Creed rolls through Lowell playing crowd favorites

This past Saturday night, suburban Lowell, Mass. did not need to read the newspapers to know that Creed had arrived at the Tsongas Arena. Starting at 7:30 p.m., Creed started pouring out new age for four straight hours. Creed's opening bands were Oleander and Our Lady Peace, both groups with varied sounds, distinguishable both from one another and from Creed. The crowd, however, was enthusiastic about both of them. Each played for approximately an hour and thoroughly heated up the sold-out crowd for the main event. The audience was filled with energy and excitement. Many of the ticket holders were die-hard Creed fans who had been waiting a while to see the group. Even when paramedics had to carry out a woman on a stretcher, the crowd was not distracted. Incidentally, she had fallen on her head while trying to crowd surf.