28.06.09 London, England, towards the end of “Out in the Street”
“Are you fucking nuts?…somebody get me a fucking elevator! (crowd cheers) get me an elevator…I’m fucking sixty! (laughs from the crowd)…”
[There was a huge staircase back up from the crowd to the stage.]
28.06.09 London, England, intro to “Working on a Dream”
“Good evening, London (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be here in beautiful Hyde Park on this wonderful summer night (crowd cheers) the E Street Band has come thousands of miles to fulfil their solemn vow to rock the house! (crowd cheers) but we didn’t come all this way tonight just to rock the house…we came here tonight because we wanna build a house (crowd cheers) right here on this beautiful lawn we’re gonna build us a house tonight…we’re gonna take the fear that’s out there and we’re gonna build a house of love (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the doubt and we’re gonna build us a house of faith tonight (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the despair and we’re gonna build us a house of hope (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take all the blues that’s out there and that’s in you and we’re gonna build us a house tonight of joy and happiness (crowd cheers) because that’s our job…and we’re gonna take the cooling off and we’re gonna build a house of sexual healing! (crowd cheers) that’s right, oh yes we will…and we got all the tools we need right here on this stage and on this lawn tonight…and when we build that house we’re gonna use the bad wood and we’re gonna use the good wood …and we’re gonna use the bad news that’s out there tonight and we’re gonna use the good news that’s in here tonight…that’s right… now, to build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise…well, the mighty E Street Band is here tonight and we’re gonna bring down the power of the music on you (crowd cheers) but, London…London, we need you to bring the noise! (crowd cheers) now sing like you mean it…”
28.06.09 London, England, intro to “No Surrender”
“Is Brian around?…Brian!…we’ll be joined by Brian from Gaslight Anthem (crowd cheers) come on, Bro’…(?)…”
28.06.09 London, England, intro to “Radio Nowhere”
“Alright, let’s go, this is “Radio Nowhere”…”
28.06.09 London, England, intro to “Rosalita”
“Too late to stop now (crowd cheers) we can’t stop now (crowd cheers)…London (crowd cheers) I need some noise (crowd cheers) …”
28.06.09 London, England, intro to “Hard Times”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) woo!…oh yeah, oh yeah, thank you, thank you, thank you for being a wonderful audience (crowd cheers) Hyde Park is nice, very nice, a very nice park you got here, very beautiful…alright…back home very hard times, millions of people out of work…this was written in 1855 by Stephen Foster…it’s called “Hard Times Come Again No More”…”
28.06.09 London, England, intro to “Jungleland”
“Alright, what you got there? give me that sign…”
28.06.09 London, England, intro to “American Land”
“Thank you all for being such a great audience…Sister Soozie…
(…) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) London! (crowd cheers) London! (crowd cheers) London! (crowd cheers) London! (crowd cheers) London! (crowd cheers) London! (crowd cheers) London! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers)…”
28.06.09 London, England, middle of “Glory Days”
“Come on (Steve laughs) what’s the matter with you, boy? you can make it, you can make it (Steve laughs)(sings a few “oh yeahs” with Steve) we’re gonna make it, C, we’re gonna make it (Steve laughs and says “We can make it, baby”) are we gonna make it, baby? (Steve: “Are we gonna make it?”) Steve, you’re the coolest thing I’ve ever seen (Steve: “Let’s see if we can break another curfew”) I think we’re gonna make it (Steve: “Are we gonna break another curfew?”) well, Steve, what I wanna know…all I wanna know is right now (laughs) what time is it? (Steve: “It’s curfew-breaking Boss-time”)(crowd cheers)…”
28.06.09 London, England, after “Dancing in the Dark”
“Thank you, London (crowd cheers) thank you, Hyde Park (crowd cheers) what a fabulous night – we love you (crowd cheers)…”
Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi
