“Hey guys. I posted this blog on EvClub last night, and I just thought it should be here too…

Pain is a big part of life. It is the thing that brings us to earth, keeps us tightly connected to each other. I’ve never felt closer to people than in times of great sorrow or distress, and I guess this is what connects us, people all over the world, to people in Haiti right now. We are the same creatures with the same heart, and as strong as we may feel sometimes, we are completely helpless to the brokenness of this world. Bad things happen. Sometimes its nobody’s fault. But the pain that we feel should make us better…. more sensitive to others and more concious of our own impact on their lives. No matter what we give, people around the world will hurt just like we do. But maybe that’s the point, and just for us to try to connect to that pain instead of shutting it out, is what makes us human. Thank you, all of you, for donating generously the way that I know alot of you have been. Sometimes it takes something like this to put it all in perspective. The next record- awesome. So excited about it. But really, on a grand scale, who ****ing cares. There are people dying all around us- emotionally as well as literally. That sentiment is exactly what made me begin to write music and poetry in the first place, as a kid. So again, for me that is the point, the reason, the connection. We need each other, plain and simple. So, (deep exhalation of emotional release) about the song- As most of you know, “Together Again” is a song written during the Open Door era. I have always loved it and wanted to find the perfect home for it. It wasn’t at home in the Narnia movie, it didn’t belong on The Open Door, and of all the other nameless opps that came up in between then and now it didn’t fit there either. The recording you are hearing was made in 2005-6 along with the rest of the record. About a week ago (a couple of days after hearing about the recent events in Haiti) Josh woke up (before me as usual) and told me that he thought maybe this was where the song belonged. I was at first skeptical on my ability to put all the pieces together and make it a reality, but I think everyone around me was just wishing for a way to help too. My manager, Andy, immediately jumped on board and started making calls. My label agreed to donate their share, my publishing company did the same, even Ted Jensen (who is a very well known mastering artist) cut the fee down to virtually nothing so it was very quick and easy to get the song finished. I am very proud to say that all of the money that is donated for the download of our song except for the credit card transaction fee is going to Haiti. Its a cool way to think about it- maybe the reason it never fit anywhere else is because it belonged here, all along, for this purpose. I hope and believe that we are making a real difference together. Thank you guys again, for caring, for listening to me, and for just being fans. Thank you… to those who no matter how much pain you’ve felt, still remain strong enough to feel more.

love, Amy”

Thanks to EvClub

The band is releasing a new song, Together Again, and the proceeds are going to help Haiti! Thanks to Amy’s official Twitter page. Hey guys STAY TUNED!!

New York (January 22, 2010) — Internationally renowned musical group Evanescence and its founder and lead singer, Amy Lee, announced today they are partnering with the United Nations Foundation to raise money for the United Nations’ relief efforts in Haiti. “I am deeply moved by the tragic loss and devastation in Haiti. We hope to be able to make a positive contribution to the UN’s emergency response by teaming with the UN Foundation through our music,” says front woman Amy Lee. Evanescence, as well as their record label, New York based Wind-up Records, and their publisher, S1 Songs America, are donating their respective portions of proceeds from the sale of the song to the UN Foundation for the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).

Beginning Friday, January 22, 2010, the song “Together Again” will be made available as a free download for those who donate to the UN Foundation in support of the CERF. The song, which has never before been released, will be available for the next 30 days as a special download on www.unfoundation.org. “The UN is rising to the challenge in this time of need and we are grateful for the support of Evanescence to help the UN provide food, water, medicine and emergency relief,” said Aaron Sherinian, Executive Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the UN Foundation. “The UN’s leadership is vital to helping the people of Haiti today, and in rebuilding during the weeks and months to come.”

