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Line 1: {{Short description\|2014 concert tour ~~by the Breeders~~}} {{featured article}} {{use American English\|date=August 2019}} Line 34: The September 2014 tour comprised thirteen American dates, all in western and central states.<ref name=2014TourDates/> At various shows—between which the Breeders traveled by van<ref>{{harvnb\|Wenzel\|2014}}</ref>—the Funs,<ref name=offbroadway>{{harvnb\|The Breeders is Completely SOLD OUT}}</ref><ref name=recordbar>{{harvnb\|The Breeders, The Funs (Record Bar)}}</ref> the Neptunas,<ref name=Showbox/><ref name=WonderBallroom>{{harvnb\|The Breeders, The Neptunas (The Portland Mercury)}}</ref> and [[Kelley Stoltz]]<ref name=withKelleyStoltz>{{harvnb\|The Breeders with Kelley Stoltz}}</ref> were the opening acts.{{refn\|The Funs were devotees of the Breeders, and became involved in the tour when member Philip Jerome Lesicko sent a video of a Funs' live performance to Kim Deal; she liked it and invited them to be an opening act.<ref>{{harvnb\|Lees\|2014}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb\|Galil\|2016}}</ref> Deal was also an admirer of the Neptunas,<ref>{{harvnb\|The Deal On The New Breeders Album}}</ref> who had been inactive for several years but reunited when the Breeders asked them to join the 2014 tour.<ref>{{harvnb\|Russo\|2017}}</ref>\|group=n}} The tour began in early September with dates in [[St. Louis]] and [[Kansas City, Missouri]], and then continued west to [[Denver]], [[Salt Lake City]], and [[Garden City, Idaho]].<ref name=2014TourDates/> On September 10, the Breeders started a short Pacific Coast stretch, performing in [[Seattle]], [[Portland, Oregon\|Portland]], and [[San Francisco]].<ref name=2014TourDates/>{{refn\|Originally, they had not planned to perform in San Francisco, and were to play at the CS2V Festival in [[San Jose, California\|San Jose]] instead; when it became uncertain whether the musical part of this festival would be held, the Breeders redirected their tour to San Francisco.<ref name=2014TourDates/>\|group=n}} These were followed by [[Las Vegas]] and [[Phoenix, Arizona\|Phoenix]], then west again to [[San Diego]],<ref name=2014TourDates/> leading up to their concert on September 18 at the Hollywood Bowl with Neutral Milk Hotel and [[Daniel Johnston]].<ref name=NeutralMilkHotel>{{harvnb\|Neutral Milk Hotel, The Breeders, Daniel Johnston}}</ref> Breeder's Digest, their official website, announced [[Carrie Bradley]]'s reunion with the band for this show.<ref name=2014TourDates/> Following the Hollywood concert, the Breeders finished their tour at the Goose Island 312 Urban Block Party event in [[Chicago]] on September 20, with groups such as [[Unknown Mortal Orchestra]] and [[Thao & the Get Down Stay Down]].<ref name=Bernot>{{harvnb\|Bernot\|2014}}</ref> In addition to the new compositions "Simone", "Skinhead #2", "All Nerve", and "Launched", the Breeders performed many songs from their albums ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)\|Pod]]'' (1990) and ''Last Splash''.<ref name=Finn>{{harvnb\|Finn\|2014}}</ref><ref name=Rodgers>{{harvnb\|Rodgers\|2014}}</ref> Among these were "[[Saints (song)\|Saints]]", "[[Cannonball (The Breeders song)\|Cannonball]]", "[[No Aloha]]", and "[[Divine Hammer (song)\|Divine Hammer]]" from ''Last Splash'', as well as "Doe", "[[Happiness Is a Warm Gun]]", and "Iris" from ''Pod''.<ref name=Rodgers/><ref name=Ventura>{{harvnb\|Ventura\|2014}}</ref> They also played "[[Off You]]" from ''Title TK'' and the title track from the ''[[Safari (EP)\|Safari]]'' [[Extended play\|EP]] (1992).<ref name=Finn/><ref name=Phillips>{{harvnb\|Phillips\|2014}}</ref> Another composition they performed was "Walking with a Killer",<ref name=Ventura/><ref name=Phillips/> which had originally been released in 2012<ref>{{harvnb\|Ōtaka\|2018}}</ref>—with the [[A-side and B-side\|B-side]] "Dirty Hessians"—as the first in a series of solo [[Gramophone record#Formats\|7" singles]] by Kim Deal,<ref>{{harvnb\|Pelly\|2013}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb\|Belhan\|2013}}</ref> and which the Breeders had played in 2013 on their LSXX Tour.<ref name=Hopper/>{{refn\|Full set lists of a few of the concerts have been reported. In Kansas City, the Breeders played {{hlist\|"Off You"\|"Saints"\|"Hag"\|"Skinhead #2"\|"SOS"\|"Limehouse"\|"Simone"\|"Doe"\|"Hellbound"\|"Walking with a Killer"\|"Fortunately Gone"\|"Happiness is a Warm Gun"\|"Launched"\|"New Year"\|"Cannonball"\|"All Nerve"\|"No Aloha"\|"Divine Hammer" and during the encore "Glorious"\|"Safari"\|"Iris".