In the opening of Evanescence’s set on day one of Welcome To Rockville, Amy Lee said that Jacksonville is a special place with a lot of history for the band. May 3rd, 2019 also marks the return of Evanescence to this specific festival.
This was my third time seeing Evanescence live; previously in 2016 and then summer of 2018 on the special tour with Lindsey Stirling. Amy Lee said that they had a great time doing something different through last year, but it’s now time to get back to what they know.
Amy Lee span around like a ball of energy as she usually does to huge backlighting and strobes. The band were into it. The crowd at Rockville may have been soaked from the bad weather earlier in the day but people still crammed in by the thousands for the set.
We keep hearing about potential new music from Evanescence. The most recent being the reimagined Synthesis which stripped down many of the band’s greatest hits into digital and electronic works). Here’s hoping we can get something new in 2019. If Tool can announce a new album in 2019, then anything is possible.
Evanescence is continuing their festival and amphitheater tour through various US cities and will be heading to Europe later this year. You can find more info on their Facebook page here: Evanescence on Facebook
Click on any image below to view the photos. Scroll below the gallery to watch the live DVD performance of “My Heart Is Broken”.
Evanescence (/ˌɛvəˈnɛsns/) is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1995 by singer and pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording independent albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards out of seven nominations.
A year later, Evanescence released their first live album, Anywhere but Home, which sold more than one million copies worldwide. In 2006, the band released their second studio album, The Open Door, which sold more than five million copies.
