Creed reschedules postponed shows
ByOct 9, 2002 10:00 PM
UPDATED 8:50 am, Oct. 11: Creed frontman Scott Stapp has taken ill, forcing the band to reschedule a number of October performances.
UPDATED 8:50 am, Oct. 11: Creed frontman Scott Stapp has taken ill, forcing the band to reschedule a number of October performances.
Stapp released a statement on Thursday (10/10) night, in which he explained that he is suffering from “acute laryngitis” due to the swelling of his vocal chords. He also said that, despite an earlier announcement to the contrary, the band would still perform its promotional Thursday-night concert on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco.
“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,” Stapp said. “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.
The “ambitious tour schedule,” Stapp said, turned out to be too much for him, and doctors have now said that the group must deal with his condition by rescheduling numerous dates.
Stapp went on to say that the one show that the group was not able to postpone, and at which it would instead play a shortened set, was Thursday night’s performance on Alcatraz Island, which the group booked two weeks prior “as a favor to VH1,” according to Stapp.
“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,” Stapp said. “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.
Stapp said that the Wallflowers, whom event sponsor T-Mobile had announced on Thursday would replace Creed outright, would instead perform following Creed’s abbreviated set.
“We have every intention of playing all of the shows that we are scheduled to do this year,” Stapp continued, “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.”
Rescheduled dates for the group’s performances in Los Angeles, Mountain View, San Diego, Bakersfield, Spokane, Sacramento and Phoenix, as well as the date for the planned fan-appreciate show in Las Vegas, appear in the itinerary below.
The status of the group’s postponed Boise, Idaho, concert has not yet been determined, according to Stapp’s announcement.