The Evanescence Tour was the third worldwide
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by American
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band
Evanescence
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. Staged in support of their
eponymous third studio album and comprising a set list of songs from that and their two previous albums, ''
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'' (2003) and ''
The Open Door
''The Open Door'' is the second studio album by American rock band Evanescence, released on September 25, 2006, by Wind-up Records. The record symbolizes a new beginning for the band, with Amy Lee in full creative control, incorporating new elem ...
'' (2006), the tour began in August 2011 and ended in November 2012. It received mixed reviews by music critics who generally praised Lee's vocals and the performance of the other members of the band, but criticized their lack of interaction with the audience.
Background
During an interview with
MTV News
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in July, Lee revealed the tour in support of their third studio album will start in August, 2011 with a concert in Nashville, Tennessee. She announced,
"It's not all
onfirmed but it's going to happen."
In an interview in August, she spoke about the tour saying, "We haven't started rehearsing
or the touryet, actually. ... It's just been a crazy run-around. We did a big photo shoot in L.A. for a couple days and I've been running around doing a lot of press."
She added, "I wish I had more time to prepare... We're excited to get back out there. All we can do is just run as fast as we can. Everything's just crammed really tight, from the video to the promo to the rehearsal... I'm ready to get to rehearsal, because I'm starting to feel like, 'OK, we've got dates booked, we haven't practiced yet.' Starting to get a little nervous, but in a good way. ...
e'llbe back in front of the fans, and feeling that energy again. That's going to be good for my brain."
She also revealed the nature of the tour, stating, "It's just going to be straight-up ''rock''. Big energy, this album is just a fast-paced rock ride... We've got three albums now to pull from so, of course, we want to play the new ones but, of course, we're going to play the old ones too. It's going to be a lot."
Lee further revealed that the band will play songs from all three albums
and stated, "We're definitely focusing mainly on the new material. We're really excited about that music the most — obviously it's the newest — but of course we'll be playing some from both of our other albums too. I guess I'd say in general, our show's on the heavy-energy side, so we'll be running around singing a lot of fast songs."
Their performances were supported by
The Pretty Reckless
The Pretty Reckless is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2009. The band consists of Taylor Momsen (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ben Phillips (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mark Damon (bass), and Jamie Perkins (drums).
The band ...
,
Fair to Midland
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and
Rival Sons
Rival Sons is an American rock band formed in Long Beach, California, in 2009. The band consists of Jay Buchanan (lead vocals), Scott Holiday (guitar), Dave Beste (bass guitar) and Michael Miley (drums). They are joined by keyboard player Todd ...
.
Lead singer
Taylor Momsen
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of the band The Pretty Reckless stated she was a "big fan of Evanescence, so it's really exciting to be opening for them".
On January 10, 2012, Lee asked her fans through
Twitter
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to choose songs that would be performed during the
set list
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of the Evanescence Tour.
Development
![The Pretty Reckless 04](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/The_Pretty_Reckless_04.09.10.jpg)
Evanescence began their tour in promotion of the album with a concert at
War Memorial Auditorium in
Nashville, Tennessee
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, on August 17, 2011.
This was followed by performances at
Rock on the Range
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in Winnipeg on August 20,
Rock in Rio
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on October 2,
and
José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
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,
Puerto Rico
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on October 6.
The band kicked off the tour in the United States on October 10 in Oakland, California, and finished in New York City.
They also had concerts in the United Kingdom which kicked off at London's
Hammersmith Apollo
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on November 4, 2011 and ran until November 13, when the band closed the tour at the
O2 Academy Birmingham.
The tour for ''Evanescence'' continued with concerts in the United States, Asia and Europe.
Critical reception
![Amy Lee 2011 Evanescence concert 10-25-11](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Amy_Lee_2011_Evanescence_concert_10-25-11.jpg)
Sophie A. Schillaci of ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' praised the performances of the band and Lee's live vocals saying that, "Lee delivered with high energy and an undeniably fierce vocal style".
However, she noted, "But at times throughout the band's set, the at attention audience seemed only partly engaged. With several cell phones and even some actual lighters in the air, about half of the crowd obliged to the singer's requests for sing-a-longs. To their credit, that half gave it their all."
Jon Pareles of ''
The New York Times
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'' gave a positive review while reviewing one of the band's concerts during the tour. Pareles felt that when Lee was singing on the piano, she was similar to
Tori Amos
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. He also praised the fact that the band uses "bottom-scraping bass, blasting guitars and double-bass-drum fibrillation to put hard-rock brawn behind what are actually tidy pop-song structures. The music makes sure to delineate verse, chorus and (briefly pretty) bridge, and to repeat them in the name of
catchiness
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."
He finished his review by saying,
"The band's most distinctive element is Ms. Lee's voice: high, strong and perpetually sustained, holding out every note of her long melody lines. It's the opposite of guttural hard rock, and the epitome of breath control. Onstage, pumping her fist and flipping her long dark hair, she veered in and out of tune, but her lung power never wavered. It was a virtuosic concert, exulting in sorrow, determination and thunderous impact. It was also a wearying one, as each song quickly hit its peak and just kept clobbering away. The production style for radio-ready rock and pop is now an unwavering, maxed-out, louder-than-loud onslaught. Evanescence carried that onto the stage, where there can be far more leeway with dynamics."
''
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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''s Kevin C. Johnson, reviewed a show by the band saying, "
t was a
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quick run-through of material old and new. Not much of its sound has changed — good news for Evanescence's fans and bad news for its detractors."
Joel Francis of ''
The Kansas City Star
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'' said, "A convincing performance... by the band left little doubt that it was still not only a force to be reckoned with, but very much here to stay. As the four-piece band relentlessly hammered heavy riffs, singer Amy Lee glided across the stage and sashayed over the cacophony, her voice simultaneously tempering and reinforcing the ferocity below."
Opening acts
*
The Pretty Reckless
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The band ...
*
Fair to Midland
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*
Rival Sons
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*
Electric Touch
*
Blaqk Audio
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*
The Used
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*
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Setlist
Tour dates
;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
:This concert was a part of Rock on the Range
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:These concerts were a part of Rock in Rio
''Rock in Rio'' is a recurring music festival originating in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It later branched into other locations such as Lisbon, Madrid and Las Vegas.
Nine incarnations of the festival have been held in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991, ...
:This concert was a part of Buzzfest
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:These concerts were a part of Edgefest
:This concert was a part of 98 Rock Fest
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:This concert was a part of Beale Street Music Festival
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:This concert was a part of Carolina Rebellion
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:This concert was a part of the Mawazine
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Festival
:This concert was a part of Sonisphere Spain
:This concert was a part of Rock am Ring
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:This concert was a part of the Nova Rock Festival
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:This concert was a part of the Zita Rock Festival
:This concert was a part of Tuborg GreenFest Tuborg GreenFest was an annual series of rock music events that takes place in a few European countries during the summer months. Since 2005, Danish beer makers Tuborg, part of the Carlsberg Group, have brought together well-known rock bands and ar ...
:This concert was a part of the Tuborg Goldfest
:This concert was a part of the Heineken Jammin' Festival
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It started in mid-June 1998 at the Imola Autodrome and has attracted attendances of more than 100,000 over the course of the t ...
:This concert was a part of 97.1 BFD
:These concerts were a part of the Carnival of Madness
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tour
:This concert was a part of Live Music Rocks
:This concert was a part of the Ceará Music Festival
:This concert was a part of the Asunción Rock Festival
:This concert was a part of the Pepsi Music Festival
:This concert was a part of Planeta Terra Bogotá
References
External links
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2011 concert tours
2012 concert tours
Evanescence concert tours