Elvis Presley: Multnomah Civic Stadium Portland, OR : September 2, 1957.
On September 2, 1957, Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black and DJ Fontana performed one show at Multnomah Civic Stadium as the last stop on a whirlwind five city, four day tour of the Pacific Northwest that included Spokane, Vancouver, Tacoma, and Seattle. It was only the second tour that year and was promoted by Lee Gordon, who had promoted the earlier tour in the Spring of Canada and the Midwest. According to Peter Guralnick, he had also been trying unsuccessfully to get the Colonel to agree to a tour of Australia. Gordon, originally from Detroit, had been promoting big names acts in Australia since 1953. Read more.
The Front page of 'The Oregonian' : September 3, 1957.
Elvis Presley: Multnomah Civic Stadium Portland, OR : September 2, 1957.