<ref name=Finn/><ref name=Phillips/>}} At their Las Vegas show, the set list was almost the same, with some variation in the order, and with the inclusion of ''Last Splash''{{'s}} "I Just Wanna Get Along" and "Do You Love Me Now?" instead of "Launched".<ref name=Rodgers/><ref name=Ventura/> During their shorter Hollywood set, they performed this album's "Drivin' on 9", as well as twelve of the songs from the Kansas City and Las Vegas concerts.<ref name=Cosores>{{harvnb\|Cosores\|2014}}</ref>\|group=n}} The band's performances on the 2014 tour were generally well received. Regarding their September 3 concert in Kansas City, Danny Phillips of ''[[Blurt (magazine)\|Blurt]]'' wrote that the Breeders "like wine, seem to improve with age", adding that nothing about the show could have been better;<ref name=Phillips/> ''[[The Kansas City Star]]''{{'}}s Timothy Finn likewise summed the night up as "an evening that exceeded its promise".<ref name=Finn/> Critic Lissa Townsend Rodgers of the Vegas Seven website commended their rousing performances of "New Year" and "Cannonball" at their Las Vegas concert on September 16<ref name=Rodgers/>—a show also enjoyed by Leslie Ventura of ''[[Las Vegas Weekly]]'', who noted the confidence with which the band played.<ref name=Ventura/> Reviewing the September 17 date in San Diego, critic Alex Packard of Listensd.com opined that the Breeders "deliver[ed] the classics like they wrote them yesterday and new material in no less of a moving way".<ref>{{harvnb\|Packard\|2014}}</ref> Both Keith Plocek of ''[[LA Weekly]]'' and Philip Cosores of ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' liked the September 18 concert at the Hollywood Bowl;<ref name=Cosores/><ref>{{harvnb\|Plocek\|2014}}</ref> Cosores rated a few of the performances as impeccable, and commented that Kim Deal's "rock and roll soul is still as strong as ever".<ref name=Cosores/> Line 159: * {{Cite web\|first=Leor\|last=Galil\|url= https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/funs-my-survival-crane-lesicko-manic-static/Content?oid=21165419 \|title=The Funs make a complicated Valentine's Day mix \|work=[[Chicago Reader]]\|date=February 10, 2016\|access-date=November 26, 2017\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170319225639/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/funs-my-survival-crane-lesicko-manic-static/Content?oid=21165419 \|archive-date=March 19, 2017\|url-status=live}} * {{Cite web\|url= https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=The%20Breeders \|title=Gold Platinum Database\| website=Music Canada\|access-date=October 25, 2017\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160818075014/https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=Breeders \|archive-date=August 18, 2016\|url-status=live\|ref={{SfnRef\|Gold Platinum Database}}}} * {{Cite web\|first=Tim\|last=Hinely\|url= http://blurtonline.com/review/breeders-9514-denver/ \|title=The Breeders 9/5/14, Denver\|website=[[Blurt (magazine)\|Blurt]]\|date=September 5, 2014\|access-date=October 25, 2017\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140916060023/http://blurtonline.com/review/breeders-9514-denver/ \|archive-date=2014-09-16\|url-status=~~live~~dead}} * {{Cite magazine\|first=Jessica\|last=Hopper\|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kim-and-kelley-deal-talk-new-breeders-songs-20140828 \|title=Kim and Kelley Deal Talk New Breeders Songs: There Are 'Five That We Can Play'\|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]\|date=August 28, 2014\|access-date=October 25, 2017\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160409105632/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kim-and-kelley-deal-talk-new-breeders-songs-20140828 \|archive-date=April 9, 2016\|url-status=live}} * {{Cite web\|first=Ross\|last=Jones\|url= http://diymag.com/2014/11/19/kim-deal-unveils-biker-gone-video \|title=Kelley Deal and Slint Drummer Britt Walford appear on new single\|work=[[DIY (magazine)\|DIY Magazine]]\|date=November 19, 2014\|access-date=October 25, 2017\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113545/http://diymag.com/2014/11/19/kim-deal-unveils-biker-gone-video \|archive-date=March 4, 2016\|url-status=live}} Line 173: * {{Cite web\|first=Amanda\|last=Petrusich\|author-link=Amanda Petrusich\|url= https://www.spin.com/2013/05/the-breeders-deal-last-splash-20th-anniversary-reunion-oral-history-cover-story-may-2013/ \|title=Splashdown! 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