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\n\t\u201cMan, it\u2019s an incredible<\/em> year,\u201d Scott Stapp tells Billboard<\/em>, despite not being even one-quarter of the way through 2024. His sentiment is understandable, though: after a decade of inactivity, Stapp\u2019s mega-selling hard rock group Creed has roared back to life this year with a slate of reunion shows that keeps growing due to overwhelming ticket demand.<\/p>\n \n\tOne four-night reunion-show cruise in April \u2014 first announced<\/a> last July as Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips\u2019 first shows together since 2012 \u2014 led to a second cruise, and both quickly sold out. Then a months-long summer reunion trek<\/a>, amphitheater shows that will kick off in July, wasn\u2019t enough to meet consumer demand, so Creed plotted an arena run<\/a> for the fall, too. And ahead of those reunion shows, Creed experienced an online revival, thanks to viral remixes<\/a>, TikTok clips<\/a>, World Series sing-alongs<\/a> and an appearance in a Super Bowl commercial<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tOver two decades after their commercial peak (1999\u2019s Human Clay<\/em> and 2001\u2019s Weathered<\/em> have sold a combined 19.9 million copies, according to Luminate) and 10 years since they disbanded amid waning sales and audiences, Creed has suddenly never been cooler. A band that was once a critical punching bag now has no less a barometer for contemporary cool than SZA declaring<\/a>, \u201cI will be a Creed fan forever.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSo many positive things have already happened that are just mind-blowing, in terms of the level of Creed\u2019s resurgence,\u201d Stapp says. <\/p>\n \n\tMeanwhile, the wins have extended to Stapp\u2019s solo career: Higher Power<\/em>, his fourth album on his own, will be released through Napalm Records this Friday (Mar. 15) and is being preceded by the highest-charting single of his non-Creed career, the hard-charging title track, which has climbed to No. 12 on Mainstream Rock Airplay<\/a> and earned 1.4 million streams to date, according to Luminate. Higher Power<\/em> is Stapp\u2019s most complete solo offering to date \u2014 growling and energetic, but also admirably reflective, particularly on \u201cIf These Walls Could Talk,\u201d a powerful meditation on his well-documented past substance abuse issues, created as a duet with Dorothy Martin of the hard rock band Dorothy.<\/p>\n