Creed launched their “Summer of ’99” North American reunion tour at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday night (July 17th), marking the kickoff of the band’s first outing in 12 years (tickets available here).
Singer Scott Stapp and company delivered a 16-song set heavy on tracks from their Diamond-certified 1999 album Human Clay, including tunes like “Are You Ready?,” “What If,” and the main-set-closing one-two punch of massive hits “With Arms Wide Open” and “Higher” (No. 1 on Consequence‘s recent list of the 50 greatest post-grunge songs).
The set started out with “Bullets,” one of four songs played from 2001’s Weathered, including the encore of “One Last Breath” and the show-closing “My Sacrifice.” Meanwhile. the band’s 1997 debut, My Own Prison, was also well represented with four songs, among them the title track and “What’s This Live For.”
The kickoff show featured support from Switchfoot and Finger Eleven. Switchfoot will be on board for the first few gigs, after which 3 Doors Down will serve as direct support on most dates of the summer outing.
Creed will follow up the summer run with a fall North American leg featuring 3 Doors Down and Mammoth WVH, keeping them on the road through early December.
Earlier this year, Creed played their first shows in more than a decade on board a pair of “Summer of ’99” cruises. The band has already announced that the cruise will return in April of 2025.
Check out Consequence‘s recent Two for the Road video conversation between Creed and 3 Doors Down below, followed by the setlist and fan-filmed video footage from the tour kickoff in Wisconsin.
Setlist:
Bullets
Torn
Are You Ready?
My Own Prison
What If
Never Die
Weathered
Say I
Faceless Man
One
What’s This Life For
Rain
With Arms Wide Open
Higher
Encore:
One Last Breath
My Sacrifice