Archived News

2018

March

March 20, 2018

• Lost Whispers will be reissued on a limited edition, stand-alone blue translucent vinyl especially for Record Store Day on April 21st. Only 2,500 copies will be available.

March 12, 2018

• Evanescence began their European Synthesis Live tour at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. The setlist remained the same as the Australian shows.

March 8, 2018

• Amy Lee has been confirmed to feature on Veridia's new album. She recorded piano for a ballad called I'll Never Be Ready.

March 6, 2018

• Evanescence confirmed that they will indeed be touring with Lindsey Stirling in Summer 2018. The tour will take place in North America from July 6th until September 8th. Their exclusive artist pre-sale will be available tomorrow at 10AM local time in each city. General sale begins March 9th. Visit Evanescence's official site for more details.

March 5, 2018

• Lindsey Stirling uploaded a video to her social media pages about being a fan of Evanescence, with a text from Amy Lee asking "What are you doing this summer?" and then the screen cuts to the Evanescence logo with the words "Summer 2018". There are rumors that this is for an upcoming US Synthesis Live tour that will take place after the European leg, but the band hasn't confirmed anything yet.

March 4, 2018

• In celebration of Fallen's fifteenth birthday, Kerrang! shared a heartfelt tribute of the album online.

February

February 12, 2018

• YouTube channel, Ten Second Songs, uploaded a video of himself covering the Nirvana song, Smells Like Teen Spirit, in the style of Evanescence. Watch the video here.

February 10, 2018

• Evanescence began their Australian tour at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. They changed the orchestra intro to feature Zelda's Lullaby, Together Again and a cover of AC/DC's Back In Black (titled Bach In Black in the tour programme). Swimming Home returned to the setlist.

January

January 31, 2018

• Jen Majura has announced that she's releasing her very first edition of jewelery with ROCKYS that she's designed. View the collection here.

January 26, 2018

• Blind: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is released on all digital music platforms.

January 19, 2018

• The soundtrack for the independent movie, Blind, featuring music from Amy Lee, Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer, will be released on January 26th. The album is available to pre-order now on iTunes and Amazon.

2017

December

December 27, 2017

• Will Hunt announced a solo tour in Italy that will span nine dates in January 2018.

December 19, 2017

• Evanescence concluded their Fall 2017 North Amercian leg of Synthesis Live at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon.

November

November 30, 2017

• Evanescence began the second leg of their North American tour at the Chicago Theatre in Illinois. For the encore, they replaced Swimming Home with a Synthesis version of Weight of the World. Watch the performance on YouTube.

November 24, 2017

• Jen Majura's second solo album, InZENity, is released today and is available in digital and CD format.

November 17, 2017

• Speak to Me won Best Original Song for an Independant Movie at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

November 13, 2017

• The fifth and final episode of Inside Synthesis is posted about Amy Lee's Steinway & Sons piano that was specifically made for Synthesis.

November 10, 2017

• Synthesis is released today and is available on digital, CD, Deluxe CD/DVD, Super Deluxe Box Set and LP.
• Evanescence finished the first leg of their North American tour at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.

November 9, 2017

• In a French interview with La Grosse Radio, Amy Lee confirmed that Synthesis Live will be released on DVD. No release date has been confirmed yet.

November 8, 2017

• Synthesis is released in Japan.

November 3, 2017

• Evanescence announced that they will be live streaming the opening of their show at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut through their Facebook page at 8:45pm EST.
• The people who attended the VIP at Foxwoods posted online that they were told that the show will be recorded for a Synthesis Live DVD. There has been no official announcement about this yet.

October

October 27, 2017

• Lacrymosa (Synthesis) single is now available to stream and purchase on all digital music platforms.
• Episode four of Inside Synthesis is published on Twitter about Lindsey Stirling featuring on Hi-Lo.

October 26, 2017

• Preview clips of each Synthesis track was made available through iTunes Japan.

October 25, 2017

• In issue 1694 of Kerrang! Magazine, Amy Lee said that Evanescence will be expecting to head in to the studio later next year to record brand new material and that they have "a good handful of songs to start with already".
• Evanescence added a third London Synthesis Live date at the Eventim Apollo on April 9, 2018.

October 19, 2017

• Evanescence premiered their brand new music video for Imperfection on YouTube.
• Revolver shared an exclusive behind the scenes video of the making of Imperfection.

October 15, 2017

• Speak to Me was played live for the first time at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California. This makes it the first original solo song by Amy Lee to be performed at an Evanescence show.

