The Breeders Tour 2017
{{Short description|2017 concert tour}}
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| artist = the Breeders
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| start_date = {{Start date|2017|10|10}}
| end_date = {{End date|2017|11|13}}
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| last_tour = Tour 2014
| this_tour = Tour 2017
| next_tour = Tour 2018
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The Breeders' 2017 tour consisted of twenty-one concerts in Europe and the United States. A date in Dublin was canceled due to Hurricane Orphelia. They opened for Arcade Fire at two of the dates. Compositions that the Breeders played on the tour included their 2017 single "Wait in the Car", the Pixies' "Gigantic", and songs by the Amps.
Performances and reception
The Breeders began their 2017 tour with a "warm-up show" at the Southgate House Revival-Sanctuary music venue in Newport, Kentucky on October 10,{{harvnb|The Breeders: New Single ‘Wait in the Car’ & European & US Tour Dates}} with opening act Vacation.{{harvnb|The Breeders, Vacation (Ticketfly)}} They then traveled to the United Kingdom for mid-October performances in Glasgow and Manchester, and an October 18 show in London. A concert in Dublin on October 16 was canceled because of Hurricane Orphelia.{{harvnb|The Breeders' gig at Vicar Street has been cancelled, Zara Larsson at the Olympia postponed}} From October 22 to 27, the group played five concerts in mainland Europe, in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Paris. For these and for the UK shows, the group PINS opened for them.{{harvnb|PINS}} The Breeders then returned to the US for end-of-month 40-minute sets supporting Arcade Fire in St. Paul and Chicago.{{harvnb|Thompson|2017}}{{harvnb|Argyrakis|2017}}
In early November, the Breeders performed with the group Flasher opening for them, in Detroit,{{harvnb|The Breeders (Ticketweb)}} Boston,{{harvnb|Eaton|2017}} and Washington, D.C.,{{harvnb|The Breeders, Flasher (Lincoln Theatre)}} followed by dates in Philadelphia and New York City, with Vacation opening again.{{harvnb|C., Todd|2017}} They then played the five shows on the West Coast between November 8 and 13, in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco (two shows), and Los Angeles; Melkbelly was the support band for this final leg of the tour.{{harvnb|The Breeders, Melkbelly (Portland Mercury)}}
The band played songs from throughout their career. From their first two albums, Pod (1990) and Last Splash (1993), they performed selections including "Fortunately Gone", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", "No Aloha", "Invisible Man", and "Cannonball". They played "Off You" from Title TK (2002), as well as "Bang On" and "Night of Joy" from Mountain Battles (2008).{{harvnb|Blackcondorguy|2017}} From their then-forthcoming album All Nerve (2018), the Breeders performed "Archangels Thunderbird", "Walking with a Killer", and their 2017 single "Wait in the Car". Other compositions they played included songs Kim Deal's previous bands the Pixies ("Gigantic") and the Amps ("Pacer", "I Am Decided", and "Tipp City").
About their October 17 concert in Manchester, The Skinny{{'}}s Joe Goggin wrote that "even as they’re settling slowly back into the saddle, the Breeders have lost little of their daring".{{harvnb|Goggin|2017}} Kitty Empire of The Guardian praised their performance of "Wait in the Car" on October 18 at the Electric Ballroom in London.{{harvnb|Empire|2017}} A reviewer at the Indiepoprock website wrote that their performance at Trix in Antwerp on October 23 was charming.{{harvnb|iChris|2017}} In St. Paul on October 29, Chris Riemenschneider of Star Tribune commented that the Breeders' performance "confirmed they’re still very much a contender";{{harvnb|Riemenschneider|2017}} City Pages{{'}} Erik Thompson called their performance "endearingly shambolic" but stated it would have sounded better at a smaller venue rather than in a "slowly filling arena". The Vinyl District's Brigit Gallagher reported looking forward to the Breeders' upcoming 2018 album based on the "stellar" new songs the group performed at United Center in Chicago.{{harvnb|Gallagher|2017}} Regarding this same show, Andy Argyrakis of National Rock Review said that the band "never once came across dated throughout 40 meaningful minutes".
