{"id":127115,"date":"2024-02-06T23:11:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T04:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=127115"},"modified":"2024-02-06T23:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T04:11:28","slug":"due-to-overwhelming-fan-demand-creed-extends-reunion-are-you-ready-tour-ppl-center-allentown-pa-monday-december-2-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=127115","title":{"rendered":"DUE TO OVERWHELMING FAN DEMAND CREED EXTENDS REUNION \u201cARE YOU READY?\u201d TOUR PPL CENTER &#8211; ALLENTOWN, PA MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>General Onsale Begins on Friday, February 9 at 10 AM at <a href=\"http:\/\/PPLCenter.com\/\">PPLCenter.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With sold-out dates at amphitheaters across North America this summer, multi-platinum, GRAMMY\u00ae and American Music Award-winning rock band <strong>CREED <\/strong>have extended their 40+ \u201cSummer of \u201899\u201d tour with the \u201cAre You Ready Tour?\u201d due to overwhelming fan demand. Produced by Live Nation, the 20 additional arena dates now <strong>includes a stop at PPL Center in Allentown, PA, on Monday, December 2, 2024, with special guest 3 Doors Down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The unprecedented resurgence of CREED has inspired stadium-wide singalongs, a nationwide marketing campaign with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YKzk1h7qrj8?si=1qRFsCpeVL1VATUy\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\"><strong>Paramount +<\/strong>,<\/a> a viral EDM remix of \u201cOne Last Breath\u201d and sold-out dates across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TICKETS<\/strong>: Tickets will be available starting with presales from Tuesday, February 6, with the general on-sale starting on Friday, February 9 at 10 am at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pplcenter.com\/\"><strong>www.pplcenter.com<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, stand on stage to watch the first three songs, Meet &amp; Greet + photo op with members of CREED, access to the pre-show soundcheck, exclusive merch &amp; more. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creed.com\/\"><strong>www.creed.com<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CREED formed in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1994. The more than one billion streams between \u201cHigher,\u201d \u201cMy Sacrifice,\u201d \u201cOne Last Breath,\u201d \u201cWith Arms Wide Open,\u201d and \u201cMy Own Prison\u201d on Spotify alone is a testament to the band\u2019s enduring power. Nearly 30 years after CREED\u2019s formation, the ubiquitous anthems composed by singer Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti, performed for millions of fans around the world together with drummer Scott Phillips and bassist Brian Marshall, are part of modern rock and alternative\u2019s DNA. With more than 53 million albums sold worldwide, CREED stands alongside iconic bands like Van Halen, Guns N\u2019 Roses, and Metallica as one of an elite few hard rock outfits to earn RIAA Diamond-certified status, for more than 11 million sales of Human Clay in the United States. After an eleven-year hiatus, Creed officially announced a reunion in July 2023 and announced that they would be headlining two different Summer of &#8217;99 cruise festivals in April 2024 which resulted in immediate sell-outs. The band recently launched a new webstore that will cater to fans old and new including new merch designs as well as the opportunity to purchase entry into Mark Tremonti\u2019s guitar clinic. The store can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creed.com\/\"><strong>www.creed.com<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, CREED fans can still support the band before the tour gets underway. Scott Stapp\u2019s fourth solo album <em>Higher Power <\/em>(Napalm Records) will be available March 15, 2024. The title track \u201cHigher Power\u201d is at radio now as Stapp\u2019s most successful single to date. The album can be pre-ordered at: <a href=\"https:\/\/scottstapp.com\/\"><strong>https:\/\/scottstapp.com\/.<\/strong><\/a> Mark Tremonti continues his work supporting the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) and recently was announced as a performer at their annual gala in New York City on March 7th. Mark has also recruited his bandmates to support NDSS on May 2nd when CREED will perform an exclusive acoustic set to benefit the organization alongside cruise companions Tonic. Tickets for that event can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/ndss.org\/events\/tremonti-family-charity-golf-outing\"><strong>here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>About CREED:<\/h1>\n<p>The GRAMMY\u00ae and American Music Award-winning CREED formed in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1994. The more than one billion streams between \u201cHigher,\u201d \u201cMy Sacrifice,\u201d \u201cOne Last Breath,\u201d \u201cWith Arms Wide Open,\u201d and \u201cMy Own Prison\u201d on Spotify alone is a testament to the band\u2019s enduring power. Nearly 30 years after CREED\u2019s formation, the ubiquitous anthems composed by singer Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti, performed for millions of fans around the world together with drummer Scott Phillips and bassist Brian Marshall, are part of modern rock and alternative\u2019s DNA. My Own Prison (1997) is one of the late 20th century\u2019s biggest debuts. Human Clay (1999) and Weathered (2001) both entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 1. Full Circle (2009), released after a hiatus, bowed at No. 1 on the Top Rock, Hard Rock, and Alternative charts and No. 2 on the Billboard 200. With more than 53 million albums sold worldwide, CREED stands alongside iconic bands like Van Halen, Guns N\u2019 Roses, and Metallica as one of an elite few hard rock outfits to earn RIAA Diamond-certified status, for more than 11 million sales of Human Clay in the United States. After an eleven-year hiatus, Creed officially reunited in July 2023 and announced that they would be headlining two different Summer of &#8217;99 cruise festivals in April 2024 which resulted in immediate sell-outs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nPhantoms Marketing<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Onsale Begins on Friday, February 9 at 10 AM at PPLCenter.com With sold-out dates at amphitheaters across North America this summer, multi-platinum, GRAMMY\u00ae and American Music Award-winning rock band &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=127115\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DUE TO OVERWHELMING FAN DEMAND CREED EXTENDS REUNION \u201cARE YOU READY?\u201d TOUR PPL CENTER &#8211; ALLENTOWN, PA MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/creed.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}