Creed has announced all four of the original band members - Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall – will reunite for a Summer tour and new album. The tour, the band's first in seven years, began on August 6, 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA. The tour is playing a combination of arenas and amphitheaters.The band's debut, "My Own Prison," was released on August 26, 1997 and has sold over six million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The follow-up, "Human Clay," bowed in September of 1999 and certified Diamond for sales in excess of 11 million copies. The band's last studio album, "Weathered," was released on November 20, 2001 and sold more than six million copies. In November 2004, "Creed Greatest Hits" was released, and has sold two million copies. The band was voted Favorite Group in 2003 on the People's Choice Awards and won numerous American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and others including the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2001 for "With Arms Wide Open."
As a touring act, Creed is hugely successful. Between November of 1997 through the end of 2002 Creed reported more than $70 million in grosses and 2 million tickets sold from 220 shows, according to Billboard Boxscore. Post-Creed, Tremonti, Phillips and Marshall launched Alter Bridge with Myles Kennedy on vocals and rhythm guitar. Alter Bridge released two records, and is expected to continue, as will Stapp as a solo artist.
Joining them on their Cruzan Amphitheatre date will be Staind, who has concluded their own STIMULATE THIS TOUR.
Creed (with Staind) will be at the Cruzan Amphitheatre (in West Palm Beach, Florida) on Wednesday September 16, 2009.
