The Beatles in Concert, Portland, Oregon - Beatlemania! on Waymarking.com

The Beatles, Paul, John, George and Ringo, toured the United States several times in their short career performing in many cities. On August 22, 1965, the Beatles came to Portland, Oregon with their one of their charter plane’s four engines belching flames and black smoke as the plane descended into Portland (oil leaking onto a hot engine).

Portland was not a main stop on a lot of tours in those days. It was usually just a city that groups passed through on their way between Seattle and San Francisco or Los Angeles. But for one day in 1965, at the highest point in their popularity, the Beatles played two performances at the Memorial Coliseum with its trademark smoked-glass shell to nearly 20,000 screaming fans.

Afterwards the Beatles held a press conference between concerts. John Lennon said he was glad that fans had quit throwing jelly beans at the Beatles while they were performing on stage as it hurts.

Then the Beatles went to the airport, climbed into a new plane, brought in to replace the original charter aircraft, and soared away, bound for Los Angeles. The Beatles arrived in a cloud of black smoke and left in a blaze of glory.

Instructions for logging waymark: A photograph is required of you (or your GPS receiver, if you are waymarking solo) and the place. If you attended the concert, please describe the Beatles performance and share any photos that you took while they were in Portland--at the airport, at the hotel, in concert, etc.