October 14, 2017

• The first show of Synthesis Live began today at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• The Synthesis album was played in full, along with a medley intro of Amy's favorite classical pieces before Overture. This included La strada by Nino Rota, La Chasse by Mozart, Pavane by Gabriel Faure, Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, Adagio Cantabile by Beethoven, Lacrimosa by Mozart and Sally's Song by Danny Elfman.
• Good Enough and Swimming Home were performed for the first time since 2012 as the encore.

October 13, 2017

• Episode three of Inside Synthesis is published on YouTube about Amy Lee's harp teacher coincidentally being asked to play on the record.

October 10, 2017

• The song length for the Synthesis version of Lacrymosa was revealed on iTunes as 3:42. Because of this there is speculation that it might be the next single.

October 3, 2017

• Evanescence announced their Australian tour dates on Facebook with four dates in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in February 2018.
• Amy Lee held a Synthesis listening party with fifty fans at Steinway Hall in New York. A live interview was streamed on Facebook, along with an acoustic performance of Good Enough in celebration of The Open Door's eleventh anniversary.

October 2, 2017

• Evanescence added two new European Synthesis Live tour dates ; Kongress Center in Prague, Czech Republic on March 17, 2018, and Palais 12 in Brussels, Belgium on April 8, 2018.

September

September 29, 2017

• Evanescence announced on Facebook that they will host a Synthesis listening party in New York on October 3, 2017. The first fifty people to comment on their post will get to attend with Amy Lee.
• Episode two of Inside Synthesis is published on YouTube about the song Imperfection.

September 28, 2017

• Evanescence announced that they will be touring Australia in February 2018. The exact dates will be confirmed on October 5th.

September 16, 2017

• Evanescence shot their music video for Imperfection in Los Angeles. It was directed by Paul Brown, the photographer for the Synthesis album shoot, and whom also directed the Sweet Sacrifice music video.

September 15, 2017

• Evanescence's brand new single, Imperfection, is released today to download and stream.
• The pre-order links for Synthesis were released online, including the digital copy, CD, CD/DVD, box set (including Synthesis songbook) and LP.
• The track list was confirmed to have 16 songs, including 3 new instrumental pieces and two new full songs, Imperfection and Hi-Lo.
• European Synthesis dates were announced, spanning fifteen dates over March and April 2018.
• Episode 1 of Inside Synthesis is published on YouTube.

August

August 18, 2017

• Bring Me to Life (Synthesis) is available for digital download and streaming, along with an instrumental version of the song.
• In an article published by Rolling Stone, they confirmed that Evanescence's second single from Synthesis will be released next month. Amy Lee then added on Twitter that the single will be one of the two new songs.

August 17, 2017

• In an interview with 93.3 WMMR Rocks!, Amy Lee confirmed that Synthesis will be released on November 10th.

August 14, 2017

• Evanescence announced the first of the Synthesis tour dates in the US and Canada that will launch on October 14th and span until December 19th.
• Pre-sales of the tickets, including VIP, begin on August 15th and every ticket sold will come with a download of the album when it's released.
• The first Synthesis single, Bring Me to Life, will be released on August 18th.

July

July 26, 2017

• Jen Majura's crowd funding campaign launched for her second solo album, InZENity. It includes special packages to buy her previous solo album, a Skype guitar lesson, stage clothes and much more.

July 9, 2017

• Evanescence concluded their European tour at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany.

July 2, 2017

• Before Evanescence performed their set at Rockwave Festival, Amy Lee posted on social media that she had met Epica's lead singer, Simone Simons, and that they have a lot in common with each other.

June

June 18, 2017

• Before Evanescence's set at Graspop Metal Meeting, the band Ugly Kid Joe invited Amy Lee on stage and they duetted together for the song Cat's in the Cradle.

June 7, 2017

• Evanescence kicked off their European tour at Caribana Festival in Crans-près-Céligny, Switzerland and Say You Will was performed live for the first time, with Tim McCord on guitar and Jen Majura on bass.

May

May 23, 2017

• Evanescence began recording the orchestra for Synthesis with David Campbell at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

May 22, 2017

• Jen Majura announced that she will be working on a new solo album called InZENity and it will be released in November this year.

May 10, 2017

• Evanescence announced their brand new album, Synthesis, which will be a reworking of previous material and two new songs to include only orchestra and electronica. The album and the tour will be expected this fall.

