Chicago, IL - United Center, 25 Feb 2023

[rionka]

#01 show of the Evanescence x Muse Tour 2023.
Support: ONE OK ROCK (Japanese rock band)

The tour starts next month!
Many of these venues seem to have a cool catwalk/traverse, let's hope for some nice photos of Ev from a new angle  
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com/event/04005D3315B43BD4



Evanescence x Muse 2003 promo video:




TOUR POSTER:

[tezbear_91]

Excited to see what the setlist is for this tour. I’m hoping they’ve changed it up a bit since last years tour.

[rionka]

The first show is officially over. The arena was sold out.



They have a cool new stage E logo with lasers beaming out of it. The stage has a simple setup, there are no levels and stairs anymore but there's a lot of new lights.

What You Want is now on the setlist, which is a tour debut, and End Of The Dream stayed which is amazing (even without birds ).
Evanescence's set had 14 songs, a little over one hour. Muse's headliner setlist was huge: link
Seems that there was no chance to get a setlist of Ev.

Setlist: www.setlist.fm/setlist/evanescence/2023/united-center-chicago-il-3bbaec00.html

Here's a pretty fan graphic by EvanescenceWebsite:




Amy wore red boots, red/black leggings and a long red transparent ribbon on her hand. As she said on Twitter, Troy's clothes and Will's drumheads were matching too: link



According to the videos of the show, Amy went to the stage catwalk at least twice but it kinda looks like they are not allowed to go there   idk. link
She went on there (at least) during EOTD and BMTL. And she held a rainbow flag during UMV.


Merch stand: 

The merch stand should have this tour poster but I didn't see it anywhere (there were 3 merch stands they said). But there's this awesome new shirt with rainbow font LOVE OVER ALL 🌈
link link link link link link



Shorts:

Amy with Simon | Soundcheck - WYW | Amy with the flag - UMV | Amy with the flag 2 | Laser intro | WYW piece | BMTL piece | BMTL piece 2 | EOTD piece
Amy's 2 little speeches about 20 years of Fallen and Lithium

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✨ chicago photo dump

Photos by:

Diana Andrade, Evanescence, Will Hunt, Kevin Mazur, cowboyENJOY, Amy's Stories, MrJakeAllen, Heather Lea, kebabdylan, j0eje0, Speedbrkr, Sam Rose Watson, dancingyogurty, kater_pie, dessaroux, MissCin101, sam keeney, Atsushi Kimura, Geoff Raye, Sam Watson, Manny Familar, Eddie Alexander Bueno Lopez, aaamy_mac, Will Hsiung, Lisa Pratali, Leah Montes, Dan de Slover for Variance, Kirstine Walton for LoudHailer, Oscar De Leon, arneasy like sunday morning, Noel Tang, Adam David, Sophia Cohen-Baize, Kristin Akella, weroman7, rainfvrestvibes, magda_mks, 1jessa3, lithium photos, JulieFarfan1





           

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Reviews:


"The supporting Evanescence is no stranger to headlining and were thankfully given an entire hour to unleash its classically-inspired alternative rock/metal upon nearly as rapt of an audience. Angelic yet intense leader Amy Lee and the band tore through spine-chilling tunes off its latest project, “The Bitter Truth,” while also dipping back to “Fallen,” which sold a staggering 17 million copies, just turned 20-years-old and appeared to hold up as if it was recorded yesterday."

chicagoconcertreviews.com/2023/02/25/muse-evanescence-united-center/


"Prior to Muse taking to the stage, Evanescence was up to make sure the crowd was nicely warmed up for the evening ahead. Judging by the screams from the front row of the general admission section, there were those in attendance who were just as happy to see Amy Lee and crew as the headliners themselves. It hasn’t been too long since Evanescence was last in this neck of the woods, as they opened for Korn just last August. A key stand-out feature of this band is always going be Amy’s powerful and beautiful voice, and she certainly did not disappoint on that front."

www.loudhailermagazine.com/concert-reviews/muse-at-united-center-in-chicago-il/