r&p: concert review #4!?

time for the 4th concert review of the year: rascal flatts, with opener darius rucker(formerly of hootie and the blowfish)

i have never been a fan of hootie, and darius rucker didn't prove to be any improvement over hootie really...while his band was actually alright, darius was really a pretty bad singer imo, and his songs were just as humdrum and formulaic as his former band's

we had a rascal flatts concert last year that was really more flash and dash than good music, and this year was no exception...while i don't hate rascal flatts, i confirm my opinion that their shows are a little pretentious and more about the impression they give than the music they play, although they get their crowd into it this way

so what is everyone's opinion on rascal or darius rucker or hootie, if you wish