OK, so it all started when I won tickets from Dave at the Gutterflower Street Team (Thank you soooo much, Dave!). My mom and I drove 4 hours to get to Memphis, TN. Of course, we listened to the Goo Goo Dolls the WHOLE way. Anywho, we got there at around 3:30. As we were driving to find a hotel, we drove by the Goos’ buses. I started to scream and yell “Mom, go back, go back, NOW!!!.” I said that cuz right beside the bus wuz Robby takin’ a pic for a fan! All I saw was the back of his head, but I could tell it was him! LOL When we got back to that spot, Robby was gone. we got our hotel, and headed down to stand by the buses to wait for a while. We waited around for about 15 minutes and then we saw Greg Suran, the guitarist. All the people (including my mom and I) were too shy to say anything to him, but he did smile and wave! It wuz kinda funny cuz he wuz wearing pink (yes pink) flip flops. Then about 30 minutes later, we saw the keyboard guy (sorry, what’s his name??) and he had no shirt on cuz he had been running. Last we saw Mike go into the bus. Still too shy to say anything. LOL I met 2 girls while I was waiting – Jessica, and one I did not get her name (if you are that girl, sorry) We 4 talked for a bit and then around 7 (the show started @ 7:30) we went inside. I bought a shirt (black and grey baseball T with a swirling thing that said Goo Goo Dolls in the middle) and a 4-pack of stickers. I bought my friend Nikki a shirt, pins and stickers, too. Then we headed inside. My mom and I had 11th row, the first 2 on the isle, so I had a really good view of it all. I could see everything. Our tickets and a sign said that you could not take pictures inside the theater, but I took my camera in anyway, and took 20 pics!! The security guards never saw that I had a camera with a flash on the end of the row! I would have taken 24 pics, but I wanted to save some in case I met the Goos after the show. The concert wuz great except the Goos did not seem as lively as they did at the Louisville show, but who could blame ‘em, poor guys are tired. Also the audience wuz lame, I mean I danced and shouted and clapped my head off, and flashed the rock sign many times. The people around me just kinda stood there, no singing, or dancing. LAME!!! The opening act, Five For Fighting, was pretty good. Not nearly as good as the Goos, but they were kool. I danced to their songs even though I wuz sittin’. Everyone was, that is until the Goos came on.Johnny read a USA today article about them. It so dissed the Goos, but Johnny wuz laughing. During the encore, Johnny came out with his cigarette. (I wish he’d stop) So after the show my mom and I were wanting to stay to see if we could meet them, or at least try. But the parking garage closed 30 minutes after the show wuz over. So we quickly went to our car and moved it to a far off parking lot. We went back to the buses and stood around with about 200 people. About 10 minutes after the show wuz over (10:45 or so) a guard came out and said “The Goo Goo Dolls won’t be coming out tonight. It’s my choice, the Goo Goo Dolls want to come out but I won’t let them.” So about 30-50 people left. We waited for another 30 minutes and this one girl said “If they aren’t coming out then how come the guards are still standing here?.” I thought “Good Point.” So we stayed. I mean the Goos have to get on the bus sometime. So were right by the door but the guard said “They will only come out if everyone is single file up against the wall. So we all got in line and my mom, me and Monica (a girl that we met) went to the back of the line. I got the lead singer of Five For Fighting to sign my ticket. I didn’t really care, cuz I don’t really like em. Then Mike came out!!! Oh my Gosh! He signed my Gutterflower booklet and a card that I have from 1991 with them on it. He said “sure” he’d sign it even though George wuz on it. How sweet. Then Mike said something really cute, but he made me promise not to quote him on it! I told him he wuz the best drummer in the world and he was really shy when I said that! Next Johnny came (still trying to breath) I handed him the Gutterflower booklet and he signed it. As he was signing it, I asked him if I could give him a hug. He said “Sure” and I hugged him. The tighter I hugged, the tighter he hugged. I put my head on his shoulder! It was sooo awesome!! Then I handed him the 1991 card. He signed it and said “Thank you for having our old stuff, you must be a really true fan, thanx for having the old stuff!!” I wuz sooooo siked and I tried to not scream. I told him thank you. As he was signing my mom’s Gutterflower CD (she’s a big fan, she’s 34) I touched his Picasso tattoo. I said “ Mom, I touched his tattoo!!! Ahhh!!” Johnny started to giggle a little. Then my mom asked him if she could hug him and he said “Sure young lady.” He looked SO cute standing right there, I mean really cute. And he was so sweet!! Then I asked this guard if Robby wuz coming. The guard said “Is he the one with the multi – colored hair?” I started to laugh and said “Yes”. He said yeah, he is coming. When Robby came down he was hugging a security guard! Then when he got to me and these 2 sweet girls next to me, he goes “Shouldn’t Big Machine be the next single?” I said “Yeah, but I really want ‘You Never Know’!” He said “Oh you’re just saying that cuz I am standing here. If I wuz not here and Johnny wuz, you would not say that.” I said “No really, I would really love it that song was a single.” And he goes “Gosh.” And his cute little face turned red! Then I handed him the Gutterflower CD, he signed it and then the card, he put a big smiley face on his face in the picture! Then he hugged me and I loved it!!! Then I handed him a letter that I wrote to the Goos, but I wanted to give it to Robby. By the way, Robby has lost a lot of weight, he looks great! So anywho, I gave him the letter and he looked at my name on the front. He said “Raven, huh? I remember you. Are you from the internet?” I said “Yeah, I am on a lot and I e-mail you guys.” He goes “I have gotten your e-mails.” I was so freaked out, I could not breath. I said “Moma, thank you for naming me Raven! Thank you for naming me Raven!!” Here is what the Goos wore at the show : Johnny – A black tank top with a red 8 on it, black pants and no shoes or sox. Robby – a black shirt with some kinda white writin, and leather pants (he looked GOOD) and Mike – did not catch what he wore although, he wore shorts, and he wuz cute no matter. The Goos were so sweet. The 2 girls that were standing beside me were so happy for me that Robby knew me and they offered me some water. We went to their car and got something to drink and they drove us back to our car just in case it had gotten towed or something. When we were leaving we saw Monica and so we gave her a ride home. In the car, the tour bus was behind us! I saw Johnny in the passenger side on a cell phone!!!! We frantically started waving and Johnny took the cell phone away from his ear and waved to us!!!! It was so cooleo!!

Ok, so here it all is... We (meaining me, my mom, and my friend) drove up to Kentucky on Monday morning. We got to the hotel at around 5:00pm. We settled in and headed for the palace at around 6:45. So we got there and waited in line for a while. When we got in we saw how beautiful the place was. I mean it used to be a play theater and it had stautes and a lot of scenery up. The entire area where the stage and audiance were was about 25-30 seats back. We're talking close and personal. We got in line to buy stuff and I got a pin set with three pins, 3 stickers, and a really cool white shirt with the picture of the Goo's that is on the back of the Gutterflower CD. My mom was in front row and me and my friend were in eighth row. We were sitting behind these really annoying girls who would not stop screaming, and holding their sign in front of my face. The guard eventually came and took the sign away (Ha Ha). So here comes the opening band, Sense Field (nothing special, kinda lame if you ask me). When they were done playing, out came THE Goo Goo Dolls. They played. In the middle of Here Is Gone, my mom came back to my row and said that I could trade seats with her for a while, since I am totally in love with them and she justs loves them. While I was in front row Robby stared and pointed at me and smiled. It was so cool. I thought I would die. By the way, Robby has lost a lot of weight and look REALLY good last night. Also Robby said that he got married, I don't know if anyone else knew this, but I just found out. He had a ring on his finger. Glad to see him happy. I got to stay in front row until they played Iris and momma wanted me to go back to my own seat. Johnny was wearing a greyish/green tank top with black pants and tennis shoes. His hair and him looked GREAT. Robby was wearing a black t-shirt with something on it that I could not read. He was wearing light blue jeans with his hair as normal (he did not wear shoes as usual too!) He looked GREAT too. I could not see what Mike was wearing, but I'm sure it was cute. The other guitarist and keyboardist, who I don't know thier names, were there too. Near the end of the show, Johnny told everyone who the girl on the cover of the Gutterflower CD was. She is the daughter of a girl that he new. When he met the little girl, she called him a bad word and punched him where it hurts most (LOL). He said he wanted to punch her back, but instead he would just choke her (ha ha). Before the show was over, Johnny pulled out a cigartte and started smoking. I thought it was funny, but I want him to stop. He said that he was trying to quit and that he should quit. (That's good) I got some great pictures, and as soon as I get them devoloped I will scan them and put them up. So that is how the concert went. A lot of really cute jokes from Johnny and Robby. I loved it!

• Thankyou to Raven for giving us this cool Report on the Goos!