Dates
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scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Date (2017)
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October 10
|Newport |United States |The Southgate House Revival-Sanctuary |
October 15
|Glasgow |rowspan="3"|United Kingdom |ABC |rowspan="8"|PINS |
October 17
|Manchester |Academy 2 |
October 18
|London |
October 22
|Amsterdam |Netherlands |
October 23
|Antwerp |Belgium |Trix |
October 24
|Berlin |Germany |Heimathafen |
October 25
|Copenhagen |Denmark |Vega |
October 27
|Paris |France |
October 29
|St. Paul |rowspan="12"|United States |rowspan="2"|Arcade Fire (headliner) |
October 30
|Chicago |
November 1
|Detroit |Magic Stick |
November 3
|Boston |The Sinclair |
November 4
|Washington |
November 5
|New York |
November 6
|Philadelphia |
November 8
|Portland |rowspan="5"|Melkbelly |
November 9
|Seattle |
November 11
|rowspan="2"|San Francisco |The Rickshaw Stop |
November 12
|The Independent |
November 13
|Los Angeles |
Footnotes
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References
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- {{Cite web |first=Andy |last=Argyrakis |url=http://www.nationalrockreview.com/concert-reviews/arcade-fire-united-center-chicago-il |title=Arcade Fire at the United Center in Chicago, IL |publisher=National Rock Review |date=November 1, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190408033411/http://www.nationalrockreview.com/concert-reviews/arcade-fire-united-center-chicago-il |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web|url= https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-breeders-magic-stick-tickets/7543465 |title=The Breeders|publisher=Ticketweb.com|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180120194116/https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-breeders-magic-stick-tickets/7543465 |archive-date=January 20, 2018|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|The Breeders (Ticketweb)}}}}
- {{cite web|last=Blackcondorguy|url= http://exitmusik.fr/the-breeders-gaite-lyrique-paris-271017/ |title=The Breeders @ La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), 27/10/17|publisher=exitmusik.fr|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=French|archive-url= https://archive.today/20171230063108/http://exitmusik.fr/the-breeders-gaite-lyrique-paris-271017/|archive-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web|url= https://www.thelincolndc.com/event/1520169-breeders-washington/ |title=The Breeders, Flasher|publisher=Lincoln Theatre|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171104065134/https://www.thelincolndc.com/event/1520169-breeders-washington/ |archive-date=November 4, 2017|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|The Breeders, Flasher (Lincoln Theatre)}}}}
- {{Cite web|url= http://entertainment.ie/music/news/The-Breeders-gig-at-Vicar-Street-has-been-cancelled-Zara-Larsson-at-the-Olympia-postponed/398258.htm |title=The Breeders' gig at Vicar Street has been cancelled, Zara Larsson at the Olympia postponed|publisher=entertainment.ie|date=October 16, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171226181128/http://entertainment.ie/music/news/The-Breeders-gig-at-Vicar-Street-has-been-cancelled-Zara-Larsson-at-the-Olympia-postponed/398258.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2017|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|The Breeders' gig at Vicar Street has been cancelled, Zara Larsson at the Olympia postponed}}}}
- {{Cite web|url= https://www.portlandmercury.com/events/19163680/the-breeders-melkbelly |title=The Breeders, Melkbelly|work=The Portland Mercury|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180107045956/https://www.portlandmercury.com/events/19163680/the-breeders-melkbelly |archive-date=January 7, 2018|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|The Breeders, Melkbelly (Portland Mercury)}}}}
- {{Cite web|url= http://www.4ad.com/news/3/10/2017/newsinglewaitinthecareuropeanustourdates |title=The Breeders: New Single 'Wait in the Car' & European & US Tour Dates|publisher=4AD|date=October 3, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171114050818/http://www.4ad.com/news/3/10/2017/newsinglewaitinthecareuropeanustourdates |archive-date=November 14, 2017|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|The Breeders: New Single ‘Wait in the Car’ & European & US Tour Dates}}}}
