Rock fans in Jakarta can look forward to yet another treat this month — American rock band Evanescence will be performing for the first time in the city on Feb. 25. “It’s something that we’ve all been waiting for,” said Sherwin Djajadi, director of concert promoter ShowMaxx Entertainment, who is bringing the band to Jakarta. Sherwin said it wasn’t an easy task to bring the band to Indonesia, adding that it took a year before the Evanescence band members finally agreed to a Jakarta concert. There were many factors the band had to consider, including security and public response. Sherwin said he had to show the band a list of international bands who had performed successful concerts in Indonesia. Sherwin said it was a blessing the band agreed to put Indonesia on its Asian tour itinerary. Before coming to Jakarta, Evanescence is scheduled to play in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The Jakarta concert will be held at the Jakarta International Expo Arena PRJ Kemayoran in Central Jakarta.

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The second annual Carolina Rebellion will return on Saturday, May 5 with a lineup boasting Shinedown, KoRn, Evanescence, Staind, Five Finger Death Punch, Slash, Chevelle, Volbeat, Halestorm, P.O.D., Adelitas Way, Paper Tongues, Weaving The Fate, Redlight King, Red, New Medicine and Ghosts Of August. The festival will once again feature the two Monster Energy main stages and the Jägermeister third stage. This year marks the debut of Carolina Rebellion at its new home of Rockingham Speedway in Rockingham, NC, situated between Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Columbia and Greensboro. Also new in 2012 is the Friday Night Campground Party, featuring performances from Foxy Shazam, Lez Zeppelin and One…The Only Tribute to Metallica.
General Admission tickets for Carolina Rebellion go on sale to the public on Friday, February 17 at 10 a.m. EST at www.carolinarebellion.com and www.ticketmaster.com. To get access to the internet pre-sale, which will be held from Wednesday, February 15 at 10 a.m. EST through Thursday, February 16 at 10 p.m. EST, go to the festival’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CRebellion) or www.carolinarebellion.com and sign up to receive the Rebellion newsletter. A limited number of early bird tickets will be available for only $59.50 plus fees.

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Evanescence singer Amy Lee has been chosen as the recipient of the Luella Bennack award at United Cerebral Palsy’s 11th annual Women Who Care luncheon on Thursday, May 3 at Cipriani on 42nd Street in Manhattan. The Women Who Care luncheon is a celebration of women who have blazed new paths, broken glass ceilings and inspired others through their professional and charitable endeavours. Luella Bennack invested over 20 years of her life to helping disadvantaged children and adults with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism and related developmental disabilities and conditions by giving tirelessly of her time, efforts and contacts for United Cerebral Palsy Of New York City. Upon her passing in 2002, with the blessing of her husband Frank A. Bennack, Chairman and CEO of the Hearst Corporation, UCP Of NYC dedicated the marquee Women Who Care award in her honor. This award is presented annually to a high profile individual who has dedicated themselves in service to others at home and around the world. Stated UCP of NYC: “The committee has selected Amy for this award for her commitment to bring attention to issues of education and personal dignity of people living with a disability by serving as the international spokesperson for Out Of The Shadows. Also, the message and integrity of Amy Lee’s music has undeniably healed, inspired and transformed millions of women worldwide. Because of her personal pledge to making life more accessible and understood by everyone, we cannot conceive of a more interesting, motivated and deserving individual to honour on Luella’s behalf. “In our first ten years we have had the opportunity to pay tribute to many incredible women, including supermodel Petra Nemcova; philanthropist Lauren Bush; Anne M. Sweeney, president of Disney-ABC Television Group; trailblazing journalists Diane Sawyer and Ann Curry; Cosmopolitan magazine icon Helen Gurley Brown; actresses Marlo Thomas and Susan Lucci; and dozens more. We are delighted to be adding Amy’s name to this list of extraordinary women.” UCP Of NYC is one of America’s most established charities helping children and adults with disabilities throughout New York City. UCP Of NYC currently serves 14,000 individuals and family members through more than 75 programs. The mission of United Cerebral Palsy Of New York City is to create opportunities for people with disabilities to lead independent and fulfilling lives.

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Four years since their sold-out national tour in 2007, Evanescence have announced a five-date tour set for this March. Tickets for all dates from March 23 – 29 go on sale from 9am next Thursday (February 9). Tickets for the Sydney show can be purchased through www.ticketmaster.com.au with all other tickets through www.ticketek.com.au. The Arkansas quintet released their self-titled third album last year through EMI offshoot Wind Up Records. The album brought the band’s cumulative record sales in Australia to over 600,000 and the record’s first single What You Want reached #1 on the Billboard Chart. Supporting Evanescence will be the side project of AFI frontman Davey Havok and guitarist Jade Puget. In 2007 under electronic venture Blaqk Audio, Havok and Puget released debut album Cexcells. A sophomore release Bright Black Heaven will be out in late 2012. See below for tour dates and venues
FRIDAY MARCH 23 – Royal Theatre, Canberra
SATURDAY MARCH 24 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
MONDAY MARCH 26 – Convention Centre, Brisbane
WEDNESDAY MARCH 28 – Entertainment Centre, Newcastle
THURSDAY MARCH 29 – Entertainment Centre, Sydney

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@ET_123 that would be awesome, the old demo is still really cool! And Made of Stone is officially the third single ;)

Source: Twitter (January 23, 2012)