1
[crowd cheers]
[music: BIGGER THAN US]
[music: BIGGER THAN US]
Who would've known
In the blink of a moment
The world turned
upside down
Trying to cope
I'm looking for hope
And I think about
Ooh, what's come of us?
O, 's all too much
I feel so small
With my hands up
to the sky
I am reaching out tonight
I give my all
But it'ju toouch toope
No, can do is ane
Bigger than us
[music]
It's like erythg chges
Still nothing changes
We arrive and we begin
Running in circles
Searching for purpose
With an open hand
Ooh, what's come of us?
Ooh, it's all too much
I feel so small
With my hands up to the sky
I am reaching out tonight
'Cause this is
bigger than us
I give my all
But it's just too much
to hope
No, I can't do this alone
'Cause this is bigg th
(Bigger than us)
And we lose ourselves
in battles we are fighting
Gotta break away
[music]
[music]
fl somall
With my hands up to the sky
I am reaching out tonight
'Cause this is
bigger than us
I give my all
No, I can't do this alone
'Cause this is
bigger than us
Bigger than us
[applause]
[music: YOU ARE LOVED]
[mic: U ARLOVED]
Don't give up
It's just the weight
of the world
When your
heart's heavy I
I will lift it for you
Don't give up
Because you want
to be heard
If silence keeps you I
I will break it for you
Everybody wants
to be understood
Well, I can hear you
Everybody wants
to be loved
Don't give up
[music]
Don't give up
It's just the hurt
that you hide
When you're
lost inside I
I'll be there to find you
Don't give up
Because you want to
burn bright
If darkness blinds you
I, I will shine to
guide you
Everybody wants to
be understood
Well, I can hear you
Everybody wants
to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved
(You are loved)
You are loved
Ah!
[music]
on'tive up
Everyone needs
to be heard
[mic]
When your power's
feeling low
And your voice
cannot be heard
You can always
see the ending
You don't need
to find the words
You are someone
I believe in
When the tearfall
from above
Know that right now
I am with you
And when I'm with you
you are loved
You are loved,
Oh, oh
You are loved,
Oh
You are loved
Loved
[applause]
Thank you very much.
Good evening, New York City.
[applause/cheers]
Oh, my goodness.
Hello again, New York.
I love you.
Hello, front row.
Hello, so many of you.
Oh, my god.
It is such a privilege.
Yeah.
Hello, so many friends that I
have in the audience tonight,
and hello family.
This is a monumentally special
night for all of us.
This is the city
that you dream of playing.
is ithe nue th you dre.
For any of us that are
privileged enough to be in music
and to do what we do
for a living,
to bableo come to such
an iconic venue
where the blood, sweat and tea
ofo ma extordiry aists
have come before you
is truly an honor.
And so, to be back here
again and again,
and r thgreatest city in the
world to pack the place tonight
and show us this love,
it means so much to us.
So, thank you very much
for that.
[applause]
I've played just about every
venue there is to play, almost,
in this city.
I think I get a punchcard for
some free yogurt at this point.
I mean, we've done The Beacon,
we've done Jones Beach,
we have done so many
wonderful places.
Except for the sticky clubs.
I would love to go
do some sticky clubs here.
Maybaftethe ow tight
'll do an after-show at one of
those [sticky floor sound].
Yeah, rock and roll.
[applause]
This is called, Granted.
[applause]
[music: Granted]
Have you ever felt it
could all go away
If you blink?
If you never stop running
you won't fall behind
So you think
And you wonder
in your heart
If you're still are
who you are
Who are you
'Cause nothing's as it seems
'til it all falls apart
If you have a dream,
go chase it
If you feel hope,
don't waste it
If you find love,
embrace it
And never take a single bath
The story's yours,
go write it
Tomorrow's undecided
So, never take
a single breath
Take a single breath
for granted
Oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh
Maybe it's time
you bet on yourself
Listen to your heart
Just listen to your heart
and nobody else
So go find out who you are
Only you know who you are
Who are you?
'Cause all you have to lose
Is your best life yet
So go ahead
If you have a dream,
go chase it
If you feel hope,
don't waste it
If you find love,
embrace it
And never take a single breath
for granted
The story's yours,
go write it
Tomorrow's undecided
Our days are counted
on this planet
So, never take
a single breath
Take a single breath
for granted
Oh, Oh, Oh,
Oh, Oh, Oh
Oh, Oh, Oh
ometes the greatest moment
you'll ever know
Are when we're letting go,
so let go
And maybe our brightest days
still wait for us
In the unknown
Oh, oh, oh
Iyou ve aream
cha it
If you feel hope,
don't waste it
If u fi lov
bracit
nd ner te a nglereat
r granted
If you have a light,
go find it
The story's yours,
go write it
Our days are cound
thiplan
Take a single breath
for granted
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
[applause]
Thank you very much.
