{"id":481797,"date":"2019-02-04T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=789703"},"modified":"2019-02-04T12:36:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:36:27","slug":"evanescence-return-to-rock-band-configuration-for-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/evanescence-return-to-rock-band-configuration-for-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Evanescence Return to Rock-Band Configuration for Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/evanescence-rock-band-tour.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/evanescence\/\" id=\"auto-tag_evanescence\" data-tag=\"evanescence\">Evanescence<\/a> will embark on a short tour, which includes appearances at many festivals, with most of the dates in the spring and a couple this summer. The shows will mark a return to the band\u2019s standard rock-group format, following its Synthesis Live Tour, which paired them with orchestras. The tour contains only a dozen dates and kicks off with the group\u2019s appearance at Welcome to Rockville on May 3rd and concludes with an appearance at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut before returning for two festival dates in July.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the headlining dates go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s most recent full-length and fourth overall, <em>Synthesis<\/em>, came out in 2017 and features reworked version of the band\u2019s past recordings augmented with orchestral and electronic elements. They also released a live album and Blu-ray to capture the tour, <em>Synthesis Live<\/em>, late last year. \u201cThis comes from the core, the heart of the original vision for Evanescence,\u201d frontwoman Amy Lee said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the album\u2019s release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/evanescence-announce-orchestral-new-lp-synthesis-fall-tour-195909\/\">Lee described<\/a> <em>Synthesis<\/em> as \u201ca total passion project.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to shine a light on some of the gorgeous David Campbell arrangements and programming elements in our songs, and that idea snowballed into completely re-doing them with full orchestra, not just strings, elaborate programming and experimentation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evanescence Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5\/3 \u2013 Jacksonville, FL @ Welcome To Rockville<br \/>5\/5 \u2013 Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Event Center *<br \/>5\/7 \u2013 New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre *<br \/>5\/9 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Coca Cola Roxy Theater *<br \/>5\/10 \u2013 Concord, NC @ Epicenter Festival<br \/>5\/12 \u2013 Coraopolis, PA @ UPMC Events Center **<br \/>5\/14 \u2013 Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Event Center *<br \/>5\/15 \u2013 Washington, DC @ The Anthem *<br \/>5\/18 \u2013 Camden, NJ @ MMRBQ Festival<br \/>5\/19 \u2013 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena *<br \/>7\/18 \u2013 Cadott, WI @ Rock Fest<br \/>7\/28 \u2013 Bangor, ME @ Impact Festival<\/p>\n<p>* headline date<br \/>** On sale February 15th at 10 a.m. local time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/evanescence-return-to-rock-band-configuration-for-tour-789703\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evanescence will embark on a short tour, which includes appearances at many festivals, with most of the dates in the spring and a couple this summer. The shows will mark a return to the band\u2019s standard rock-group format, following its Synthesis Live Tour, which paired them with orchestras. 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