Amy Lee Opens Evanescence Tour with 21 Songs in West Palm Beach
Amy Lee opened Evanescence’s 2026 North American tour on Thursday night, June 11, at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a 21-song set built around the band’s new album, Sanctuary. The first night gave the tour a clear business card: all 12 tracks from the record were spread across the set, and eight of them were played live for the first time.
West Palm Beach First Look
The opening song was Sanctuary, the album’s title track, which put the new material at the center of the launch instead of saving it for later dates. Evanescence also worked in Going Under, Call Me When You’re Sober, Bring Me to Life, and My Immortal, so the set did not tilt entirely toward the new release.
That balance is the part worth watching. A tour opener can function as a test run, and this one arrived with the full album already distributed across the first-night setlist. For a fan buying into the North American leg, the message was simple: Sanctuary is not being treated like a side project or a teaser.
Courtney LaPlante On Fight Like a Girl
For Fight Like a Girl, Evanescence brought on Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante and Nova Twins, both of whom are supporting the tour. The guest spot turned one song into a crossover moment without changing the core shape of the show, and it also tied the new material to the artists traveling with the band.
August 2 in Clarkston
The North American outing runs through an August 2 show in Clarkston, Michigan, before Evanescence moves on to a UK and European outing in September. Fan-filmed video, photos, the setlist, and the remaining tour dates were available from the opener, which gives anyone tracking the run a usable snapshot of how aggressively the band is leaning into Sanctuary from night one.
Lee’s earlier tease about the tour as the “biggest show we’ve ever had” sounds less like promotion after this opener and more like a production target. If the first night is the baseline, the rest of the North American leg is built for a set that keeps the new album in heavy rotation rather than hiding it behind legacy material.
