Archived News

2016

February

February 19, 2016

• Amy Lee released her four cover songs on an EP titled Recover, Vol. 1.

March

• Moonstone Music Festival is postponed until the weekend of 24th-25th September due to "a major cyber fraud crime". No confirmation yet if Evanescence will attend the rescheduled dates.

April

April 3, 2016

• Evanescence plays at the House Of Blues in Orlando, Florida.

May

May 1, 2016

• Evanescence plays at SunFest in West Palm Beach, Florida.

May 2, 2016

• Evanescence plays at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida.

2015

April

April 26, 2015

• Evanescence announce their first live show in three years at Ozzfest Japan on November 21, 2015.

July

July 20, 2015

• Evanescence announce three new shows in Nashville, Dallas and Los Angeles that will take place before Ozzfest Japan.

August

August 7, 2015

• Jen Majura joins Evanescence, replacing Terry Balsamo, who left due to ongoing health problems. New tour dates are announced.

October

October 27, 2015

• Amy Lee releases her first cover song, "It's a Fire", originally by Portishead.

November

November 10, 2015

• Amy Lee releases her second cover song, "With or Without You", originally by U2.

November 13, 2015

• Evanescence played their first live show in three years at the Marathon Music Works in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Jen Majura played live with the band for the first time.
• New Way to Bleed was performed live for the first time.

November 21, 2015

• Evanescence play OzzFest to finish off the first set of shows following the hiatus. 2016 tour dates are soon to be announced.

December

December 1, 2015

• Amy Lee releases her third cover song, "Going to California", originally by Led Zeppelin.

December 15, 2015

• Amy Lee releases her fourth cover song, "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing", originally by Chris Isaak.

2013

January

January 11, 2013

• Will Hunt will be touring with Device, the new project from Disturbed's David Draiman, whilst Evanescence is on hiatus.

November

November 9, 2012

• Evanescence finished their world tour supporting the third album at Wembley Arena, London. The band is now currently on hiatus.

2012

January

January 12, 2012

• Official trailer for MHIB is out. Watch it on youtube.

January 6, 2012

• Made of Stone is going to be in Underworld Awakening! Check out a clip of the remix and other tracks from the movie on youtube.

2011

December

December 20,2011

• The behind the scenes video for "My Heart Is Broken" premieres on The Official Evanescence website and MTV.com!.

November

November 4, 2011

• In some online stores is now available the the preorder of the new single, My Heart Is Broken! The single will be published on November 14 and it will feature 3 versions of the track.

October

October 11, 2011

• The Evanescence album is now available at music stores! You can order it at Amazon.com, at iTunes, and in many other CD and online stores!

October 5, 2011

• It's been announced the next single: My Heart Is Broken. The single will be aired in radio from October 31.

October 4, 2011

• The complete streaming of End Of The Dream is now available at Spin.com.

September

September 27, 2011

• The complete streaming of My Heart Is Broken is now available on Amazon.

September 14, 2011

• The French fanclub BringMeToLife.com was able to hold a special interview with Amy Lee during a visit to Paris to promote the new album.

September 13, 2011

• The official music video for What You Want has premiered on Vevo.

September 10, 2011

• Amy Lee was featured in an episode of MTV's "When I Was 17"

August

August 9, 2011

• Evanescence has released their first single [[What You Want] ] for purchase from the upcoming album due for release in October.

August 8, 2011

• The band performed their new single What You Want live for the first time on MTV. A group interview also took place after the performance.

July

July 11, 2011

• MTV News published a new interview with Amy Lee which also gives fans a preview of the band's comeback single What You Want

July 8, 2011

• MTV News will be offering a sneak peek of the first single from the new album on their website on July 11,2011.

July 2, 2011

• Evanescence will be performing in Puerto Rico for the first time. Tickets are on sale now.

June

June 27, 2011

MTV published the second part of an interview with Amy Lee. It further discusses the new album as well has including some details about the first single from the record. An audio clip discussing the single can be found here.

June 24, 2011

Amy's rendition of Halfway Down The Stairs will finally appear on The Green Album. The compilation will be released on August 23, 2011.

June 23, 2011

MTV published an interview with Amy Lee about the new album. An audio snippet from the telephone interview can also be heard here.

June 22, 2011

• Kerrang Magazine featured an exclusive interview with Amy Lee. According to the article the band's third album will be a self-titled release (Evanescence).

June 20, 2011

• Billboard.com featured a new interview with Amy Lee discussing the next album and the band.

