Intro to “Free Nelson Mandela”
“Evening, Johannesburg! (crowd cheers)(singers start singing the phrase “Free Nelson Mandela”) we’re so glad to be in Johannesburg tonight (crowd cheers) in the land of Mandela (crowd cheers) please come and join us…”
Intro to “Cadillac Ranch”
“Put your hands in the air…and let me some of that old soul clapping…”
Intro to “I’m on Fire”
“I see a few requests for this one…(?)…come on, kid…yeah (crowd cheers) South African premiere (crowd cheers) give me a minute… (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Who’ll Stop the Rain?”
“Yes, yes, thank you, what a lovely night (crowd cheers) lovely night (crowd cheers) can’t tell you how shocked, how shocked I was when…we got a phone call that said (?) South Africa, I said “Really? how we do here?” and he said “40,000 first show,” I said “Jesus!”…this is unbelievable for us, I wanna thank you for your patience and your faith and your generosity for my music and my band (crowd cheers) waiting so long for us (crowd cheers) wanna do this song tonight, this is, uh, like, like America, South Africa is a land filled with ghosts…and this is a song about a certain…a certain kind of man come along once in a while, in the States I can’t explain to you how lucky you were, in the States Martin Luther King was assassinated, never replaced, another one did not come along, in the States Malcolm X assassinated, never replaced, another man like that doesn’t come along…you were blessed in South Africa to have Nelson Mandela for a lifetime (crowd cheers) for a lifetime, that is so unbelievably…rare, uh, as strange as it was for us in the States to have our first African-American president (crowd cheers) what about…having an African president that spent 27 years in prison and then comes out and is elected president? (crowd cheers) these are, uh…they’re not great, not just great miracles of the world we live in, they’re also about will and belief and faith and perseverance and a certain kind of person who’s willing to try and ask and answer this question…”
Intro to “Dancing in the Dark”
“(intro music starts)…Are you tired yet?…come on!…”
Intro to “Shout”
“Are you done yet? (crowd: “No!”) aren’t you soaking wet? (crowd: “No!”) don’t you wanna go home? (crowd: “No!”) don’t you wanna go home? (crowd: “No!”) don’t you wanna go home? (crowd: “No!”) wait a minute…wait a minute…E-flat…oh, Johannesburg (crowd cheers) oh, South Africa (crowd cheers) oh, South Africa (crowd cheers) oh, South Africa, we want to thank you for giving us such a fine, fine welcome (crowd cheers) I promise we gonna be back (crowd cheers) we gonna be back (crowd cheers) we gonna be back (crowd cheers) and until then…Johannesburg…you know you make me wanna shout…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Ladies and gentlemen…Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) “The Thin Man,” Ed Manion (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ (crowd cheers) “Kansas City” Curt Ramm (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) Michelle Moore, twist (?)(crowd cheers) Barry Danielian (crowd cheers) Everett, the Reverend Everett Bradley (crowd cheers) Clark Gayton on the trombone (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Jake Clemons (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Tommy Morello (crowd cheers) and the one, the only, the legendary Little Steven Van Zandt (crowd cheers) yes, yes, alright …alright…I got one thing to say…I got one thing to say right now…I got just one thing to say…I said I got just one thing…I said I got…I said I got…I said I got…I said I got…I said I got just one thing to say…ladies and gentlemen…South Africa has just seen the heart-shaking, booty-making, love-quaking, Viagra-taking, history-making, aah, aah, did I say Viagra-taking? oh, alright! legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”) (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Thunder Road”
“Thank you, Johannesburg! (crowd cheers)…one more for South Africa (crowd cheers) once again we thank you, we thank you so much for your generosity, we had great, great shows here in South Africa, a great time, a beautiful country…people were so lovely to us…uh, that’s right…we’ll be back, I promise (crowd cheers) until then (?)…”
After “Thunder Road”
“Johannesburg (crowd cheers) thank you, South Africa! (crowd cheers) be well, be safe (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers)…”
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