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Intro to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“Good evening, fine citizens of London (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be in your beautiful city tonight…we’ve come to baptize the Emirates Stadium with a little bit of rock and roll…but I can’t do it myself…we need a little help now…”
Intro to “Radio Nowhere”
“Good evening, London (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Magic”
“Thank you, thank you…thank you and good evening, London (crowd cheers) did I see the sun? (chuckles) (crowd cheers) that can’t be (chuckles)…oh my…alright, glad to be here at Emirates Stadium, I guess nobody’s played here before (crowd: “No”) no? alright…we gotta test that structure tonight (chuckles)…come here, Sooz…here’s, uh…this is a song called “Magic” but it’s really about tricks…”
Intro to “Cadillac Ranch”
“(?)…get me my guitar, please…”
Intro to “Livin’ in the Future”
“Alright…alright…alright…that’s a good one…that’s a good one…give me that thing…alright, (?) get you…that’s a good one…woo!…let me get my requests set up here…but right now this is a song called “Livin’ in the Future”…but it’s about what’s happening right now… right now…and how along with all the things that we love about where we come from, we’ve had to add to the American picture back home things like rendition and illegal wiretapping and the rolling back of basic civil liberties, no right to habeas corpus which is the right to defend yourself against charges in court – these are all things that when I was a little kid…your mom and pop’d point elsewhere and say “Those things only happen someplace else, it don’t happen here”…so this is a song about sleeping through changes that are only supposed to happen someplace else that happen in your own backyard…help me tell the story, Max…”
Intro to “Mary’s Place”
“Are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) alright…Max!…that’s right…hey you!…I got a question for you…are you ready?…are you ready?…are you ready? …are you ready?…in the back now - are you ready?…are you ready?…are you ready?…are you ready?…Max!…oh yeah…I’m feeling a little sad and lonely tonight…and if you’re feeling sad and lonely, sometimes the right music helps (chuckles) and the right friends help…listen up…”
Intro to “Point Blank”
“This is request time (crowd cheers) who’s the man?…who’s the man? (chuckles) here we go…”
Intro to “Thunder Road”
“Thank you…we wanna thank everybody for coming out to the show (crowd cheers) appreciate it…I also wanna thank all our longtime faithful English fans (crowd cheers) for supporting our music over the years, thank you, we love you very much…here it comes for you…”
Intro to “Glory Days”
“Are you ready? (crowd cheers) is the band ready?…are the people ready? (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Glory Days”
“Lookout, Steve…hey, Steve (Steve: “Yeah, baby?”) I think it’s quitting time (Steve: “Say it ain’t so”) it’s not quitting time?…is it tea time?…well, is it, uh, sexy time?…(Steve: “Not yet”)…then, Steve, what I wanna know is…what time is it? (crowd: “Boss-time!”)…”
Intro to “Rosalita”
“You can’t take no more (crowd cheers) you can’t take no more (crowd cheers) we’re gonna give it to you (crowd cheers) we’re gonna give it to you (crowd cheers) we’re gonna give it to you (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “American Land”
“Thank you for coming out tonight (crowd cheers) thanks for a great night (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “American Land”
“Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the Mighty, Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Mr. Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (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) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard rocking, Earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
After “American Land”
“Thank you, London (crowd cheers) we love you (crowd cheers) we’ll be back tomorrow (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |