Dr. Rock's Music Adventures: The Goo Goo Dolls, Daughtry, and the Plain White T's at the LC Pavilion, Columbus, Ohio August 25, 2014

My wife Grace and I have seen the Goo Goo Dolls a number of times before. I discovered them as the "next Replacements" in their garage phase and my wife loves their mid to late adult contemporary phase. For my wife's 50th birthday, I bought her a Meet & Greet Package with the Goo Goo Dolls for this show. We were both excited about the show!
VENUE: Outdoors at the LC Pavilion on a lovely summer evening.
MERCH: The merch table was selling for $20 each a signed (by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac) setlist for this Columbus show! Love it! I picked one up along with a Goo Goo Dolls 2014 Tour t shirt for another $30. In addition, as part of our VIP package, we had previously received in the mail: sunglasses, an afghan, VIP commemorative pass, and a signed (and John and Robby) tour poster.
HOW THE EVENING WENT: We arrived early to pick up our official VIP passes at the box office. We were able to get a good position in the pit area down in front to watch the Plain White T's. I had seem them open up for Snow Patrol indoors at the LC a few years back. I think they put on a good show: upbeat pop rock with good sing along potential. This show was no exception. They played about 8 songs, including their top hits. Nice opening act.
We then were led inside of the LC to meet, greet, and have our picture taken with John and Robby. There were probably 25-30 people total there for the meet and greet, including quite a few who had met them before.

John Rzeznik, Grace, me, and Robby Takac

Grace told both of them she was there celebrating her 50th birthday. It was great getting to meet them and have the picture taken with them.

We then went outside again to take in the Daughtry part of the show that had just begun. Daughtry was in good voice and his band (I realize he AND the band are "Daughtry") was sounding good. He played the hits and puts on a good show. Enjoyable!

At the end of Daughtry's set, we were joined by two other couples to get seated on the stage. It was part of our VIP package. We were in the back behind the keyboardist. The staff of the LC and the Goo Goo Dolls tour folks were great and really help make it a great experience. The sound was good from where we were sitting. John, Robby, the keyboardist, and drummer all interacted with us during the show -- Robby came over a couple times and smiled. The Goo Goo Dolls put on a good show that night. The setlist included an excellent mix of their more contemporary songs. At the end of the night, we each received a signed setlist (!) and one of Robby's bass guitar picks. Grace also had received a guitar pick from the keyboardist/saxophonist/guitarist. Grace very much enjoyed the night -- and it was especially for her.

My rating of the overall show and experience: a 4 out of 5.