The September 2014 tour by the alternative rock band the Breeders included thirteen concerts in the central and western United States. The tour featured the lineup from their 1993 album Last Splash, with Josephine Wiggs, Jim Macpherson, Kim Deal, and Kelley Deal (pictured with Wiggs in 2009). Invited to open for Neutral Milk Hotel's September 18 concert at the Hollywood Bowl, they planned a tour to lead up to this show, using the opportunity to practice some recent compositions. They performed in eleven cities, including St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. The group then played at the Hollywood Bowl concert, and finished the tour on September 20 at the Goose Island 312 Urban Block Party event in Chicago. As well as their new songs, they performed numerous selections from Last Splash and Pod (1990). Music critics commented that the performances were rousing, and that the band was as good as—or better than—in its heyday.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breeders_Tour_2014

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1878:

The passenger steamship SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames after colliding with a collier, killing over 600 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_SS_Princess_Alice

1914:

World War I: The German army began an assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grand_Couronn%C3%A9

1967:

Dagen H: All non-essential traffic was banned from the roads in Sweden while drivers switched from the left-hand side of the road to the right-hand side. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H

2001:

The Troubles: Protestant loyalists began picketing a Catholic primary school for girls in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross_dispute

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

bosk: 1. (obsolete except dialectal) A bush. 2. (archaic) A thicket; a small wood. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bosk

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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