EVANESCENCE have announced a massive 2026 world tour spanning 47 dates across North America, the UK, and Europe, launching June 11 in West Palm Beach, Florida and running through a special finale at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on October 26. The tour's support lineup reads like a who's-who of modern heavy music: SPIRITBOX and NOVA TWINS will join the North American summer run, while POPPY and K.FLAY will open the UK and European dates.
The announcement caps off a remarkable period of creative momentum for Amy Lee and company. The 2025 collaboration single "End of You," which brought together Lee, SPIRITBOX's Courtney LaPlante, and POPPY, became one of the year's most talked-about metal releases, demonstrating the commercial viability of pairing EVANESCENCE's gothic grandeur with the modern metalcore and alternative sensibilities of their tourmates. The song's success clearly laid the groundwork for this ambitious touring partnership.
Lee has also confirmed that a new EVANESCENCE studio album is due in spring 2026, making this tour a proper album cycle launch rather than a legacy nostalgia run. The follow-up to 2021's "The Bitter Truth" has been gestating for several years, with Lee describing the creative process as the most collaborative the band has experienced since their early days. "The Bitter Truth" marked a return to heavier territory after the more restrained "Synthesis" project, and early indications suggest the new record will continue pushing in an aggressive direction.
The tour production is being designed at arena level, with EVANESCENCE investing in their most elaborate visual presentation to date. The North American summer leg will hit amphitheaters and arenas across the US and Canada before the band crosses the Atlantic for a September-October European run. Ticket demand has been described by promoters as "overwhelming," with several dates already approaching sellout status within the first week of sales.