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As a tourist destination, Portland has had a fair share of celebrity sightings over the years. We scoured the archives and found nine photographs of famous folks out in public, including Bruce Springsteen leaving the Bay Club and Lady Gaga in front of a massive crowd at Deering Oaks Park.
Three of the four members of the Smashing Pumpkins — from left, Melissa Auf der Mar, James Iha, a bodyguard and lead singer Billy Corgan — look at the key to the city of Portland presented by the mayor before an autograph session at Bull Moose Music on Middle Street in Portland on Feb. 22, 2000. (John Patriquin/Staff Photographer)
Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan (left in watch cap) greets some of the hundreds of fans who waited for hours outside Bull Moose Music. (John Patriquin/Staff Photographer)
On Feb 08, 2001, Bruce Springsteen was photographed leaving the Bay Club at One City Center in Portland after a workout. (Jill Brady/Staff Photographer)
Bruce Springsteen in Portland on Feb. 8, 2001. (Jill Brady/Staff Photographer)
Another view of The Boss riding the elevator at One City Center in Portland after a workout at the Bay Club. (Jill Brady/Staff Photographer)
Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta) speaks at a rally in Portland’s Deering Oaks Park on Sept. 20, 2010. (Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer)
Lady Gaga gives the peace sign to fans as she walks from her tour bus to the stage to speak to the crowd during the Deering Oaks rally. (Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer)
Actress Susan Sarandon poses for a photo at Arabica coffee shop in Portland on Feb. 23, 2016. Sarandon talked about her love for Maine, and the then-recent death of musician David Bowie, a co-star in the 1983 film “The Hunger.” (Photo by Aimsel Ponti)
Sarandon spent the day in the city in support of then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. (Photo by Aimsel Ponti)
Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town...
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