Evanescence Are Finally Coming Back to New Zealand

Fresh off the release of their new album Sanctuary, Evanescence will return to Aotearoa New Zealand next year for an exclusive arena show.

Announced alongside a tour of Australia, set for 2027, Amy Lee and co. have confirmed they will play Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Spark Arena on Saturday, March 20th. The announcement comes after they teased plans to return to the region in a recent interview with us.

General on sale tickets will be available from 1pm on Friday, June 12th, following artist and album presales from 12pm on Tuesday, June 9th, and Live Nation and Spotify presales from 1pm on Thursday, June 11th. All times are local.

With Sanctuary released today (June 5th), Evanescence will return for their biggest local headline shows in years. Marking Evanescence’s first studio album since 2021’s The Bitter Truth, frontwoman Amy Lee described the record as a project that had been taking shape for several years, with recent singles offering fans a glimpse into the band’s latest creative chapter.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone AU/NZ, she said: “The music is a release of the truth… music is my journal. It’s always been that. If I always pour it out from whatever’s on my heart – and there’s so much right now – that there are going to be other people in the world that can relate to that and use that in their own way.

“So I hope that this album will be that for some people, be a place to connect and feel grounded and understood and also scream at the top of their lungs and that be okay.”

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The upcoming setlists are expected to span the band’s entire catalogue, from Fallen classics like “Bring Me to Life”, “Going Under”, and “My Immortal” through to new material including recent singles “Afterlife” and “Who Will You Follow?”.

Evanescence’s Sanctuary is out now. For complete tour and ticket information, see here.