Cut Copy

Tour Dates

05/07/08 ABBEY PUB (AA) Chicago, IL
05/07/08 ABBEY PUB Chicago, IL
05/08/08 MAGIC STICK Detroit,MI
05/09/08 THE PHOENIX Toronto, ON
05/10/08 Cabaret Musee Montreal, QB
05/12/08 PARADISE Boston, MA
05/13/08 STUDIO B Brooklyn, NY
05/14/08 Bowery Ballroom NY
05/15/08 BLACK CAT Washington DC
05/16/08 PURE Philadelphia, PA
05/17/08 SONAR – Baltimore, MD
05/19/08 ECHOPLEX Los Angeles, CA
06/05/08 Forum Melbourne, Victoria
06/06/08 Forum Melbourne, Victoria
06/07/08 WrestPoint Entertainment Centre Hobart, Tasmania
06/08/08 The Batman Fawkner Inn Launceston, Tasmania
06/12/08 HQ Complex Adelaide
06/13/08 The Capitol Perth
06/14/08 The Capitol Perth
06/18/08 The Great Northern Byron Bay, New South Wales
06/19/08 Coolangatta Hotel Gold Coast, Queensland
06/20/08 The Tivoli Brisbane, Queensland
06/21/08 The Enmore Theatre Sydney, New South Wales
06/26/08 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – dance village Glastonbury
07/04/08 ARVIKA FESTIVAL Stockholm
07/05/08 WIRELESS FESTIVAL London
08/09/08 OYA FESTIVAL OSLO

Cut/Copy are doing great on their tour throughout the US (selling out at most popular venues, adding additional dates due to demand), before making a triumph return to their hometown of Melbourne, Australia, to two, count ’em, two sold-out show at the Forum.

I was pretty impressed with their manufactured/pre-recorded 80s-techno new wave style beats, and they worked the very packed room of young hipsters and college frat boys to a frenzy with their demands of “dance, jump!”

I couldn’t help but wondered what they would do without their beat box, as it seems they depend on it a lot. In fact, at some point, the bassist left the stage and the music just kept going without him.

Opening up for them was Black Kids and Mobius Band. Both bands did a pretty short setlist, lasting about 30-40 minutes each, which is understandable as having three bands can be too much if they all did full sets.

The trio Mobius Band are from Brooklyn, New York, with a jerky and energetic Ben (?) pushing buttons and moving back and forth.

When he’s not doing the buttons thing, he actually also plays guitars.

Check out the cute cardboard setlist from Black Kids, it lists 9 songs, but it felt like 6, really quick!

Singer Reggie Youngblood, sure sweat a lot. The whole band looked really cute with the two girls, Dawn & Ali, doing synchronizing singing. The crowd do love them, and I suspect many of them were there to see them – because many of them were wearing the $20 tour shirts that reads “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You”.