"accident in Texas, Robertson urged the Band to retire from touring, and conceived of a massive ""farewell concert"" known as ""The Last Waltz"". Following an October 30th appearance on ""Saturday Night Live"", the event, including turkey dinner for the audience of 5,000, was held on November 25 (Thanksgiving Day) of 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, and featured a horn section with arrangements by Allen Toussaint and a stellar list of guests, including Canadian artists Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. Two of the guests were fundamental to the Band's existence and growth: Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan."
"the group's final full-fledged tour in the summer of 1976, Manuel was still recovering from a car accident earlier in the year; several tour dates were subsequently canceled after a power-boating accident near Austin, Texas that necessitated the hiring of Tibetan healers in a scenario reminiscent of Robertson's pre-show hypnosis before their first concert as The Band at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in April 1969. The quality of the shows was frequently contingent upon Manuel's relative sobriety. As he could no longer sustain the high vocal register of ""Tears of Rage"" or ""In a Station,"" his most notable contributions were"
"The Band The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group including Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals). The members of the Band first came together as rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins's Toronto, Ontario-based backing group, the Hawks, which they joined one by one between 1958 and 1963. In 1964, they separated from Hawkins, after which they toured and released a few singles as Levon and the Hawks and the Canadian Squires. The next year, Bob Dylan hired them for his U.S. tour in 1965 and"
"confined to impassioned, raging versions of the prophetic ""The Shape I'm In,"" ""Rockin' Chair"" and ""King Harvest (Has Surely Come)."" The Band played its final show as its original configuration at Winterland on Thanksgiving Day of 1976. The concert was filmed in 35 mm by Robertson confederate and longtime Band fan Martin Scorsese for the documentary ""The Last Waltz"". Manuel can be heard, but barely seen, singing ""I Shall Be Released,"" surrounded by guest stars. While Manuel's famed sense of humor and warm, congenial nature emerged in the interview segments, so did his shyness, deferential attitude – and inebriation. Initially"
"be going on an indefinite hiatus, saying that some of the members felt they needed a break from the band, as well as that all of them had decided to focus on their own projects outside of the band for the time being. The band announced that they would play a short series of farewell shows in December: three shows in Toronto and two shows in St. John's. The band played their final show on December 22, 2017 at Mile One Centre, St. John's Newfoundland & Labrador, to a capacity crowd. It featured a heartfelt compilation vignette of the band's"
"over 120 dates. Some early concerts in 1977 were performed with a hand-picked orchestra and choir, but the idea was shelved after 18 shows with the band due to budget constraints. The final concert with the orchestra and choir took place on 26 August 1977 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal that was attended by an estimated 78,000 people, the highest attended Emerson, Lake & Palmer concert as a solo act. It was released in 1979 as ""Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert"" and reached No. 73 in the US. Emerson wished for a double album release, but Atlantic Records"
"Band over the course of their career, including a joint 1974 tour. The original configuration of the Band ended its touring career in 1976 with an elaborate performance at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California that featured numerous musical celebrities of the era. This performance was filmed for Martin Scorsese's 1978 documentary ""The Last Waltz"". Although the members of the group intended to continue working on studio projects, they drifted apart after the release of ""Islands"" in March 1977. The Band resumed touring in 1983 without Robertson, who had found success with a solo career and as a Hollywood music"
"Bond (Canadian band) Bond was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s, most noted for garnering a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1976. The band released just one album during its lifetime, and had a hit single with ""Dancin' (On a Saturday Night)"" in 1975, but never released another album or had another hit single before breaking up in 1979. Formed in Toronto, Ontario in the late 1960s as Common Bond, the band shortened its name to Bond in 1970. The band underwent frequent lineup changes, with vocalist and guitarist Bill Dunn as"