- {{Cite web|url= https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1559957-breeders-newport/ |title=The Breeders, Vacation|publisher=Ticketfly|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180120191021/https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1559957-breeders-newport/ |archive-date=January 20, 2018|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|The Breeders, Vacation (Ticketfly)}}}}
- {{Cite web|last=C., Todd|url= https://www.recessrecords.com/single-post/2017/11/01/Vacation-Southern-Grass-Tour-Part-2 |title=Vacation: Southern Grass Tour Part 2|publisher=Recess Records|date=November 1, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20180802125103/https://www.recessrecords.com/single-post/2017/11/01/Vacation-Southern-Grass-Tour-Part-2|archive-date=August 2, 2018|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web|first=Perry|last=Eaton|url=https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2017/11/01/15-cant-miss-concerts-in-boston-this-november-2 |title=15 can't-miss concerts in Boston this November|publisher=Boston.com|date=November 1, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171101181451/https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2017/11/01/15-cant-miss-concerts-in-boston-this-november-2 |archive-date=November 1, 2017|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web |first=Kitty |last=Empire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/22/the-breeders-electric-ballroom-london-review-kim-deal-music-defies-physics |title=The Breeders review – Kim Deal's music continues to defy physics |work=The Guardian |date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171203033156/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/22/the-breeders-electric-ballroom-london-review-kim-deal-music-defies-physics |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web |first=Brigid |last=Gallagher |url=http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/chicago/2017/11/tvd-live-shots-arcade-fire-and-the-breeders-at-the-united-center-1030/ |title=TVD Live Shots: Arcade Fire and The Breeders at the United Center, 10/30 |publisher=The Vinyl District |date=November 2, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190408032603/http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/chicago/2017/11/tvd-live-shots-arcade-fire-and-the-breeders-at-the-united-center-1030/ |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web |first=Joe |last=Goggin |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/web/20171018222844oe_/http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-music/reviews/the-breeders-academy-2-manchester-17-oct |title=The Breeders @ Academy 2, Manchester, 17 Oct |work=The Skinny |date=October 18, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190408023533/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-music/reviews/the-breeders-academy-2-manchester-17-oct |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web |last=iChris |url=http://www.indiepoprock.fr/live-reports/concerts/the-breeders-trix-le-23-octobre-2017/ |title=The Breeders @ Trix – le 23 octobre 2017 |publisher=Indiepoprock |date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |language=French |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180728044001/http://www.indiepoprock.fr/live-reports/concerts/the-breeders-trix-le-23-octobre-2017/ |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web|url= https://viaductpromotions.co.uk/portfolio/pins/ |title=PINS|publisher=Viaduct Promotions|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20171223065201/https://viaductpromotions.co.uk/portfolio/pins/ |archive-date=December 23, 2017|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|PINS}}}}
- {{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Riemenschneider |url=http://www.startribune.com/arcade-fire-goes-for-a-knockout-at-the-x/454035423/ |title=Arcade Fire goes for a knockout at the X in St. Paul |work=Star Tribune |date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171108214237/http://www.startribune.com/arcade-fire-goes-for-a-knockout-at-the-x/454035423/ |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news |first=Erik |last=Thompson |url=http://www.citypages.com/music/arcade-fire-get-in-the-ring-and-fight-the-good-fight-at-xcel/454093603 |title=Arcade Fire get in the ring and fight the good fight at Xcel |work=City Pages |date=November 3, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180818035214/http://www.citypages.com/music/arcade-fire-get-in-the-ring-and-fight-the-good-fight-at-xcel/454093603 |archive-date=August 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}
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