Evanescence will be back playing live in the UK this summer, having announced a one-off London gig, according to NME.
The band will take to the stage at London’s Eventim Apollo on June 14. It will be the first time in over four years the band have played a set on these shores, following the four-date arena tour the band completed in 2012. The band took a break after that tour wrapped up, before coming together again in 2015 to play a series of dates in the US. Last year they again toured the US, playing their classic material. Frontwoman Amy Lee, expressed her delight at once again playing in front of a crowd, telling Rolling Stone, ‘Just when you thought I was off the hard stuff! It’s going to feel amazing to step back onstage with the band this fall [2016]. We had such a tight gel solidifying onstage the last few shows, and were enjoying it so much, we were all lamenting that it was so short and have been on the lookout for more opportunities to play live.’
Although the band haven’t produced any new music, that doesn’t mean Lee hasn’t been busy. She released her first album aimed specifically at children, ‘Dream Too Much’ in September last year, featuring covers of songs as diverse as ‘Rubber Duckie’ from Sesame Street, and The Beatles’ ‘Hello Goodbye.’ The band also released an ‘Ultimate Collection’ compilation album in December. Lee told Forbes that the album had allowed her to reflect on the band’s history and put herself in the position of fans who have watched the band from the beginning, and will presumably be in attendance in June. She revealed that now she, ‘can just stand there with them, ‘‘Okay, I’m a fan of this thing too, it’s a huge part of my life and I can look at it from the outside and appreciate it too.’ Not just be wrapped up in my own head that nothing is ever good enough, which is an easy path to go down for me.’’ She finished, ‘I love our fans, they are just the best people on earth.’
There are no current plans for any new music, but before the band split in 2012, Lee gave NME a clue as to where she might take the group’s sound in the future, saying, ‘I love folk, that’s a big part of my background. I’ve written music that’s a lot simpler and more acoustic and I got into a moment where I’m obsessed with dance music, things like Massive Attack and Portishead. I’d like to do something that’s not driven by loud guitars, I love the aggression they bring, but I’d like to try something out.’
14/6 – Eventim Apollo – London