"and Canada, including six consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden in New York and five nights at The Forum in Los Angeles. However, a planned Latin American leg in Mexico, Brazil, and Venezuela for the balance of August was cancelled due to a combination of currency fluctuations and security concerns. Four additional US dates were then added, culminating in a final performance on 8 August at Rich Stadium near Buffalo, New York. The 1977 live album ""Love You Live"" has ""Fingerprint File"" and ""It's Only Rock 'n Roll"" from Toronto, 17 June 1975 and ""Sympathy for the Devil"" from Los"
"Jubilation (The Band album) Jubilation is the tenth and final studio album by Canadian/American rock group the Band. Recorded in the spring of 1998 in Levon Helm's home studio in Woodstock, New York, it was released on September 15, 1998. For the first time since the group reformed without guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson, there were more originals than covers. Songs include ""Last Train to Memphis"", featuring guest guitarist Eric Clapton, Garth Hudson's solo instrumental closer ""French Girls"", Rick Danko's ""High Cotton"" and the ode to Ronnie Hawkins, ""White Cadillac"". On only one track, ""If I Should Fail"", do all"
"Jubilation (The Band album) Jubilation is the tenth and final studio album by Canadian/American rock group the Band. Recorded in the spring of 1998 in Levon Helm's home studio in Woodstock, New York, it was released on September 15, 1998. For the first time since the group reformed without guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson, there were more originals than covers. Songs include ""Last Train to Memphis"", featuring guest guitarist Eric Clapton, Garth Hudson's solo instrumental closer ""French Girls"", Rick Danko's ""High Cotton"" and the ode to Ronnie Hawkins, ""White Cadillac"". On only one track, ""If I Should Fail"", do all"
"the Band through their final three albums (""Jericho"", ""High on the Hog"", and ""Jubilation""). He was credited as a co-writer of ""The Caves of Jericho"", from the album ""Jericho"". The death of Rick Danko in 1999 essentially ended the association known as the Band. In later years, Bell performed as keyboard player with Canadian roots-rock performers such as Colin Linden, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Kathleen Edwards. At the time of his death, the Toronto-based musician had been performing regularly as a keyboardist, songwriter and occasional vocalist with the Porkbelly Futures and Danny Brooks & the Rockin' Revelators. (He"
"14 and 15 September 1982, the band performed their last two gigs in the US with Mercury on lead vocals, those concerts were held at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The band stopped touring North America after their Hot Space Tour, as their success there had waned, although they would perform on American television for the only time during the eighth-season premiere of ""Saturday Night Live"" on 25 September of the same year; it became the final public performance of the band in North America before the death of their frontman. Queen left Elektra Records, their label in the US,"
"stage after only two numbers, forcing a makeup performance three weeks later. Lead singer Roger Daltrey explained that Moon was very ill, adding ""Why do our tours always start like this,"" obviously referring to the incident at the Cow Palace during the first show of their 1973 North American tour, when Moon also collapsed. The band's second North American trip featured Moon's final U.S. concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum in Seattle, Washington on 14 October, as well as his final concert before a paying crowd at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 21 October. The group would not perform"
"The Best of the Band The Best of the Band is the first greatest hits package by Canadian-American rock group The Band. Featuring ten tracks taken from six of their first seven albums (not counting 1974's ""Before the Flood"" or 1975's ""The Basement Tapes"", both with Bob Dylan), it featured two tracks from the first, second, third and seventh albums, one each from the fourth and fifth, rounded out by the early 1975 single ""Twilight"". An album of the same title was released in UK on the Fame label with different cover and some different tracks. The Band's version of"
"also wanted to include more recent footage, resulting in a special concert being scheduled on 15 December 1977 at the Gaumont State Cinema in Kilburn, London. This was the band's first show since 21 October 1976, when they concluded their last tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Unfortunately the group proved rusty and this performance was considered unsatisfactory and ultimately not used in the film, save clips of a brief Pete Townshend speech and of the band leaving the stage. Although the Kilburn footage was largely scrapped, ""My Wife"" did appear on the film's soundtrack and eventually most of"