[applause]
[Music: OCEANO]
Piove sulla mia identit
Lampi sull'oceano,
lampi sull'oceano
Squarci di luminosit
Forse qua in America
i venti del pacifico
Scoprono le sue immensit
Le mie mani stringono
sogni lontanissimi
E il mio pensiero
corre da te
Remo, tremo, sento
Profondi e oscuri abissi
per'amo chei do
er lmore che n sai
he mfai ufrare e
er lmorehe n ho
per'amo che vorrei
per questo dolore
Oh
Queo ame chho per te
Che mi fa superar
queste vere tempeste
Oh, oh, oh,
Oh
usic]
Onde sull'oceano,
onde sull'oceano
Che dolcemente si placher
Le mie mani stringono
sogni lontanissimi
E il tuo respiro
soffia su me
Remo, tremo, sento
per l'amore che ho per te
Che mi fa superare
mille tempeste
per'amore che ti do
per l'amore che vorrei
Da questo mare
Tutto questo ti avr
te e a sember
Tutto normale
[applause]
[music]
[music]
[applause]
I've been lucky enough to play
this venue four times now.
It's reaspecial thing
to sing a song
by somebody who's
played this house,
which is basically his now,
104 times, Mr. Billy Joe.
[applause]
I can't sing it without
giving him a shout out
and st saying,
what a privilege it is
to be in his house tonight
and sing this song
and to have sung his songs
my whole life.
So, this is one of
my favorites of his.
[music: ALWAYS A WOMAN]
She can kill
with a smile
She can wound
with her eyes
She can ruin your
faith with her casual lies
But she only reveals
what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she's always
a woman to me
She can lead you to love
She can take you
or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you
give her as long as it's free
She steals like a thief
But she's always
a woman to me
Oh, she takes care
of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
She will promise you more
than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly
cut you
And laugh while
you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out
the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
'Cause she's always
a woman to me
Oh,h, o
Oh, she takes care
of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
She's frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
But she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always
a woman to me
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
[applause]
That's Mark Stephens
on the accordion.
[applause]
Now, please help me welcome
back to the stage
our dear friend and very, very
special guest tonight,
the amazing Idina Menzel!
[applause]
w ma people just like,
started singing,
if you sing even for fun
or professionally,
just kind of like
at the top of your lungs
to a Broadway cast recording
or a film cast recording
and just sing your hearts out
in the car, in the shower?
Best acoustics, second only
to the Garden, are my shower
and your shower.
But you always
refer to yourself
as a theater geek
and I you're
a theater diva.
A divo?
Divo.
Yes, well,
takes one
to know one.
Exactly.
A couple of velveted
divos/as.
But why do we get
the bad rap
just because we like theater
back in high school?
They say theater geek,
they say band geek,
and I think that's unfair.
Theater Adonises.
Exactly.
-Yes, artists.
-Living passionate lives.
I agree.
I agree.
The coolest people that I know
came from that world
and nd ang tthossongs
and that's--
Yes, yes.
The more you know
So we're going to be a couple
of theater adonises right now
and sing a song
from the musical, Once,
that started
as the movie, Once.
Incredible song.
I love singing this with you.
Th is lledFalling Slowly.
[applause/cheers]
[music: FALLING SLOWLY]
I don't know you,
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me,
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
to more than they're meant
They'll play themselves out
Take this sinking boat
and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice,
You have a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly,
Eyes that know me
A I c't gback
Moves that take me
and erase me
A I'm painted black
And you have
suffered enough
And warred yourself
It's time that you won
For you won
So, take this sinking boat
and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice,
You have a choice
You've made it now
[music]
So, take this sinking boat
And point it home
We've still got time
Rai youhopeful voice,
You have a choice
You've made it now
[music]
I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
One more time
for Idina Menzel, everybody.