May 4, 2017

• Evanescence concluded their South American tour at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile.

April

April 28, 2017

• Voice From The Stone, featuring the song Speak to Me by Amy Lee, is out today to stream, download and watch in selected US theaters.

April 27, 2017

• At an Evanescence press conference in Ecuador, Amy Lee confirmed that a more "traditional" album will be made after the upcoming "special project".
• Evanescence performed their first ever show in Ecuador at Ágora de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana in Quito.

April 20, 2017

• Evanescence performed their first show of the South American tour at NET Live Brasilia in Brasilia, Brazil.

March

March 22, 2017

• Amy Lee released the music video for Speak to Me on YouTube.

March 20, 2017

• Amy Lee was interviewed by AOL's BUILD Series and confirmed that her next focus will be on Evanescence. She said once again that the band are working on "something different" and didn't go into detail, but confirmed that the release date will be later in the year.

March 18, 2017

• Amy Lee announced that she will be featured on AOL's BUILD series again to talk about Speak to Me, Voice From The Stone and more.
• Legends & Lyrics announced that they will release a downloadable video of Amy Lee's episode in the next thirty days.

March 17, 2017

• Amy Lee released her new single Speak to Me, the closing title song from the upcoming movie, Voice From The Stone.

March 8, 2017

• Evanescence announced a new show at the Vivo X El Rock festival in Lima, Peru on April 29th.

February

February 21, 2017

• The Twitter account for the movie, Blind, confirmed that one of the songs Amy Lee worked on for the score is called Through Your Eyes.

February 17, 2017

• Evanescence's b-side album, Lost Whispers, is available for digital download and streaming.

February 10, 2017

• Amy Lee released her new single, Love Exists, an English cover of L'amore esiste originally by Italian singer, Francesca Michielin.

January

January 31, 2017

• Evanescence announced two new shows in Russia; Club A2, Saint Petersburg on June 23rd and Stadium Live, Moscow on June 24th.

January 26, 2017

• Evanescence announced a new show at the Ágora de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana in Quito, Ecuador on April 27th.

January 24, 2017

• Evanescence announced a second new show at the Eventim Apollo on June 13th due to popular demand.

January 12, 2017

• Evanescence announced a new show at the Eventim Apollo in London, United Kingdom on June 14th.
• Evanescence confirmed that The Ultimate Collection box set will begin shipping on January 23rd.

January 11, 2017

• Evanescence announced a new show at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany on July 9th.

2016

December

December 23, 2016

• All of the animated music videos for Dream Too Much are now available to watch on Amazon Prime. The videos are currently available for US Prime members only.

December 14, 2016

• In an interview with Kerrang! Magazine issue 1650, Amy Lee said that Evanescence are working on two ideas at once and have two different release plans. It's still not confirmed yet what they're working on.

December 9, 2016

• Evanescence announced that The Ultimate Collection box set has been delayed until January 2017. To make up for the disappointment, Amy Lee will sign an exclusive poster for every person who pre-ordered and post it immediately.

November

November 23, 2016

• Evanescence concluded their US fall tour at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. The concert was live streamed online on multiple social media platforms.

November 19, 2016

• In an interview on WeAreMovingStories.com, Director and Producer Sasha Pezenik confirmed that Amy Lee, Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer have contributed music to the upcoming documentary film, "I Am Her", about New York City's transgender underclass.

November 2, 2016

• Evanescence announced that their last show of the tour at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, will be streamed online through Live Nation.

November 1, 2016

• Loudwire released an exclusive video of Amy Lee performing a cover of I Will Follow You into the Dark, originally by Death Cab For Cutie. Watch the video here.

October

October 28, 2016

• Evanescence performed their first show of the US Fall tour at the South Side Ballroom in Dallas, Texas. They played a brand new song called Take Cover, covered Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana and played Breathe No More live for the first time since 2004.

October 13, 2016

• Amy Lee attends the "Blind" movie premiere at Woodstock Film Festival.

October 11, 2016

• Evanescence released the pre-order link for their box set The Ultimate Collection.

October 4, 2016

• Dream Too Much won a Family Choice Award in the Music and Audiobooks category.

September

September 30, 2016

• Amy Lee released her new children's album, Dream Too Much, on Amazon.
• The animated music video for If You're a Star is released on YouTube.
• In an interview on AOL's BUILD Series, Amy Lee confirmed that Evanescence are working on a new project that's "non-traditional, special and different" for the band.

