- Location / Portland, OR, USA
- Venue / Memorial Coliseum
The first show by the band in this city.
The first time at this venue.
The venue is located in the Rose Quarter area of the city centre and ext to the Willamette River. the Moda Center venue was built next to it in October 1995 as the Rose Garden Arena.
It was opened in November 1960 as the Memorial Coliseum.
In 2011 it was renamed as the Veterans Memorial Coliseum Portland.
The closing night of the 9 shows played supporting Pat Travers with the band now moving on to support fellow British band Judas Priest in Texas.
Local DJ Gloria Johnson of KGON radio had been the first in America to play Def Leppard earlier in the year.
Animal Instinct - 1987 Biography Quotes
"When the Travers-Leppard package pulled into Portland, Oregon two weeks later, the Leppard bandwagon was really rolling."
"An audience of 11,000 ignited matches and cigarette lighters as Leppard left the stage."
"We went down v=better than Travers that night," Joe says proudly.
"We were very big in Portland apparently."
Read more about this tour in the Lep History section.
show intro
- 00 - When The Walls Came Tumblin' Down Album Intro
setlist - (Unconfirmed)
- 01 - When The Walls Came Tumblin' Down
- 02 - It Could Be You
- 03 - Hello America
- 04 - Satellite
- 05 - Lady Strange
- 06 - Rock Brigade
- 07 - Answer To The Master
- 08 - It Don't Matter
- 09 - Rocks Off
- 10 - Wasted
- 11 - Ride Into The Sun
songs by album / single
- 1980 - On Through The Night - 9
- 1979 - The Def Leppard E.P. - 1
- Unreleased - 1
show info
- Tour - Def Leppard On Through The Night US Tour 1980
- Pat Travers Band Tour Name - Crash And Burn Tour
- Fan Recorded - none yet
- Venue - Website
- Venue Address - 300 North Winning Way, Portland, OR 97227
- US State - Oregon
- Area Map - Google
- Last Show Here - n/a
- Capacity - 12,888
- Attendance - 11,000
- Total Gross - n/a
- Show Time - n/a
- Tickets - n/a
- Promoter - n/a
- Headliner - Pat Travers Band
- Support Act - Def Leppard
band members
- 01 - Joe Elliott - Lead Vocals
- 02 - Pete Willis - Guitars
- 03 - Steve Clark - Guitars
- 04 - Rick Savage - Bass
- 05 - Rick Allen - Drums
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