Letter from Scott Stapp

[BigBassDrummer]

Hey Creed fans -

It is with sincere regret that we must announce that Creed is being forced to rearrange our tour schedule for the rest of the year. Earlier this year we had to cancel tour dates after I was involved in a car accident where my car was rear ended on an Orlando interstate. This tour cancellation caused me to embark on the rest of the year's tour by aggressively trying to play the already scheduled shows as well as trying to make up all of the canceled dates in a short amount of time. This ambitious tour schedule ultimately proved to be too aggressive and I am now suffering from acute laryngitis due to the swelling of my vocal chords, was caused by excessive wear and tear. Upon consultation with multiple doctors, the only solution to ensure that we are still able to visit all of the markets where we had scheduled shows is to reschedule the entire tour in a more realistic manner.

The one show that was unable to be moved is our Alcatraz show in San Francisco on October 10. We booked the show two weeks ago as a favor to VH1 when the previously scheduled artist cancelled at the last minute. Despite direct orders from my ear, nose, and throat specialist Dr. Joseph Sugerman, and at the risk of possibly causing further damage to my vocal chords, the band and I have decided to do a shortened set due to the fact that are 600 winners that have already been flown in from around the country that have taken time off of work and made extensive personal arrangements to see the show. Us playing this show is only being made possible by me taking an anti-inflammatory shot known Decadron that, although it can't be taken on a daily basis, will temporarily ease the swelling in my throat.

Contrary to popular belief, we aren't being paid for the show, the only reason we are doing it is that we simply feel like we must make some attempt to honor this commitment out of respect for the time, effort, and trouble that the fans must have gone through to make it to this show. The Wallflowers have graciously agreed to come and play the rest of the evening so that the other promotional, charity, and television commitments that we had made can be fulfilled.

Hopefully the radio stations that have supported these shows, the promoters that have worked so hard to promote these shows, and most importantly our loyal fans that have supported us for the last six years, will understand my situation and forgive the inconvenience that this has caused them.

We have every intention of playing all of the shows that we are scheduled to do this year including a fan appreciation show in Las Vegas where the band feels that due to my vocal illness, our show wasn't up to Creed's standards. The one exception is the show in Boise, Idaho and that show's status is still to be determined. The rescheduled dates are as
follows:


10/20 Los Angeles, CA
10/23 San Francisco, CA
10/25 San Diego, CA
10/29 Las Vegas, NV (Fan Appreciation Show)
10/30 Bakersfield, CA
11/29 Spokane, WA
12/2 Sacramento, CA
12/6 Phoenix, AZ

Thank You,
Scott Stapp

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OK, does this mean that the rest of the scheduled concerts are canclled or does that mean this letter does not apply to us unless our concert is on that list?

[hayley]

well those ones are rescheduled...so the other ones for the rest of the year are prolly canclled...sorry to anybody who's goin...that sux...get well scott...poor baby

[Lady Valkyrie]

Poor Scott! He is very dedicated to the fans! May God;s healing hand touch Scott.

[allison]

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN????

Does this mean that these are the only shows they are doing thru 12/6, or do the other shows still stand? I am thinking it's the latter b/c he mentions Boise being uncertain, which is 10/20, the date for LA, and none of the other make-up dates overlap.

[allison]

HELP! I cannot reconcile these two statements taken from Scott's letter:

1) "It is with sincere regret that we must announce that Creed is being forced to rearrange our tour schedule for the rest of the year."

2) "We have every intention of playing all of the shows that we are scheduled to do this year..."

#1 sounds like the shows listed in the letter are the ONLY shows they will play for the rest of the year. But #2 is saying (I think) that the other shows on the schedule will remain as planned.

Can anyone help me make sense of this?? I am so confused.

[BigBassDrummer]

I'm a little peeved right now... look at this: http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?...REED&Key=Y&AN=Y

Notice Atlanta is no longer listed.... and I know this website is INCREDIBLY accurate. They yell me when the tour is updated way before Creed ever does... I'm am SOOOOO pissed. Why did ours get cancelled and not the rest???

[Unforgiven Fan]

First of all can some one tell stapp and and the people who book the tour dates and all that, that stapp can not handle the rigourious schedule of what they laid down. Stapp is not like other vocalists that can go sing day after day. Secondly, in my opinon, the schedule tour dates will go on but the ones that stapp added are the make up dates for the days that they had to postpone...............................

[souldancer]

Hey Creed and 12 Stones fans -

Hot off the presses, here is the revised Creed tour schedule:

10/16/2002 - Tacoma Dome Tacoma WA - Sevendust, 12 Stones, Cinder
10/17/2002 - Rose Garden Arena Portland OR - Sevendust, 12 Stones, Cinder
10/19/2002 - Delta Center Salt Lake City UT - Sevendust, 12 Stones, Cinder
10/20/2002 - Staples Center Los Angeles CA - 12 Stones, TBA
10/23/2002 - Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountainview CA - 12 Stones, TBA
10/25/2002 - SDSU Cox Arena San Diego CA - 12 Stones, TBA
10/29/2002 - Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas NV - 12 Stones, TBA
10/30/2002 - Bakersfield Centenial Garden Arena Bakersfield CA - 12 Stones, TBA
11/2/2002 - Coral Sky Amphitheatre West Palm Beach FL - 12 Stones, TBA
11/4/2002 - BancorpSouth Center Tupelo MS - 12 Stones, Default
11/6/2002 - Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham AL - 12 Stones, Default
11/8/2002 - Robert's Stadium Evansville IN - 12 Stones, Default
11/10/2002 - Allen County War Mem. Coliseum Ft. Wayne IN - 12 Stones, Default
11/11/2002 - Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids MI - 12 Stones, Default
11/13/2002 - Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills MI - 12 Stones, Default
11/16/2002 - Alliant Energy Center Madison WI - 12 Stones, Default
11/19/2002 - Hilton Coliseum Ames IA - 12 Stones, TBA
11/21/2002 - Ervin J. Nutter Center Dayton OH - 12 Stones, TBA
11/29/2002 - Spokane Arena Spokane WA - 12 Stones, TBA
12/2/2002 - ARCO Arena Sacramento CA - 12 Stones, TBA
12/6/2002 - Cricket Pavillion - Phoenix Phoenix AZ - 12 Stones, TBA

We'll post ticket info on the CreedNet tour page as we receive it.

Thanks for your patience and support - stay tuned!

CreedNet Crew
www.Creed.com

[allison]

No Atlanta. I'm so disappointed. I just cancelled my hotel reservations. What a bummer. But still hoping I can go to at least one more show on this tour. I hope the new schedule won't be too vigorous for his voice. Best wishes for Scott and his vocal chords!