June 13, 2011

• Amy Lee announced on twitter that the band will be releasing their third studio album on October 4th, 2011. She also confirmed that Troy McLawhorn is once again a member of Evanescence.

May

May 9, 2011

• Amy Lee announced on twitter that Evanescence is confirmed to play on the Rock in Rio Festival 2011! on October 2. Read the article in Portuguese

April

April 4, 2011

• The band announced to be going to enter the studio for the Third Album's recordings on Monday, April 11: Read the announcement on evanescence.com!

February

February 26, 2011

• Amy Lee announced on EvThreads that the band are getting together to start pre-production on the third album

2010

September

September 7, 2010

• A new interview with drummer Will Hunt mentioning Evanescence and the third album, is available here.

August

August 25, 2010

• "The victims of sex trafficking need your help". If you want to help the cause with Restore Freedom, enter Amy Lee's page to donate.

August 24, 2010

• Ben Moody posted an open letter on EvBoard explaining exactly what happened when he left Evanescence and asking the fans not to cause more drama.

July

July 19, 2010

• Legends & Lyrics published a thirty-seconds short clip featuring part of the performance of Your Love.

July 2, 2010

• Vote for Evanescence being in the next edition of Rock in Rio in 2011. Click here to vote now!

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April 27, 2010

• On Twitter, Amy revealed the existence of Evanescence first "professional" recording[1]. The tracks in the cassette are Understanding and Solitude[2].

March

March 24, 2010

• A video's been published on twitter, it features Amy playing the piano part for a new song.

March 23, 2010

• Amy revealed at the Steve Lillywhite's Radio Show che the title of a new song, You've Got A Lot To Learn. It is not known yet whether it is a working title or not. Read the interview transcript.

July

July 2, 2010

• Vote for Evanescence being in the next edition of Rock in Rio in 2011. Click here to vote now!

April

April 27, 2010

• On Twitter, Amy revealed the existence of Evanescence first "professional" recording[3]. The tracks in the cassette are Understanding and Solitude[4].

March

March 24, 2010

• A video's been published on twitter, it features Amy playing the piano part for a new song.

March 23, 2010

• Amy revealed at the Steve Lillywhite's Radio Show che the title of a new song, You've Got A Lot To Learn. It is not known yet whether it is a working title or not. Read the interview transcript.

March 19, 2010

• Evanescence published a short video about the recording sessions; the vid contains a short clip of a new song being recorded.

March 6, 2010

• Spin Magazine features an exclusive interview with Amy Lee regarding the new music. Amy has also posted a video message addressing the Chillean Earthquake Tragedy to those who are affected.

February

February 8, 2010

• Amy announced on Twitter that Evanescence will be entering the studio on Monday (22 February 2010) to record the Third Album

February 8, 2010

• On 23 February 2010 Together Again will be available for Digital Download at Amazon.com

January

January 22, 2010

• Today Evanescence released The Open Door B-side Together Again for a limited time through the United Nations Foundation to raise money for the Haiti Earthquake Relief! The song can be downloaded here when you donate to the UNF.

January 8, 2010

• Amy has announced on Twitter that the band will be entering the studio to record the Third Album in February!

2009

September

September 1, 2009

• Evanescence will be performing a one-off show in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the Maquinaria Festival on November 8th.

April

April 18, 2009

• A video of a performance from May, 1999 at Vino's Bar has surfaced which features an unknown song.

2008

October

October 8, 2008

• Amy will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Monday, October 13th with Tim to perform her version of "Sally's Song."

August

August 8, 2008

• Walt Disney Records will release "Nightmare Revisited," a collection of covers and new recordings inspired by the 1993 film "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," on September 30, 2008, on which Amy Lee is credited to release a cover of Sally's Song. View Amy's Post

June

June 18, 2008

• Amy Lee was given the 2008 Songwriter Icon Award by the NMPA (National Music Publishers Association) at the annual NMPA meeting in New York.

2007

December

December 6, 2007

• The Recording Academy has given a Grammy nomination to Evanescence for Best Hard Rock Performance for Sweet Sacrifice!
• The Good Enough Single is set for a new release date of December 14th after two postponements

December 4, 2007

• Check out Evanescence's exclusive Nissan Live Sets performance through Yahoo! Music! See the whole show here.

November

November 30, 2007

• Help Evanescence win "Artist of the Year"! Fuse TV has nominated Evanescence among the "Best of 2007". Click here now to vote!
• Check out a video by Evanescence in the band's official iLike profile! Click here.
• According to amy-fan.org, "the Good Enough Single has been postponed. It has been removed from both the Sonybmg.de and the Sonybmg.at websites meaning that its not ready to be released".
• Read an exclusive fan review of the secret show for Nissan Live Sets on amy-fan.org! Don't forget to visit Nissan Live Sets this Monday, December 3, to watch the show through Yahoo! Music.

