater than than the parts as far as The Band is concerned. Nothing post Band compared to anything any of the members did as a group.

The Weight | Featuring Robbie Robertson | Playing For Change | Song Around The World

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That was pretty nice , except they forgot to turn off Robbie's mic . The Band would , and why not when you had the most beautiful 3 part harmonies from Danko, Helm , and Manuel !

Its good for what it is. Thank God they don't let Robertson sing. He did at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame was atrocious. He was a smart man in writing beautiful songs and giving them to much better singers to actually sing.

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Have to give him credit here, The Weight, and all other Band songs, are still as good as they've ever been. He was a @#$%& hell of a songwriter, and plays great guitar. I can't ever take that away from him.



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There is a wonderful video of Robbie Robertson & Ringo and a world-wide assortment of musicians playing The Weight. It is a wonderful song, performance, video and an amazing logistical feat to watch. It has heart and perhaps hope for us all. I hope this link works. Otherwise you can look it up at The Rolling Stone Mag site or You Tube. Sorry if there is an ad. Maybe someone can fix that.

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Watched it yesterday...wonderful video. Got me emotional seeing people from all over the world being united by their love for music.

It seems like Ringo just stopped aging 25 years ago.