[applause]
[music: BRING HIM HOME]
od ohighheary prayer
In my need
You have always
been there
He is young
He's afraid
Let him rest
Heaven blessed
Bring him home,
Bring him home
Bring him home
He's like the son
I might have known
If God had
granted me a son
The summers die
one by one
How soon they fly
on and on
And I am old
and will be gone
Bring him peace,
Bring him joy
He is young,
He is only a boy
You can take,
You can give
Let him be
Let him live
If I die,
Let me die
Let him live
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home
[applause]
[music: VE
Somdays can saywhy m feeli
ome ys I am too proud
to ask for help
And I stumble
through the noise
Tryg toind me pce
A strger therowd
I se melf
So, walk down to the river
Where the troubles,
they can't find me
Let the waters
there remind me
The sun will be there
when we wake
I walk down to the river
Though I might
not understand it
It's not always there
as we planned it
But we grow stronger
when we break
So, I walk down to the river
I walk down to the river
his gingorld caget overwh
Lkingor aeani
en it won't make sense
n heaits ttinloud
Like I can't
outrun this cloud
So, I walk down to the river
Where the troubles,
they can't find me
The sun will be there
when we wake
I walk down to the river
Though I might not
understand it
It's not always
as we planned it
But we grow stronger
when we break
So, I walk down,
(Down)
To the river,
(Down)
Ialk wn,(Dow
o thriveriver,
(Dn) )
Let the calm
pull me under
Far beyond the thunder
Tell me it will all be okay
Let the waves take
all my worries
Conquer them with fury
Givme slter
helt)
e escape
I walk down to the river
Where the troubles,
they can't find me
Let the waters there
remind me
The sun will be there
when we wake
usic
I walk down to the river
Though I might
not understand it
But we grow stronger
when we break
So, I walk down,
(Down)
To the river,
(Down)
I walk down,
(Down)
To the river,
(Down)
I walk down,
(Down)
To the river,
(Down)
To the river, to the river
(Down)
walk down er
To the river
Whoa, oh
Oh, oh, oh
[applause]
Thank you.
[applause]
[music: LA LUCE DEL SOLE]
[music: ALLA LUCE DEL SOLE]
Qui c' il buio fuori di me
Che assurdit questa citt
Senza persone!
[music]
Io non so spiegar
neanche come
Ma non e questa
la mia dimensione
E la mia mente
non e mai in pace
E sempre altrove
Tu dove sei?
La tua voce dove?
Senza di te,
senza il tuo aiuto
Che sar di me?
Tutto sembrer migliore
Alla luce c verr
dal sole!
Questa notte passera,
Il buio che c' si dissolver
Si vedranno le colline,
Io continuer a cercare te
Si vedranno le colline,
Io continuer a cercare te
Via da questa malinconia
Invidia o rabbia che sia
Qui nel mio cuore
Non voglio pi queste parole
Tu dove sei?
Il tuo sorriso dov'?
Senza di te,
senza il tuo amore
Che sar di me?
Tutto sembrer migliore
Alla luce c vr
dal sole!
Qsta tte sser
Il buio che c'
si dissolver!
E alla lucei quel sol
Io ctinuer ccaree
E alla luce di quel sole
Io continuer a cercare te
Alla luce, al sole
Il silenzio morir
La gente che c'
si confonder
E alla luce di quel sole
Io continuer a cercare te
Thank you, New York.
You having
a good time tonight?
[crowd cheers]
Meoo
Oh, man.
I amery,ery cite
right now
because I'm about
to do a song
that is a first-timer
for this tour.
And I'm about to do it with
somebody that I love
so, so very much
as a human being,
a valis
an tist.
Was so, so honored that she sang
with me on my Bridges album,
and was so thrilled
that she happens to be
a New Yorker as well.
[applause]
Gi it up!
Josh Groban!
What?!
Thank you
for being here.
Thk yofor having me.
I'm so happy
we're here.
I'm so happy
they're here.
Look, I'm really
happy they're here.
All sold out.
I would do this with you
if it were empty.
-Same.
-But there are people here.
Which makes it
even more fun for us.
This is great.
This is a song
that's meant a lot.
I mentioned earlier in the show
st t ide
sticking it out together
for a long, long time
and the romance of that.
was actually kind of
Andthinking of my parents
and I was thinking about--
You were thinking
of yours too?
You were also
thinking of my parents.
was so
thinking of your parents.
Everybody who knows me will know
that every pointf ght
eventually goes back
to my parents.
But this song is about
sticng iout.
This song is about creating
memories together
that last a feme.
Whenever I'm lucky
enough to do this,
I know you feel the same
when you're on stage,
we get to create
these memories.
It's like, blink
and you miss it,
and they go by so fast.
So, I'm trying
in my old age now,
to take on these memories
and to take a mental photograph.
And be present.
Josh: And be present.
It's harder.
Yeah.
It's about being present
with the one you love.
And so, we're going to d
thisong r yonow.
This is called 99 Years.
