Synthesis Live


Synthesis Live was a concert tour by American rock band Evanescence, in support of their fourth studio album, Synthesis. This was the first tour where the band included an orchestra. The tour included 60 concerts in different cities across North America in 2017 and 2018, 4 concerts in Oceania and 18 concerts in Europe in 2018.

Background

The tour was announced by the band on August 14, 2017, in a video posted on their official Facebook account. It was revealed that they would be joined by an orchestra to perform reworked versions of some of their well-known songs included on their fourth studio album, Synthesis. For each city on the tour, a local orchestra is assembled by the show's conductor, Susie Seiter. According to the band's lead singer Amy Lee, the goal behind the performances of the tour was to emphasize the vocal performance, emotions and stories behind the lyrics of the band's songs. With the purchase of tickets for the concerts, concertgoers received a free download of the album along with an instant download of the reworked version of "Bring Me to Life" included on Synthesis.
It was announced on March 7, 2018, that violinist Lindsey Stirling would be co-headlining for the second leg of the North American tour. A teaser video featuring Stirling as an obsessed Evanescence fan was released across social media to tease the upcoming summer trek. Both artists alternated on who headlined each night.

Set list

Orchestra opening
  1. "La Strada"
  2. "La Chasse"
  3. "Pavane"
  4. "Moonlight Sonata"
  5. "Lacrimosa"
  6. "Sally's Song"
Evanescence with orchestra
  1. "Overture"
  2. "Never Go Back"
  3. "Lacrymosa"
  4. "End of the Dream"
  5. "My Heart Is Broken"
  6. "Lithium"
  7. "Bring Me to Life"
  8. "Unraveling"
  9. "Imaginary"
  10. "Secret Door"
  11. "Across the Universe"
  12. "Hi-Lo"
  13. "Lost in Paradise"
  14. "Your Star"
  15. "My Immortal"
  16. "The In-Between"
  17. "Imperfection"
Encore
  2. "Speak to Me"
  3. "Good Enough"
  4. "Swimming Home" / "Weight of the World"
On the first night of the tour, at the Pearl Concert Theater, Las Vegas, October 14, "Speak to Me" was not performed. Starting November 30, "Weight of the World" was performed instead of "Swimming Home". "Palladio / No More Tears / Alive", a mashup of Ozzy Osbourne and Sia, was performed by both Evanescence and Lindsey Stirling starting July 7, 2018.

Live album

On August 8, 2018, Eagle Rock Entertainment announced Synthesis Live on CD with DVD or Blu-ray and digital download to be released on October 12, 2018. The concert film was shot during their fall 2017 tour at Foxwoods Resort Casino Grand Theater in Connecticut and directed by P. R. Brown and mixed by Damian Taylor. The set will contain the entire concert with a live orchestra and include the music video for "Hi-Lo".

Tour dates

Canceled dates

The concert in Brisbane was originally scheduled for February 11, at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, but the promoter changed both the date to February 10 and the venue to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Personnel

Evanescence