November 29, 2007

• Cast your vote for Evanescence in Rockin'Town Best of 2007 by RockinTown.com! Evanescence are currently #1! The band is also #3 in Rockin' Hall of Fame, under Elvis Presley and Led Zeppelin! You can vote immediately by clicking here. The poll will close at 11:59 PM (US - Eastern) December 31, 2007!

November 25, 2007

• Several members of Evanescence have come down with a severe stomach flu and are receiving medical attention. Because of this, tonight’s show in Denver has been canceled with no plans to re-schedule. Please contact Ticketmaster for refund inquiries.
• Don't miss a live performance by Evanescence for Nissan Live Sets starting on December 3, 2007! For more information, click here and check back!

November 9, 2007

• Due to scheduling conflicts the Reno, NV show on 11/15/07 has been canceled.

October

October 23, 2007

• Amy Lee was a presenter on Spike TV's "The Scream Awards".
• Evanescence kicks off their Winter Tour in Coral Gables, FL with 3 new songs on the setlist; Lose Control, Missing and—for it's first performance in over 8 years—Understanding.

October 18, 2007

• EVANESCENCE won the award for BEST INTERNATIONAL ROCK ARTIST at the MTV Latin America Music Awards.

• Amy Lee performed live on Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show".

October 15, 2007

• Amy Lee was the musical guest on ABC's "The View". She performed for the second time the shorter acoustic version of Good Enough. Amy also appeared on "The Sauce" of Fuse TV, where the new version was played for the first time ever.

September

September 27, 2007

• EVANESCENCE will "co-host" L.A. LLOYD'S ROCK 30 COUNTDOWN syndicated radio show airing the weekend of October 5 & 6! Recorded at the San Antonio Family Values show in August, Loyd says this is possibly Rock 30's best show this year!

September 26, 2007

• Amy Lee is traveling the talk show circuit. Tune in to see Amy Lee on October 15th on The View and October 18th on Leno. Check your local listings, gear up your Tivos and don't miss it!

September 25, 2007

• Evanescence has been nominated for the ROCK OUT AWARD at the MTV Europe Music Awards ("EMA"), which will take place in Munich, Germany on November 1st.

ROCK OUT:

• 30 Seconds To Mars
• Evanescence
• Fall Out Boy
• Linkin Park
• My Chemical Romance

click here to start voting

September 13, 2007

• Evanescence has been nominated for BEST INTERNATIONAL ROCK ARTIST at the MTV Latin America Music Awards ("Los Premios"), which will take place in Mexico City on October 18th.

MEJOR ARTISTA ROCK INTERNACIONAL:

• 30 Seconds To Mars
• Evanescence
• Maroon 5
• My Chemical Romance
• Panic! At the Disco

click here to start voting

September 10, 2007

• The new video for "Good Enough" debuted during MTV's TRL at 3:30 p.m. ET/PT, with Amy Lee presenting the video, as it was announced on September 5 at Evanescence.com.

September 7, 2007

  • Discography Update: Thanks to Sound-asleep.net, the EvReference discography now has high quality scans of the Re-issued Bring Me To Life US Radio Single.

September 4, 2007

• MTV will premiere the new video for "Good Enough" on TRL Monday September 10th and Amy Lee will be there to make the introduction! The video will also be featured as an "Unleashed" premiere on MTV2 the same day.

September 3, 2007

• Evanescence has just announced a new winter tour throughout Mexico and the United States. Joining Evanescence will be Australian outfit the Sick Puppies and Julien-K to Support. Tickets for most shows will go on sale beginning September 8th and are available via Ticketmaster. Source

View The new Tour Dates Here

September 2, 2007

• The final performance for Family Values Tour 2007 today in Irvine, CA.

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August

August 30, 2007

• This year the public will pick the nominees and winners of the 2007 EMAs. Go to mtvema.com to vote for Evanescence to get nominated for the Rock Out, Band, Album, and Headliner categories.
• The Evanescence Reference gets a makeover.
• The Evanescence Reference is being translated into Español.

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July

July 30, 2007

• An unfinished version of the Good Enough Video leaked onto the internet, from which still images had popped up over the past weeks. The release date for the finished video/single is suspected for September 11th.
• High Quality scans of the Good Enough Radio Single (thanks to sound-asleep.net)