Thanks to Fan-sites.org and Pinkchoas for the new theme out gallery has!

tears of love

Guys, I love you. Thank you so much for everything. I saw some videos people posted on twitter wishing me happy birthday from around the world and started crying. Thank you for being so sweet to me. The world can be a scary, overwhelming place sometimes, and I feel nothing right now but love and gratitude for being appreciated as an artist and, actually, as just a person… I’m feeling that more and more and beginning to trust it. Thank you for thinking of me, inspiring me, reminding me of my youth and the innocence that we should always cherish and protect in ourselves and others. **** being jaded, that is a waste of life. Don’t be ashamed to love, dont be afraid to live. We get one life lets LIVE IT!!!!!
love, Amy

Everyone here at Amy Lee Net would like to wish Amy a very happy birthday. May you have a great and wonderful birthday!

Thanks to Amazon for this info! Muppets Revisited will be released on February 16, 2010. So keep a look out for that. Can’t wait!

Intro Lyrics

“The words I was singing in the intro were:
Lost whispers
awaken within me
and fly…

Kind of like a prayer to reconnect to the old music, my old self. Calling it all back to me.
I’m glad we were able to use at least just a minute of new music. Terry and I wrote that a few months ago and its been in the “half done” bin for awhile. I think it turned into a beautiful intro.”
-Amy

But as the Evanescence frontwoman explained to the audience at last night’s extremely intimate secret concert, the one-off performance was quite necessary. After all, on November 8th, Evanescence will be performing before 40,000 screaming fans at the Maquinaria Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the band needed a little limbering up before heading south. “Thanks for being our guinea pigs,” Lee joked to the mostly female crowd.

With Evanescence hard at work on the follow-up to 2006’s The Open Door, it’ll be another year before they’re back in New York, making last night’s concert a one-of-a-kind experience for the band’s rabid fans, who sold out the show in five minutes.

Lee, looking rested and donning bulky black boots and a multi-colored dress that looked like it was stolen from the Project Runway work room, commanded the stage, stretching her operatic pipes and stomping across the stage like a pixie on speed during the set’s opener, “Going Under,” her voice as crisp and smoky as ever. The band, featuring fill-in guitarist James Black from Finger Eleven, sounded tight, and ripped through cuts like “The Only One” and “Missing” for the mesmerized audience, who hoisted smart phones and Flip cams in the air, recording every minute.

After “Haunted,” the band pummeled the crowd through “Lithium,” with Lee swaying and bouncing around the stage, pumping her fists in the air. The anguish in Lee’s voice was palpable, and the band skillfully replicated live what they do on tape. Next came “Good Enough,” with Lee stroking the ivories and delivering her lyrics with an elegant sweetness reminiscent of Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan.

After “Whisper,” Lee and the band launched into the anthemic “Call Me When You’re Sober,” which had everyone in the place headbanging along with Lee, whose hair whipped in circles wildly as she belted out the chorus. As the song ended, a fan tossed up a teddy bear that was intended for Lee, but ended up in the grip of a stage hand.

The audience sang every lyric back at Lee during “Bring Me to Life,” which was followed by “All That I’m Living For” and Taking Over Me.” Then came “Lacrymosa” with Lee going solo for “My Immortal,” a song that’s become something of an Alanis Morissette-like battle hymn for her Goth disciples over the last few years. Before leaving the stage, Lee thanked her fans for being so supportive for so long, and promised new material was on the way.

It was a chant that hadn’t been heard in Manhattan in more than two years, and it started a little after 9 p.m., as the anxious crowd who packed out the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom started growing more and more impatient: “EVAN-ES-SCENTS, EVAN-ES-SCENTS.” And though the last time Amy Lee floated across a stage George W. Bush was in office, you wouldn’t have been able to tell from the band’s adept, hard-charging performance.

by Chris Harris

Source RollingStone.com

I can’t believe those tickets went SO FAST. 20 minutes or something? Unreal. You guys are amazing, and I’m really excited. We originally wanted to announce the show a day or 2 before, but that really freaked the venue/promoter/booking agency out. These days they have a hard time packing out a place out even with months of promotion (not all fans are like you!). Thanks for being awesome.
-Amy

Source EvThreads.com