1980-10-10 Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL

Scheduled: 20:00 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

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"Detroit Medley" has another part song added for the first time - Fats Domino's "I'm In Love Again", as a short interlude in the style of "I Hear A Train". First "Raise Your Hand" of the tour. Roy plays the piano intro before "The River". Clarence sings the opening lines to "Stagger Lee" as an introduction to "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)".

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Independence Day´
´´This is a new song, it´s an old song but it´s on our new album…..and this is called, it´s ´Independence Day´….”

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Factory´
´´This is a song I wrote for my Pop….”

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´I Wanna Marry You´
´´Here´s a new song, this is ladies´ choice to dance, it´s called ´I Wanna Marry You´….”

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´The Ties That Bind´
´´I wanna thank everybody, since we came into town the reception´s that we´ve got here has been fantastic….(?) this is for you, this is ´Ties That Bind´….”

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, middle of ´Backstreets´
´´Do you remember me, darling….like I remember you…..do you remember me, darling….like I remember you…..do you remember me, darling….like I remember you…..(?) how much I missed….you know how much I missed you….now you know how much I missed you….how much I missed….hiding on the backstreets…..´´

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Rosalita´
´´Big Man….remember that night ?….(?) I think it was a night….just like tonight….except it was colder….I think it was, it was in spring…..wasn´t it ?….what was it like ?….(Clarence: ´The night was black and the moon was yellow….and the leaves came tumbling´)….
(….) You´ve read about him in the newspaper….you´ve seen him on TV….Miami Steve Van Zandt on the guitar….on the piano, the one, the only, Professor Roy Bittan….on the bass guitar, his mother was a Tallent, his father was a Tallent, Garry W. Tallent….on the drums, representing everybody from, where ?….North Jersey, Mighty Max Weinberg….on the organ, from the same town that gave you that fantastic ´Flemington Furs´-commercial on TV, Phantom Dan Federici…..and last but not least….I´ve got three questions….more powerful than a speeding locomotive…..able to leap tall buildings in a single bound….is it a bird ?….is it a plane ?….what the hell is it ?….(?) Clarence Clemons on the saxophone….”

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Jungleland´
´´I wanna thank everybody for coming down tonight, want you to know that we appreciate it ….when we, when we decided to come to Chicago and play this theater, I, I got a lot of letters about people who couldn´t get in and stuff and uh, I just wanna say to your friends that didn´t get tickets or something that we´re planning to come back real soon before the end of this tour and….(?)….´´

10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Detroit Medley´
´´Are you loose ? (cheers)….
(….) Damn, I gotta take a break now….oh yeah…..I gotta take a break…..I´m tired….probably missing ´Kojak´….I know I´m missing ´em…..(?)….just let me collect my thoughts (the band stops playing)…..I think ….what do I do next ?….I got it (the band starts playing again)….´´

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