EVANESCENCE Set To Top BILLBOARD Chart; 'Conan' Performance Available Online

October 4, 2006

According to Hits Daily Double, EVANESCENCE's "The Open Door" is poised to sell between 350,000 and 400,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at the top of The Billboard 200 chart.

EVANESCENCE appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Monday night (October 2) to perform the album's first single, "Call Me When You're Sober". Watch the performance online at YouTube.com.

EVANESCENCE recorded "The Open Door" while dealing with its guitarist having a stroke, a legal battle with its former manager, and singer Amy Lee's public break-up with SEETHER's Shaun Morgan. Then just as the project was completed, bassist Will Boyd decided it was time for him to exit. Lee told Launch she was saddened but not totally surprised by Boyd's departure. "Will had been sort of estranged 'cause he'd been doing a lot of stuff at home, and kind of getting comfortable staying close to home and feeling like the closer tour got, the less he wanted to go," she said. "I get it, he just didn't want to do the big, crazy, sacrifice your life tour again. We all understand that, we all get sick of tour sometimes. But that's just who Will is. He's kind of a homebody and I love him."

The group recently recruited THE REVOLUTION SMILE bassist Tim McCord to replace Boyd.

The band will hit the road for a 17-date tour beginning on October 5 in Toronto, with a larger-scale trek expected to follow.

EVANESCENCE's major label debut, "Fallen", has sold 6.57 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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