The Band Royal Albert Hall 50th Anniversary

Music critic Bruce Eder described the Band as "one of the most popular and influential rock groups in the world, their music embraced by critics ... as seriously as the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones". The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, in 2004 they were ranked 50 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest artists of all time while ranking "The Weight" 41st on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. In 2008, the group received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.