hey jupiter
alone at the Evanescence show
10 Nov, 2025
I am standing alone at the Evanescence show. This is the third time I have seen them, but the first time I have gone by myself. The time before this, I went with Giselle, who asked to review it pretty much so that she could take me for free (she is a good friend). We had great seats and it was a great show, but it was also kinda weird, because we were surrounded by a lot of people who didn't seem all that excited to be there - they just sat there, arms crossed, blank faced, even during the older songs. But Giselle and I got to do our karaoke song (Bring Me to Life) with Amy herself, so it was totally worth it just for that.
The time before that I went with my friends who I grew up listening to Evanescence with. We were too young to go to the tour for the first album, but old enough to go to the tour for the second album which, at the time, we didn’t think was as good*, but of course they played a bunch of the songs from the first album. We had already had a kind of disastrous mosh pit experience at an all ages Panic! at the Disco show (lol) so we had already decided that we were going to hang out at the back of the GA crowd. Which was a good decision, because it meant we could be as excitable and obnoxious as we pleased, which I am sure we were. I have a vivid memory of Aidan grabbing me when they started playing ‘Imaginary’ and yelling into my ear " I have to be next to you for this song!" I remember us gripping each other tightly and staring up at Amy, who was just a speck seated at a piano from where we were standing, almost unable to comprehend that we were hearing a song we had listened to so many times alone in our bedrooms played live.
This time, however, there is no one for me to grab hold of if ‘Imaginary’ makes the setlist. I am on my own.