Intro to “This Little Light of Mine”
“(?)…good evening, everybody (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be here in Belfast tonight (crowd cheers) birthplace of my mother-in-law (crowd cheers) that’s right, that’s right, we want you to join us for the everlasting, ass-kicking, house-rocking, unifying power of rock and roll! (crowd cheers) that’s right, alright, here we go…”
Intro to “Reason to Believe”
“Alright, let’s see what we got tonight…(?) that’s good…woah…(?)… (makes a sound on his guitar) sorry about that (chuckles) Steve, go ahead (Steve starts playing the intro)…make it dirty!…”
Intro to “Prove It All Night”
“(someone yells)(chuckles) Alright, I think we’re gonna do that…’78 …right there…yeah, go ahead, Roy…”
Intro to “Fade Away”
““My dream: harmonica change” – what, you got one out here?… yeah, okay, let me see what you got…(crowd cheers)(plays harmonica) it’s double-reed, where’d you get this thing? (chuckles) …we got, we got fans following us around all the time, we try to do something we haven’t done ever or not long in a time so, uh…this is from “The River”-album, Steve Van Zandt’s favorite song! (crowd cheers) requested by Tom, Steve’s doppelganger in the crowd right there, he’s twin! (crowd cheers)(chuckles) alright, we practiced it backstage, let’s see how we do, ready?…”
Intro to “Rocky Ground”
“Thank you, thank you, Belfast, for coming out and seeing us tonight (crowd cheers)(intro music starts) this goes out for Belfast (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Shout”
“That’s right…oh, you look good…damn, you look good!…you look damn good!…on the guitar and fiddle, Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ (crowd cheers) Eddie Manion on the baritone and saxophone (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren on the guitar (crowd cheers) Curt Ramm on the trumpet (crowd cheers) Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the mighty, Mighty Max Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Mr. Garry W. Tallent on the bass (crowd cheers) Reverend Everett Bradley on percussion (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) Curtis King singing (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle, Michelle Moore, Barry Danielian and Mr. Clark “G-A-Y-T-O-N” Gayton on the trombone (crowd cheers) and of course, Little Steven (crowd cheers) hey!…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…Belfast! (crowd cheers) Belfast! (crowd cheers) Belfast! (crowd cheers) Belfast! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
Intro to “This Little Light of Mine”
“Thank you, Belfast, put your hands together!…thank you for joining us tonight…for a celebration in the house-rocking…unifying… love-making power of rock and roll (crowd cheers) alright, now I want you to sing to me…here we go, sing it…”
Intro to “Thunder Road”
“Oh, I wanna thank everybody once more for coming out and seeing us tonight (crowd cheers) we’re, uh, coming to the close of our tour and, uh, glad to say we’ll be closing here in Ireland (crowd cheers) and, uh…thank you, thank you, this is, uh…we’ve been through a lot and…a long time together so gonna send this one out straight to you…”
After “Thunder Road”
“Thanks, we love you (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
