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Post by anywhere but home era on Apr 4, 2023 8:11:53 GMT -5
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Post by anywhere but home era on Apr 21, 2023 9:01:02 GMT -5
...first few pictures of the last night: ✨ Salt Lake City Last Show Photo Dump
Fanart by Evanescenceville Photos by:José Ochoa Coello, Katie Drake, Oliver Tosh, Garrison Berthold, Matt Westower, Andrea Lambrecht, Vince Foschini, kostas.go, Jenn Killjoy Pearson, paige.8123, Cristian Cao, Andrew Sharon, Tinamarie Mahlum, Evanescence, d3xxtrr, Kevin Rolfe                                                         
Reviews:
Muse• Evanescence • Highly Suspect • April 20, 2023 • Vivint Arenautahconcertreview.com/muse/"When I saw Evanescence would be touring with Muse I thought about what a good pairing that was. It had never crossed my mind before, but while they sound vastly different, they were a good fit. I figured Evanescence would be a good live band, but I had no idea what I was in store for. First of all, I feel dumb even saying this, but Amy Lee is incredible live. I’m sure the millions upon millions of you reading this are in unison thinking “Duh”. And you’d be correct. I knew she’d be good. But she was beyond. I just couldn’t get over how great she sounded. I still can’t. I’ve talked to friends since who were also at the concert and while we raved and raved about Muse, we kept coming back to Lee and her voice. She not only sounds great, but there is so much emotion and passion in her vocals that after every song the roar of the crowd was of a sound of just total amazement. I felt like they wanted to make sure that she knew that they understood what she was doing was awe-inspiring. I thought these guys sounded fantastic. Not only did they sound great but they looked like they were enjoying themselves and each other. I think that can make a huge difference in a performance. I thought songs like “Broken Pieces Shine” from their latest album The Bitter Truth meshed really well with early material like “Call Me When You’re Sober”. As the 14-song set flew by, Amy Lee took some moments to share special messages with the crowd. She told the audience to not let anyone speak for them. “Everything has been so beyond f*¢ked up these past few years and every time we think it’s about to start getting better, something else f*¢ked up happens. I know we’re all tired of fighting. But I just want to say that you are worth it. Hope is worth fighting for. You are worth fighting for. So when you know in your heart was is right, keep fighting for each other. We’re all we got. One voice might seem like much but with all of us together we make a loud sound! Are you with me?!” I could see many in the crowd inspired and cheering her on.The set ended with two huge hits for Evanescence. The first was “My Immortal”. Lee thanked the crowd for 20 years as this year was celebrating 20 years since their first album was released. It was funny when she said that because I could see people who had been fans of Evanescence since then being blown away that it’s been that long. People suddenly felt a bit older than they had a minute prior. “My Immortal” was performed perfectly. Phone lights illuminated Vivint Arena. Is there a more perfect song to do that to? Doubtful. Lee mentioned that she usually had to suggest to the audience to hold up their lights but the Utah crowd was already doing it. There was a new nostalgia in the air. And people were totally in the moment. I’m sure it comes as no surprise that “Bring Me To Life” was the closer. Seeing this was my first time seeing Evanescence, this would of course be my first time hearing the song in person. I had read that the song was usually performed without the male vocal part since the song was originally written that way and guest vocalist Paul McCoy of 12 Stones was brought in for that song. I have seen this version performed on YouTube videos and I still really enjoyed the song. To my surprise, before the bridge of the song began, Highly Suspect frontman, Johnny Stevens walked on stage and did Paul McCoy’s part. The crowd went nuts! Stevens brought the energy that he had displayed in the opening set. Both Lee and Stevens took to the long catwalk and went back and forth as if they were dueling. It gave me chills. It was a huge moment! While I was waiting for Muse to take the stage I spoke with Highly Suspect’s photographer about Stevens joining in “Bring Me To Life”. He told me that they had only started doing about four shows prior to ours. It was such a cool surprise and an awesome way to fire up the crowd leading into Muse!" |
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