Editing Creed (band) (section)

===Reunion, ''Full Circle'' and 2012 tour (2009–2012)===
[[File:Creed_salt_lake_city.jpg|thumb|Creed returning for an encore in [[Salt Lake City]], October 2009]]
While Tremonti referred to Creed as "officially in our past" in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51580 |title=Alter Bridge Part Ways With Wind-Up Records |date=February 28, 2006 |publisher=blabber llc |website=Blabbermouth.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622162236/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51580 |archive-date=June 22, 2008 }}</ref> in April 2009, Creed's website announced that the band had reunited for a new tour and plans for a new album. According to Tremonti, "We're all very excited to reconnect with our fans and each other after seven long years."<ref name="creed">[http://www.creed.com The Official Website of Creed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707085801/http://www.creed.com/ |date=July 7, 2009 }}. Creed.com. Retrieved on July 9, 2011.</ref> He later added that being in Creed again was "the last thing [he] expected." Phillips also stated: "Our career as Creed came to a very abrupt and unforeseen ending. After reflecting on some of the greatest personal and professional moments of our lives, we've come to realize that we are still very capable of continuing that career and our friendship on a grander scale than ever before."<ref name="creed" /> In an interview for ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, Stapp elaborated on the reunion, saying, "We never felt like we weren't together. We're not looking at this as a reunion. It's more of a rebirth."<ref name="people">{{cite magazine |first=Jessica |last=Herndon |title=Band Creed Reunites for New Album |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20274934,00.html |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=April 27, 2009 |access-date=April 27, 2009 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165753/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20274934,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 2009, Creed performed with Marshall on bass for the first time in eight years on [[Sessions@AOL]], showing the band playing four of their hits.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122439 |title=Reunited CREED Performs On 'AOL Sessions' |work=Blabbermouth |date=June 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627022402/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122439 |archive-date=June 27, 2009 }}</ref> In addition, the band performed live on ''[[Fox & Friends]]'' on June 26, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tunelab.com/2009/06/26/watch-creed-on-fox-and-friends/ |title=Watch Creed On Fox And Friends |date=June 26, 2009 |publisher=TuneLab |access-date=February 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701062252/http://tunelab.com/2009/06/26/watch-creed-on-fox-and-friends/ |archive-date=July 1, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Creed's reunion tour, with touring guitarist [[Eric Friedman]], kicked off on August 6, 2009, and concluded on October 20. ''[[Full Circle (Creed album)|Full Circle]]'', Creed's first album in eight years, came out on October 27, 2009. Stapp explained the title as follows: "It really defines and articulates, melody-wise and lyrically, what's happened with us. We've come full circle and it's a great place to be."<ref name="rstone">{{cite magazine |first=Andy |last= Greene |title= Creed's Scott Stapp Calls Reunion "A Renewing and a Rebirth"|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/27/creeds-scott-stapp-calls-reunion-a-renewing-and-a-rebirth/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501191025/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/27/creeds-scott-stapp-calls-reunion-a-renewing-and-a-rebirth/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 27, 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> The first single from ''Full Circle'', "[[Overcome (Creed song)|Overcome]]", was posted on the band's official website on August 18, 2009, the same day the radio premiere started along with its release as a digital download on August 25. The second single, "[[Rain (Creed song)|Rain]]", was released to radio stations on September 23 and became available on October 6, 2009, as another digital download. The third single, "[[A Thousand Faces]]", was released in 2010.

On September 25, 2009, Creed performed a concert in [[Houston]], Texas that was recorded, broadcast via a live internet stream, and subsequently released on December 8, 2010, as a concert film titled ''[[Creed Live]]'', the band's first live recording.<ref name="Larry Riggs">http://www.digtriad.com/life/entertainment/article.aspx?storyid=130341&catid=204 {{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The performance shattered [[Justin Timberlake]]'s world record for the most cameras used at a live music event by using an unprecedented total of 239. The performance also featured the first usage of the "[[bullet time|big freeze]]" technology, popularized by the 1999 film ''[[The Matrix]]'', in a concert environment.<ref name="Creed Announce First Live DVD">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/article/creed_announce_first_live_dvd |title=Creed Announce First Live DVD |date=November 24, 2009 |magazine=Guitar World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110105612/http://www.guitarworld.com/article/creed_announce_first_live_dvd |archive-date=January 10, 2010 }}</ref> Drummer Scott Phillips also confirmed that ''Full Circle'' will not be the band's final album. The same announcement confirmed that Creed was to go on a world tour in support of ''Full Circle'' between April and September 2010, starting with an Australia/New Zealand tour, followed by South America, Europe, and North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tunelab.com/2009/10/24/creed-to-launch-2010-world-tour/ |title=Creed To Launch 2010 World Tour |date=October 24, 2009 |access-date=October 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007112921/http://tunelab.com/2009/10/24/creed-to-launch-2010-world-tour/ |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The tour was called The 20-10 Tour. Tickets for the tour were ten and twenty dollars to stand up against rising concert ticket prices. The first 2,010 tickets purchased for every concert did not include any service fees.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/04/19/718999.aspx |title=Creed Reveals '20-10' Tour |date=April 19, 2010 |first=Jay |last=Smith |magazine=[[Pollstar]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102339/http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/04/19/718999.aspx |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref> Despite these efforts, not every show sold out, and critical reviews were mostly mixed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.al.com/music/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1255853723220320.xml&coll=2&thispage=2 |title=Music review: Creed fans no longer have arms wide open |publisher=al.com |date=October 18, 2009 |access-date=October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205140712/http://www.al.com/music/birminghamnews/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fentertainment%2F1255853723220320.xml&coll=2 |archive-date=December 5, 2010 }}</ref> [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] joined the tour as main support.

[[File:Creed live in Las Vegas (5-11-2012).jpg|thumb|Stapp & Tremonti in 2012 during Creed's Full Album Tour at the Pearl Concert Theatre [[Palms Casino Resort]] in Las Vegas]]
Creed reconvened in late 2011 and early 2012 to begin work on a potential fifth studio album. A tour was also announced in which the band would perform their first two albums, ''My Own Prison'' and ''Human Clay'', from front to back over the course of two nights, with selected tracks from ''Weathered'' and ''Full Circle'' also featured. This tour kicked off with two shows in April 2012, at the [[Chicago Theatre]] in [[Chicago]], Illinois, with the band performing ''My Own Prison'' the first night and ''Human Clay'' the second. They also toured in South America and Indonesia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mcall.com/2012/04/13/reunited-creed-finds-itself-strong-enough-to-return-to-its-past/ |title=Reunited Creed finds itself strong enough to return to its past |first=John J. |last=Moser |date=April 13, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |access-date=April 15, 2012 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223557/http://articles.mcall.com/2012-04-13/entertainment/mc-creed-tower-theatre-philadelphia-20120413_1_creed-fans-mark-tremonti-human-clay |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/04/12/creed-going-back-to-my-own-prison/ |title=Creed going back to 'My Own Prison' |first=Selena |last=Fragassi |date=April 12, 2012 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=February 28, 2013 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707000110/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-12/entertainment/ct-ott-0413-creed-20120412_1_mark-tremonti-creed-human-clay |url-status=live }}</ref>