Show Date: May 27th 2003
Show Location: Crystal Palace, London, UK
Intro to "Empty Sky"
Thank you and good evening! Whoo. Nice to spend another night in London… Anybody who was here last night? Get outta here! Really? Come on. [giggles] Alright. We’ll play some different things later. Here we go. [crowd cheers] Shaddup…
Intro to "Waitin’ On A Sunny Day"
Alright. Get your voices ready. [crowd starts singing] Lemme start, lemme start! One two one two three four…
Intro to "Sherry Darling"
Alright kids. Are you ready C? Play that baby! One two one two three four.
Intro to "She’s The One"
London! … Come on London! … London! … London!
During "Mary’s Place" – Band Intros
Are you ready?! [crowd repeats]
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
Are you ready for a house party now?! … Are you ready for a house party?! [yeah] What do you think C? I don’t know man… I think we better go check it out. I think some people are ready, but some people they’re not ready… Three conditions have to be met… for a house party… one the music has got to be [C - righteous] righteous. Two the music has got to be [audience righteous] righteous. Three… you’ve got to get up off your [C - ass] ass right now! It is time to come on up for the British ass rising. [giggles] We wanna get the English ass outta the English seat. Come on! I’m checking on ya… That’s right. Yes that’s right. It’s necessary… Good for the circulation … and besides right now I’m gonna introduce to you the greatest little house band in all the land and you gotta be on your feet. I wanna say over at the piano the man that was educated at Camsford and Oxbridge…I wanna talk about…I wanna talk about the illegimate child of Jerry Lee Lewis and [crowd - Liberace] Liberace, Professor Roy Bittan [crowd cheers] On the violin and vocals outta New York City, Sister Soozie Tyrell [crowd cheers] Keeper of all that is righteous on E-Street, star of The Sopranos television show, Brother Little Steven Van Zandt on the guitar [crowd cheers] The man that bring the thunder from down under, the Tennessee Terror, Mister Garry W. Tallent [crowd cheers] The man that bring the power hour after hour, night after night after night after night, the Minister of the Big Beat, the secretary of syncopation and star of late night [crowd - television] Mighty Max Weinberg [crowd cheers] Secretary of heart and spirit and we have on guitar one of the greatest guitarists in rock and roll, Brother Nils Lofgren [crowd cheers] Thank you brother, thank you. We got on the organ minister of mystery, Phantom Dan Federici [crowd cheers] To the far side of the stage we got the first lady of love on guitar and vocals my honey baby, my little child, Mrs. Patti Scialfa [crowd cheers] oh rescue me, take me in your arms, rescue me, show me all your charms cause I’m lonely and I’m blue. I need you and oh yeah your love too. Come on and rescue me [crowd cheers] Rescue me! … She’s playing it cool now but I’m telling ya that works at home all the time. It’s alright, its okay its okay it’s okay…. Last but not least. Prince Charles please move over, cause this man should be next in line for the throne [crowd cheers] That’s right … minister of soul, secretary of the brotherhood… ladies and gentlemen you wish you could be like him but I’m sorry you cannot because under the sun there’s only one Clarence Big Man Clemons. That’s right you’re the man, you the man… oh yeah. That’s heart stopping, pants dropping, house rocking, earth shaking, Viagra taking, legendary E-Street Band. [crowd cheers] That’s right…
Intro to "Night"
Well… are you ready to rumble?! One two three four…
Intro to "Ramrod"
Keep it going boys… are you ready to roadhouse…
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Big man on the move… Big Man moving…please keep back five hundred feet…
Middle of "Ramrod"
Bruce: Are you with me baby?
Steve: I’m with you baby!
Bruce: Are you with me all the way?
Steve: I’m with you all the way, baby!
Bruce: Right on brother! ... But Steve… I do believe that it is quitting time [crowd: "NO"]
Bruce: Yes it is! It’s quitting time right about now…
Steve: Say it ain’t so!
Bruce: I think I hear Big Ben chiming baby… does Big Ben chime? [crowd: "no"]
Bruce: Well I thought I heard it chiming… I think the Queen is in her pyjamas and she has gone to bed baby. Oh yeah! [crowd: "NO]
Bruce: I wanna go back to the hotel and take a ride on that big Ferris wheel … and watch some of those fine English adult films… are you with me baby?
Steve: Yeah!… I mean no!
Bruce: Because if it ain’t quitting time Steve … what I wanna know is… what time is it? [crowd: "It’s BOSSTIME"]
Steve: which particular films did you have in mind? … It’s BOSSTIME!
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Bruce: Mister and Mrs. London… all I wanna know is… what time is it? [crowd: "It’s BOSSTIME"]
Intro to "My City Of Ruins"
Thank you! Whooo yeah baby! I wanna thank everybody for coming out the shows we did here in London. Thank you very much. We’ve been coming here a long time and we appreciate your loyalty and your support. Mmm oh yeah.
Intro to "Dancing In The Dark"
Alright everybody… one two one two three four…
Compiled by : J. Trumpeneers