On June 18, longtime symphonic rock/alt-metal group Evanescence was forced to cancel its tour stop in Charlotte due to weather, but they did not forget the Queen City. On Tuesday, the goth five-piece circled around and ended the North American leg of their tour at Truliant Amphitheatre, delivering a performance that was worth the wait for Charlotte fans.
With Nova Twins and Spiritbox still in tow as openers, the trio of rock acts did their best to make it up to fans who returned to see the show. Truliant was packed on Tuesday night, just as it was on that night in June when the show was cancelled before anyone could play a note.
Whether singing while seated behind a piano (both grand and electric keyboard) or pacing the stage and with her hair whipping in the wind, Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee’s vocals remained the star of the show. Her voice never wavered, which is impressive considering it’s been just as strong since the band’s founding in Arkansas more than 30 years ago.
By the time “Fight Like a Girl” began, 18 songs into the headliner’s set, you could see that Lee, Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante and the Nova Twins were having fun performing the song together one last time — and a long embrace at the end showed how much they’d miss each other.
It was the peak of a show that had Evanescence performing plenty of hits and all but one song from their latest album, Sanctuary, released in June.
The band will now head overseas to kick off its European tour in September, this time with Poppy and K.Flay.
Evanescence setlist
Sanctuary
Tell Me When You’ve Had Enough
Afterlife
Rapture
Going Under
Lithium
Like You
Self Destruct
Calm Down
Call Me When You’re Sober
Beautiful Lie
Wasted on You
Forever Without You
Bring Me To Life
Imaginary
Better Without You
About Us
Fight Like a Girl
Who Will You Follow
My Immortal
Wide Open Heart
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