Evanescence Drops New Album "Sanctuary"

Yara Sameh

Evanescence was brought to life back in the early 2000s. Now, the alternative rock is six albums deep, with the release of "Sanctuary".

The new record dropped at the stroke of midnight and features “Who Will You Follow,” which arrived last month.

To celebrate the new release, Evanescence extends their world tour with a lap down under the early stages of 2027.

Produced by Live Nation, Evanescence’s arena tour of Australia and New Zealand gets going on Friday, March 5 at Perth’s RAC Arena, then heads east for dates in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and wraps up March 20 at Auckland’s Spark Arena. The general onsale starts next Friday, June 12.

Evanescence last toured Australia in late 2025 as special guests on Metallica’s M72 World Tour.

Aside from those stadium shows, Amy Lee and Co. played several intimate sideshows.

Before that, they celebrated 20 years of their breakthrough debut album "Fallen" with a tour in August 2023.

The band’s world tour is slated to kick off on June 11 at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla., before moving on to Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ontario, Quebec, Indiana, Missouri, Arizona, California, Utah, Ohio, and Michigan.

The trek will then leap over to the United Kingdom and Europe for summertime gigs in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, as well as shows in Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Later, in 2027, the group will rock audiences across Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Central, and South America.

Since they burst onto the airwaves more than two decades ago, Evanescence has landed two leaders on the 2006’s "The Open Door" and 2011’s "Evanescence".

Stream Sanctuary and check out Evanescence’s new dates below.