September 29, 2016

• Amy Lee announced that she and her father, John Lee, will be performing tracks from Dream Too Much on The Absolutely Mindy Show on September 30th at 9:30AM ET.

September 28, 2016

• Amy Lee announced that she will be appearing on AOL's BUILD Series in New York on September 30th to discuss Dream Too Much and more.

September 22, 2016

• Amy Lee announced that she will be hosting a Reddit AMA thread today at 3PM EST / 12PM PST.
• Amy Lee released the second single from Dream Too Much titled If You're a Star.

September 14, 2016

• Evanescence announced a special vinyl box set that will include Origin, Fallen, The Open Door, Evanescence, a new version of Even In Death, the intro Lost Whispers and a picture booklet that will include photos, lyrics, journal pages, designs and sketches. The pre-order link will be available soon.

September 7, 2016

• Amy Lee released the official animated music video for the single, Dream Too Much, on YouTube.

August

August 22, 2016

• In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, Evanescence announced a US fall tour that will span over sixteen dates in October and November. Pre-sale tickets will be available tomorrow at 10am, with general sale beginning August 26th. Visit Evanescence's website for more information.

August 17, 2016

• Amy Lee announced that she's releasing a new children's album titled Dream Too Much and will be released exclusively on Amazon where you can pre-order a digital or CD copy. She posted a link to the first single, Dream Too Much, on YouTube.

August 12, 2016

• Evanescence announced new show at Kink Music Festival in Orlando, Florida on November 12, 2016.

May

May 2, 2016

• Evanescence concluded their Spring mini-tour at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida.

April

April 11, 2016

• Amy Lee posted a video teaser of her working on music for Voice From the Stone on YouTube.

April 30, 2016

• Evanescence began their Spring mini-tour at the House Of Blues in Orlando, Florida. They played a brand new piano/vocal version of Even In Death and a cover of Prince's Purple Rain.

March

March 18, 2016

• Evanescence announced three new shows in Florida next month after confirming that they won't be playing at Moonstone's rescheduled dates.

March 16, 2016

• Moonstone Music Festival announced it's had to postpone the festival until the weekend of September 24th - 25th due to "a major cyber fraud crime". No confirmation yet if Evanescence will attend the rescheduled dates.

February

February 22, 2016

• Evanescence announced that they will be playing at this year's SunFest on May 2nd.

February 19, 2016

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

2015

December

December 15, 2015

• Amy Lee released her fourth cover song, Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing, originally by Chris Isaak, on YouTube.

December 1, 2015

• Amy Lee released her third cover song, Going to California, originally by Led Zeppelin, on YouTube.

November

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.

November 13, 2015

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

November 10, 2015

• Amy Lee released her second cover song, With or Without You, originally by U2, on YouTube.

October

October 27, 2015

• Amy Lee released her first cover song, It's a Fire, originally by Portishead, on YouTube.

September

September 14, 2015

• Hammerstep's short film, Indigo Grey: The Passage, featuring music from Amy Lee, Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer, has been published on YouTube.

August

August 25, 2015

• In Jen Majura's first interview since joining Evanescence, she explains how she was picked to join the band.

August 7, 2015

• Evanescence announced that they have a new guiatarist, Jen Majura, who will be replacing Terry Balsamo. It's currently unknown publicly why Terry left, but it was clear that it was not on bad terms.

July

July 20, 2015

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

April

April 26, 2015

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

2014

August

August 25, 2014

• Aftermath soundtrack album by Amy Lee and Dave Eggar is out now.

August 11, 2014

• In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, Amy Lee said that she has no plans to make new Evanescence music for the foreseeable future, but is not done with the band as she likes to keep open-minded.

August 6, 2014

• Amy Lee announced the soundtrack album, Aftermath, that she and Dave Eggar worked on together for the film, War Story. It will be released digitally on August 25th and can be pre-ordered now on iTunes and Amazon. A 30 second teaser of one of the songs was posted on YouTube.

July

July 28, 2014

• Amy Lee announced that she gave birth to a baby boy called Jack Lion Hartzler. Congratulations to Amy and Josh!

April

April 15, 2014

• Amy Lee now has her own official Facebook page.

March

March 19, 2014

• Amy Lee announced her independance from her record deal, saying that she is "free do to anything, Evanescence included".

March 8, 2014

• Amy Lee and Dave Eggar performed together, along with Hammerstep, on Bluegrass Underground. They played Good Enough, Find a Way, Birdcage, Jacob's Vision and Secret Door.

