Creed has announced a 2009 reunion tour and plans to record a new album, Full Circle.

The title is quite fitting as the band reunites both professionally and personally after six years apart.  Time heals all wounds and it has certainly healed the wounds created during the tumultuous half-year leading up to their abrupt split.

Front man Scott Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott "Flip" Phillips have reconnected and now they want to reconnect with their fans.  

Creed’s reunion tour launches on August 6th in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania and finishes on October 14th in Nashville, Tennessee.   During the summer, expect to see Creed rocking out in Camden, Columbus, Dallas and Milwaukee.

No opening act has been announced, but in an interview Stapp mentioned the bands Staind and Flyleaf.

As for their album, Creed would like to have their first single out before their tour starts but they don’t plan on releasing the album until September (about when the band is performing in Atlanta).  Howard Benson (Daughtry, Hoobastank) will produce.  It will be the band’s first studio album in eight years.
 
Some song titles from Full Circle have already been leaked: "A Thousand Faces," "Slow Suicide" and "Just Fine."  According to Stapp, the album is going to sound "like Creed: heavy, melodic, [and] creative."

Creed dominated the music industry between 1999 and 2004, selling more than 35 million records worldwide and selling hundreds of thousands of Creed Tickets during several arena tours.   Then suddenly, in 2004, after a difficult six months, the band broke up.

Stapp went on to release a solo album while the other members of Creed formed the band Alter Bridge with Spokane, Washington’s Myles Kennedy (good news for Alter Bridge fans, all the members of the band have adamantly stated that after the Creed tour they will be back in the studio to record their third studio album).

The public story of their reunion is quite unusual as it involves Dee Synder of Twisted Sister and legendary rock band Led Zeppelin.  

In early November of 2008, Synder reported that Led Zeppelin was going to reunite with Myles Kennedy replacing Robert Plant (not much of a reunion), thus paving the way for a Creed comeback. The logic being if Kennedy leaves Alter Bridge to sing for Jimmy Page then nothing is stopping a Creed reunion.  

A month later, Rolling Stone magazine reported that a Creed reunion was on the horizon despite both Jimmy Page’s manager and Kennedy denying the rumor of a new Zeppelin band.  

While salicous, it soon became apparent that a Creed reunion had nothing to do with Kennedy nor Led Zeppelin.  In Mid-March, a Creed tour-teaser was leaked on their website but soon pulled.  On April 2nd, the newly revamped creed.com posted a single message on its homepage, “coming summer 2009.”   Then finally, on April 27th, the band made it official.  They were reuniting and heading back to the studio.  

The real genesis of their reunion occurred late last year in Orlando when Stapp and Tremonti held a personal meeting with one another.  The two apologized and quickly picked up their relationship like they were old friends.  Time had indeed healed all wounds.

A band meeting soon followed in which apologies were sincerly given and humbly accepted.  The members of Creed realized they were ready for a reunion, and more importantly, they were ready to rekindle their friendships.

Amazingly, Creed had come full circle.