"However, the US tour during which the arrest occurred was their last. The band played their final concert on June 29, at Mile High Stadium in Denver (less than two months before Hendrix's iconic solo performance at Woodstock). There were no new album releases from them during 1969. Hendrix's management later stated that concert promoters were apprehensive about booking him until after the matter had been resolved. According to Cross, ""By far the most extraordinary aspect of Jimi Hendrix's drug bust in Toronto on May 3, 1969, was how little press it generated."" Despite the fact that Hendrix was one"
"single ""Shelter"", whose lyrics call for help for Montréal's homeless. The video for ""Shelter"" includes footage of squeegee kids and panhandlers interspersed with shots of the band performing in an abandoned building and under a highway overpass. The band performed what was to be a final concert on September 2, 2006 at the Cafe Campus in Montréal after a brief farewell tour through southern Ontario. However, in July and August 2014, the band reunited for four shows in Oshawa, Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto. They were joined on the reunion tour by trombonist Patty Taylor of the Planet Smashers. General"
"February 2004, the band announced via their website that they would be dissolving, thanking their fans and stating that ""unfortunately, all good things must come to an end eventually, so, this is the end."" The band performed one last show on February 28, 2004 at Toronto's Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, along with The Meligrove Band, The I-Spies and SS Cardiacs. D'Arcy formed Small Sins as a side project in 2000, another indie rock act, which includes Stephen Krecklo in its live incarnation. He continues to perform under this moniker. Nathan Rekker formed Sports: The Band in 2007 with Shayne Cox, Robin"
"in Canada, including five shows at The Spectrum in Montreal, one at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and one show in Toronto. They released their fourth and final album, ""La Vérité"", in 1992. They toured Canada again in 1993 to support the album, playing eight dates in Quebec and New Brunswick including a show at the Montreal Forum. Following ""La Vérité"", the band and the real-life couple of Laporte/Moreno-Chenevez separated. Both musicians went on to solo careers. In 2002, a compilation entitled ""Flammes"" was released as a double CD and DVD, containing all the band's hits. It hit No."
"sales should have been ended), but Waters and O'Rourke were suspicious. They hired a helicopter, photographer and attorney, and discovered that the actual attendance was 95,000; a shortfall to the band of $640,000. The end of the tour was a low point for Gilmour, who felt that the band had by now achieved the success the members had originally sought, and that there was nothing else they could look forward to. In July 1977 – on the final date at the Montreal Olympic Stadium – a small group of noisy and excited fans in the front row of the audience"
"footage from the show at the Los Angeles Forum (under the promos menu). The menu background audio features the complete opening number from the 21 June 1977 show (""The Song Remains the Same"") with visuals bootlegged from various shows on the 1977 tour. The set list played on this tour included an acoustic section, which had originally been revived by the band at their previous concerts at Earls Court Arena in 1975 and was retained for the 1977 concerts due to the lingering effects of Plant's injuries. Technically, only two songs from their most recent album, ""Presence"" (1976), were performed:"
"the entire band considering most of the audience were not yet familiar with the large amount of new material. It was to begin on 29 October 1974 with an 11-date tour of the UK that sold out within four hours of going on sale, but they were rescheduled for 1975 after Hackett needed time to recover after severing a tendon in his left hand. The tour began on 20 November in Chicago, and ended on 22 May 1975 in Besançon, France. The last two scheduled concerts on 24 and 27 May in Toulouse and Paris, respectively, were cancelled due to"
"these concerts, the band revived an acoustic section which had been a component of many of their concert tours until late 1972, when it had been discarded from their set. The set list for these five concerts was: Encores: Additional encores on the last show, on 25 May: A North American tour was planned for August–September 1975, but due to Robert Plant's serious car accident, it was cancelled. The tour would have consisted of: There were also plans for a trip to South America afterwards, followed by a UK tour in Winter 1976 and Europe in Spring; however these plans"
"the same personnel minus Robertson and Danko. Stephen Stills, who showed up late, took a guitar solo and Carl Radle joined on bass. The Band then came out at around 2:15 a.m. to perform an encore, ""Don't Do It"". It was the last time the group performed under the name ""The Band"" with its classic lineup. The five joined stage at a Rick Danko concert in 1978. The Band reformed without Robertson in 1980 and headlined at The Roxy in Los Angeles with Scottish group Blue supporting, guests were Dr. John and Joe Cocker. Rick Danko later performed at various"