[applause]
[music: 99 YEARS]
Boy meets girl
and the world stops turning
She makes him forget
all the rules he was learning
They give a toast to the ones
who never stop hoping
With not much to lean on
and eyes wide open
And they look up high
And wonder what the future's
gonna hold
Will we look back down
on 99 years
Of a wonderful life?
Whe we ughe
't we ied
And our love grew stronger
with every fight
There'll be
a thousand moments
For you to say,
"I td u"
And a million more
for us to say, "I love you"
So let's look forward
to you and I looking back
At 99 years like that,
At 99 years like that
[music]
They build a house of love
in the face of worry
B lifhas way
of rewriting the story
(The story)
There were times
when it looked like
Nothing could save them
And the were times
When it looked like
nothing could break them
They keep promising
each other
Wt the future's gonna hold
ill we look back down on
99 years of a wonderful life?
Where we laughed
and we cried
And our love grew stronger
with every fight
There'll be
a thousand mts
Forou tsay "Iold u"
And a million more
for us to say, "I love you"
So t's ok fward
to you and I looking back
o 99ears
Of nothing unspoken,
(Of nothing unspoken)
Live every day hoping,
(Every day hoping)
That when we feel broken
Our scars make us golden
You still choose you and I
Will we look back down on
99 years of a wonderful life?
Where we laughed
'til we cried
nd o lovwas rong
th ery fht
There'll be
a thousand moments
Forou tsay,
tolyou"
And a million more
for us to sa "loveou"
So let's look forward
to you and I looking back
At 99 years like that
Oh, at 99 years like that,
(Oh, oh)
At 99 years like that
[applause]
Josh Groban!
Jennifer Nettles,
everybody.
ank you so much.
[applause]
n, o man
How lucky are we?
[applause]
Okay, New York, this is a song
that I first heard
the back of a taxi cab in
Dublin, Ireland a long time ago.
When I recorded it,
I never could've imagined
th it would have taken me as
many places as it's taken me.
I could never imagine
that it would take me
to this great venue
again and again.
So, New York,
if you know isne,
ng athe p ofour ngs,enget out ,
again and again.
the is, You Raise Me Up.
[applause]
[music: YOU RAISE ME UP]
[music: YOU RAISE ME UP]
[mic: YOU RAISE ME UP]P]
When I am down,
and oh, my soul so weary
When troubles come,
and my heart burdened be
Then, I am still
and wait here in the silence
Until you come
and sit awhile with me
You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk
on stormy seas
I am strong
when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be
You look so good, New York,
lighting up the night sky.
I e yo
I know you've got lungs too.
I want to hear you.
[applause]
You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up
to walk on stormy seas
I am strong
when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be
Ready?
You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up
to walk on stormy seas
And I am strong
when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I cane
You raise me up
So I can stand on mountains
New York City!
To walk on stormy seas
(stormy seas)
I am strong
when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be
You raise me up
to more than I can be
You raise me up
to more than I can be
[applause]
Give a big round of applause
for the SaedeartUnivsityhr
sounding so beautiful
all night tonight.
[applause]
All right.
I'm going to leave you
with this one.
It is a very strange time
and it is a particular privilege
to be in music
ringheseimes
because it's a time when we can
remind each other
through the arts,
about our humanity
about what makes us similar
when everything around us
is telling us
how different we are
and how much we should fear
each other and hate each other.
And New York is a city
that's always understood that.
So, thank you, New York,
for being a beacon of light
to the world
with that message.
And thank you for
inviting us here in that spirit.
It's been a privilege,
it really has.
We need more bridges
and less walls.
This is
Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Thank you, guys, again.
[applause]
[music:
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER]
When you're weary,
feeling small
When tears are
in your eyes
I will dry them all
[music]
And friends just can't
be found
Like a bridge
over troubled water
I will lay me down
Ooh, ooh, ooh
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part,
(I'll take your part)
When darkness comes
(Ooh, ooh)
And pain is all around
Like a bridge
over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge
over troubled water
I will lay me down
Oh, like a bridge
over troubled
Troubled water
Oh, I will lay me down
Like a bridge
Oh, like a bridge
Over troubled
Troubled water
Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
And all your dreams
are on their way
See how they shine,
(See how they shine)
And if you need a friend,
(need a friend)
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge
over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge
over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridgevertroued
I will ease your mind
[music/applause]
[music]
New York City
we love you so much.
We'll keep coming back
as long as you do.
Be very, very good
to each other.
Goodnight.
[applause]
[applause]
laus
ill we look ba down
on 99 years
There'll be
a thousand moments
For you to say,
"I told you"
And a million more
for us to say, "I love you"
So let's look forward
to you and I looking back
At 99 years like that,
At 99 years like that