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EVANSCENCE singer Amy Lee, who is busy writing new material, recently talked with SPIN.com about the group's messy split with guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray, writing a solo album, scoring films, and "Sally's Song", her contribution to "Nightmare Revisited", the new collection of covers from Tim Burton's 1993 film, "The Nightmare Before Christmas". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On the split with LeCompt and Gray:

"It's a difficult situation, as is every dramatic situation our band has gone through. John [LeCompt, guitar], Rocky [Gray, drums] — we outgrew each other. When they joined the band, Fallen was just completed and they were excited to be a part of something really big. From the beginning, their musical styles were very different from EVANESCENCE. I think, to a…

The long, dark days of Amy Lee By John Hood    Amy Lee is queen of her dark domain Details: Evanescence, the Sick Puppies, and Julien K perform Tuesday, October 23, at the BankUnited Center, 1245 Dauer Dr, Coral Gables. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets cost $31 and $39. Call 305-284-8244, or visit www.bankunitedcenter.com. Amy Lee scares the hell outta me. Oh, it's not so much that she's hot or that she's talented or that she's famous (though she is decidedly all three), but that she's sweet. And sweet can be scary, especially when it's coming from someone so supposedly creepy.

By phone, the frontwoman for hard-rock band Evanescence is friendly, informal, chatty even —…

EVANESCENCE's MySpace page has been updated with the following message:

"Amy Lee of EVANESCENCE has a bunch of TV appearances coming up soon. Mark your calendars to catch Amy Lee on 'The View' on October 15 where she'll perform 'Good Enough' live! Also on the 15th, Ms. Amy Lee will stop by 'The Sauce' on Fuse TV and grace our ears with her pipes. Don't miss Amy Lee on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on October 19th. She'll also be appearing on the Scream Awards on Spike TV on October 19th! Make sure to tune in!"

EVANESCENCE debuted its new lineup on May 19 at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. The touring band now includes guitarist Troy McLawhorn and drummer Will Hunt, both of DARK NEW DAY, who replaced John LeCompt and Rocky Gray.

EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee married New York-based therapist Josh Hartzler on May 6.…

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Multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning alternative rock band Evanescence will perform on Halloween night, Oct. 31, at Dodge Arena in Hidalgo. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m.

The band's latest album "The Open Door," released in October 2006, debuted at the top of the Billboard charts selling more than 447,000 copies in its first week of release, according to SoundScan.com. The band's 2003 major-label debut "Fallen" spent more than 40 weeks on the Billboard top ten and has sold more than 14 million copies, aided by the hit single "Bring Me To Life."

The Arkansas-based band is known for merging its guitar-heavy goth metal sound with piano balladry and vocalist Amy Lee's forceful pipes.

Fans can purchase tickets for the Halloween show starting Sept. 21 at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (956) 668-7740. Tickets cost $47.50 plus convenience and parking fees, according to DodgeArena.com.…

July 20th, 2007 by Alex

Q) So obviously, it’s been a dramatic couple of months, three months here, with everything that’s gone on. What is your general sense of things and what happened and, I guess, were you surprised by the way John and Rocky kind of handled things?

A) Well, I wasn’t really, yes, I guess I was surprised that things are handled, but it’s something that had been building for a long time. I wasn’t even sure what you were talking about when you said, “Dramatic couple of months.” I was like, “Hey, which thing is he talking about?” I am also married and I’m stoked about that. It all sort of happened in the same weekend, actually, with the lineup change and getting hitched and all that stuff and finding Will and Troy. But yes, honestly, it’s once, again, been something that is very, very…

You won't hear Shaun Morgan's side of the 'Call Me When You're Sober' story on October 23's Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces.

By Chris Harris

Jul 18 2007 8:02 AM EDT

Seether's Shaun Morgan

Photo: Benny Haber

Most of us would love to have a hit song written about us. Seether's Shaun Morgan isn't one of those people.

But that didn't stop his ex-girlfriend, Evanescence's Amy Lee, from penning "Call Me When You're Sober," a tune she later admitted was specifically written about her relationship with Morgan (see "Evanescence Set For Fall Tour; Amy Lee Reveals Inspiration Behind 'Sober' "). And the timing couldn't have been worse for Lee's damning revelation, coming just weeks after Morgan checked himself into rehab for treatment of "a combination of substances" (see "Seether Frontman Enters Rehab; August Tour Dates Canceled"). His rehab stint, coincidentally,…