Life Is A Carnival: The Last Waltz Tour 2024 is set to be held from October 19, 2024 to November 16, 2024 in venues across mainland United States and Canada. The tour is in celebration of the Canadian rock band The Band's concert of the same way.
Live Nation presale for the tour is ongoing and can be accessed with the code CREATE. Artist presale is also available and can be accessed with the code CARNIVAL. Public Tickets for the tour will be held in August 16, 2024 at 10:00 am local time.
The tour was announced via a post on the official website of Blackbird Presents, which is producing the tour, which was further amplified via a post on their official Instagram page on August 14, 2024:
Life Is A Carnival: The Last Waltz Tour 2024 dates and venues
The dates and venues for Life Is A Carnival: The Last Waltz Tour 2024 are as follows:
- October 19, 2024 – San Francisco, California at The Warfield
- October 22, 2024 – Boise, Idaho at Revolution Concert House and Event Center
- October 24, 2024 – Denver, Colorado at Mission Ballroom
- October 25, 2024 – Boulder, Colorado at Boulder Theater
- October 26, 2024 – Beaver Creek, Colorado at Vilar Performing Arts Center
- October 29, 2024 – Omaha, Nebraska at Orpheum Theater
- October 30, 2024 – Rockford, Illinois at Coronado Theatre
- November 1, 2024 – Louisville, Kentucky at The Louisville Palace
- November 2, 2024 – Cincinnati, Ohio at Brady Music Center
- November 4, 2024 – Red Bank, New Jersey at Count Basie Center for the Arts
- November 6, 2024 – New York City, New York at Beacon Theatre
- November 7, 2024 – Port Chester, New York at The Capitol Theatre
- November 8, 2024 – Port Chester, New York at The Capitol Theatre
- November 9, 2024 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at The Met Philadelphia
- November 12, 2024 – Boston, Massachusetts at Orpheum Theatre
- November 14, 2024 – Schenectady, New York at Proctors
- November 15, 2024 – Rochester, New York at Kodak Center
- November 16, 2024 – Toronto, Ontario at Meridian Hall
Life Is A Carnival: The Last Waltz 2024 tour will be preceeded by a single concert on October 17, 2024 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, California titled Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson.
The lineup for the upcoming tour is as follows:
- Ryan Bingham
- Jamey Johnson
- Lukas Nelson
- Mike Campbell
- Benmont Tench
- Don Was
- John Medeski
- Cyril Neville
- Dave Malone
- Terence Higgins
- Mark Mullins
Life Is A Carnival: The Last Waltz was a 1976 farewell concert at the Winter Ballroom in San Francisco, California. The tour was conceptualised by Robbie Robertson after band member Richard Manuel was injured in an accident and his own negative feelings on being on tour:
"I had become suspicious of the road. Look at what happened to this guy. Look at what happened to them. These people who got crazy when they got on the road. This was not a healthy thing."
The band member continued:
"I was telling the guys in The Band, "I like the music we make together. But I don't want to go out there with it anymore. . . . We're not learning from it. We're not growing from it."
Life Is A Carnival: The Last Waltz concert and its film is now considered to be the one of the greatest music documentaries ever made. The concert featured performances by guests such as Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, and Neil Young as well as Bob Dylan.