On the live album 'Ghost in the Ruins,' the song "Legions" is listed as being taken from the Spectrum in Philadelphia show from 1988. However, at around the 3 minute mark, Jon is clearly heard shouting, "New York, let me hear your battle cry!"
So that begs the question, was the song actually taken from a New York show and a mistake was made on the liner notes or was it really Philly and Jon just forgot what city he was in? (Totally plausible, it happens more than you think with touring rock bands).
I've got the 2011 Ear Music reissue of the CD. There are 3 New York shows listed for sources of different songs. Could "Legions" be from one of these?
The Ritz in Brooklyn '90
L'Amour in Brooklyn '90
Nassau Coliseum on Long Island '88
Here's a Discogs link:
And here's audio of the song on YT (on this video Jon mentions New York at around the 3:05 mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj6329NSzIM
Yes I know this is a really trivial issue to be posting about, but I was listening to the album and just thought it was odd. Plus it's a rainy day and I'm bored. 🥱