The Really Really Ridiculously Good-Looking Tour @ 930 Club, 3/4/08

The Really Really Ridiculously Good-Looking Tour sold out the 930 Club weeks before their Tuesday night show. The bill featured four relatively new acts enjoying a surge of popularity with the young crowd. Headliner Cobra Starship and first opening act The Cab share the same label—and many of the same young, female fans—as Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco. Middle openers We the Kings and Metro Station weren’t hurting for screaming fans either.

The crowd went wild for the very first act, pushing toward the stage once The Cab started. The sea of crushed bodies valiantly waved their hands, jumped up and down, and sang along on cue with the singer’s exhortations.

We the Kings kept the energy high as the singer repeatedly worked both ends of the stage and the lead guitarist leapt onto his monitor to cut loose at least twice per song. The only downside was the bassist, who hid behind his hair all night.

Metro Station brought a more dance-centric vibe, in keeping with the headlining act. The bassist doubled as front man (a la Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz), constantly shouting comments to “all the fine ladies” in the crowd. Rarely before have the girls of DC been so collectively flattered.

Before his band came on, Gabe Saporta riled up the crowd from the backstage balcony, waving, taking photographs, and doing the Soulja Boy dance. As the full band took the stage, most of the audience “threw their fangs up” in greeting. Cobra Starship’s set was an exhilarating dance party that got the crowd jumping up and down. Between songs, Gabe and his band kept their eager fans entertained with amusing banter and heartfelt thanks to their supporters for selling out the club.