January

January 18, 2014

• Amy Lee announced that she and her husband, Josh Hartzler, are expecting their first child together.

2013

December 7, 2013

• Amy Lee now has her own Instagram account.
• Amy Lee and Dave Eggar have been confirmed to perform together on the fourth season of Bluegrass Underground on March 8, 2014.

November

November 8, 2013

• Amy Lee and Paula Cole performed together at the Wellspring Benefit Concert. The setlist included a brand new song written by Amy and Dave Eggar called Find a Way.

September

September 28, 2013

• Amy Lee announced on Twitter that she and Paula Cole will perform together for the Wellspring Benefit Concert on November 7, 2013 at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts.

March

March 19, 2013

• The digital scrapbook for Fallen's ten year anniversary is now available to view on Evanescence's website.

March 4, 2013

• In celebration of Fallen's ten year anniversary, Amy Lee announced on Twitter that 1,500 copies of the album will be released on vinyl along with a digital scrapbook.

February

February 14, 2013

• Evanescence released their official fan footage music video for Lost In Paradise on YouTube.

January

January 17, 2013

• AMP Rock TV released an exclusive acoustic performance of Lost In Paradise on YouTube.

January 11, 2013

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

2012

November

November 9, 2012

• Evanescence finished their world tour supporting the third album at Wembley Arena, London. The band will now be on hiatus for an unspecified amount of time.

October

October 4, 2012

• Evanescence debuted an unreleased outtake from The Open Door, called If You Don't Mind, live at Pepsi On Stage in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

August

August 13, 2012

• EMI Music Argentina released six videos of Evanescence performing an acoustic live set at BigFM Kleinstes Konzert der Welt in Germany, originally recorded May 30th.

July

July 31, 2012

• Evanescence began their Carnival of Madness tour and played Disappear live for the first time at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center in Springfield, Illinois.

June

June 29, 2012

• AMP Rock TV released The Words: Evanescence - Lost In Paradise on YouTube.

April

April 11, 2012

• Evanescence attended the Revolver Golden Gods Awards where they performed Made of Stone, What You Want and Call Me When You're Sober, and Amy Lee won the award for Best Vocalist.

February

February 3, 2012

• Evanescence performed My Heart Is Broken live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

January

January 24, 2012

• Evanescence premiered their brand new music video for My Heart Is Broken on Vevo.

January 21, 2012

• Evanescence performed at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. The concert was recorded for MTV's World Stage.

January 18, 2012

• MTV News shared an exclusive clip behind-the-scenes of the My Heart Is Broken music video.

January 13, 2012

• Evanescence played Erase This and Swimming Home live for the first time at the Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina.

January 12, 2012

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

January 6, 2012

• Amy Lee confirmed that a remix of Made of Stone is going to feature in the upcoming movie, 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!.

December 7, 2011

• Amy Lee and Troy McLawhorn performed an acoustic Evanescence set together for the radio series Artist Confidential by SiriusXM and played six tracks, including the premiere of Secret Door where Amy played the harp live.

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 6, 2011

• Evanescence performed at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico and premiered two new tracks, Lost In Paradise and Never Go Back.

October 5, 2011

• My Heart Is Broken has confirmed to be the next single and will be aired on radio stations from October 31st.

October 4, 2011

• Spin.com exclusively premiered the full track of End of the Dream.

October 2, 2011

• Evanescence performed at Rock in Rio in Brazil and premiered three new tracks; Made of Stone, My Heart Is Broken and Sick.

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 17, 2011

• Evanescence performed their first concert in two years at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. They played four new tracks from the upcoming album; What You Want, The Change, Oceans and The Other Side.

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

• Evanescence premiered their brand new single, What You Want, live for the first time on MTV. After the performance, a group interview took place which was streamed online.

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!

June

June 21, 2010

• Amy Lee posted on EvThreads that Evanescence have temporarily taken some time out of the studio to "get into the right creative space" and that Wind-Up Records are "going through some very uncertain times".

April

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

October

October 20, 2009

• Amy Lee announced on Twitter that Evanescence will play a secret show in New York on November 4th. Tickets will be available on Friday 23rd October, 12PM EDT.

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.

February

February 12, 2009

• Amy Lee will be featured on PBS music show, Legends & Lyrics. She will be joined by Terry Balsamo for the performance and the episode will be recorded February 23rd in Nashville, Tennessee.

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)