"The first single released to radio stations in the US, ""Long Time Gone,"" reached number 23 on the Top Rock Tracks chart; the song did not chart in Canada. A video was released for the single ""Never Say Never,"" but the song was not able to chart on the Top Rock Tracks chart or on the Canadian Singles chart. The 1988 tour concluded amid growing disharmony over business decisions and artistic direction; however, their final concert on September 3, 1988, was a spirited show on the Kingswood stage at Canada's Wonderland, just north of Toronto. In late 1988, Rik Emmett"
"In 1997 the album ""News"" was released, followed by ""Move"" in 1998. Both albums bring about a new digital quality sound combining various styles with heavy metal. In 1999, their final album, ""Living Legend"", was released. They kept true to their roots and fans consider it to be a proper final chapter in the band's history before finally disbanding on December 31, 1999, at 23:59:59. Their final concerts were called The Black Mass Final 3 Nights, and were three days lasting from December 29–31. The concerts were separated into three days called The Theatrical Day, The Satan All Star's Day"
"performed here on August 31, 1979. ABBA played here on Sunday, October 7, 1979, their last ever concert appearance in North America. The Who performed what was supposed to be their last concert in December 1982 at this venue and was filmed for the concert film ""The Who Rocks America"" (1982). It was also at this venue where The Who performed their final concert to a paying audience with drummer Keith Moon on October 21, 1976. The video for ""The Reflex"" by Duran Duran was shot at Maple Leaf Gardens in March 1984. Canadian rock trio Rush recorded a live"
"a newspaper that Hutchence had sprained his ankle. On August 31, the tour moved north into Canada, with shows being played in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario. While playing a show in Montreal, Nicolas Cage was spotted by fans in the VIP balcony near the stage. Hutchence dedicated ""What You Need"" and ""Don't Lose Your Head"" (used in Cage's movie ""Face/Off"") to the actor. Their last concert with Hutchence was at the Star Lake Amphitheatre in Burgettstown, PA on September 27. In November, the band returned to Sydney, Australia to prepare for their homecoming tour. Before setting off on a"
"their live peak in 1975–76. At the end of the 1976 US tour in Miami that August, the drummer, delirious, was treated in Hollywood Memorial Hospital for eight days. The group was concerned that he would be unable to complete the last leg of the tour, which ended at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 21 October (Moon's last public show). During the band's recording sabbatical between 1976 and 1978, Moon gained a considerable amount of weight. By the time of the Who's invitation-only show at the Gaumont State Cinema on 15 December 1977 for ""The Kids are Alright"", Moon"
"his personal Myspace that other factors, such as health issues, and a loss of confidence in the record industry caused him to leave the group. The band spent some time looking for a replacement and recorded some instrumental songs that they've put up on their MySpace. The band announced their break-up and played a final farewell tour across Canada in the summer of 2010 with Structures and Architects. The band posted to their Facebook on July 23rd 2014, that they would return in 2014. Three days later, they announced a reunion show in Toronto, Ontario for the 19th and 20th"
"the more musically-fertile community of Toronto. Full-length album ""Constance"" was recorded in early to mid-1999, and made it to stores in early 2000. The band never released any singles. The music was highly recording studio-intensive, using many layers of guitar tracks and subtle samples to create a dense overall sound. Only one of the band's songs (""Built To Last"") had vocals, They performed at the 1999 Canadian Music Week Festival, and embarked on a cross-Canada tour with indie rockers Tristan Psionic and Crooked Fingers between April and May 2000. The band's last performance was on August 26, 2000, with shoegaze"
"the song ""The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"" was also featured as part of a promotional-only compilation album released by Capitol records entitled ""The Greatest Music Ever Sold"" (Capitol SPRO-8511/8512), which was distributed to record stores during the 1976 Holiday season as part of Capitol's ""Greatest Music Ever Sold"" campaign which promoted 15 greatest hits albums issued by the record label. The Best of the Band The Best of the Band is the first greatest hits package by Canadian-American rock group The Band. Featuring ten tracks taken from six of their first seven albums (not counting 1974's ""Before the"