Opening for Olivia Rodrigo

On September 13, 2023, Olivia Rodrigo announced her Guts World Tour for February through August 2024. The Breeders opened for her at Madison Square Garden on April 5−6 and 8–9, and again at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California , on August 13–14 and 16–17. Their MSG set on April 8 was praised by Billboard ‘ s Andrew Unterberger, who wrote that seeing the band “get the chance to become arena-rockers that should have long been theirs by right of their inspired ’90s work – which has also since extended to excellent albums in the ’00s and ’10s – was a very powerful thing”, and said that Rodrigo including them “goes beyond a new artist paying her respects to those who came before her, I think, and serves to help connect and re-strengthen a timeline that was at serious risk of being totally severed.” When asked about the MSG shows in an interview, Kim Deal said it was odd at first, but after learning Rodrigo knew St. Vincent and is a fan of Billy Joel and Sheryl Crow , she said “[Rodrigo]’s just really into music. Knowing that, it made more sense. She just really liked us!”