This is all so exciting! Amy recently spoke to SPIN.com about the much anticipated new Evanescence album set to drop later this year. She talks about band members, the two-year break, influences for the new album and she’s even asked about that new band….you know the one. It’s a great read, check it out below and after the jump:

How did you get a second guy named Will Hunt in your band? That’s freaky.
[Laughs] Well, part of getting back to Evanescence was the new Will Hunt. I met this Will — I call him Will “Science” Hunt because he does a lot of programming and beats — when we recorded “Sally’s Song” for Nightmare Revisited.

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Evanescence will be taking over 2010 with their highly anticipated third studio album due for late August/early September release date. Front woman, Amy Lee confirmed that Evanescence will be entering the studio this week to begin work on their third album with Grammy Award Winning producer Steve Lillywhite.

“I can’t expain how excited I am to make this record,” said Amy Lee. “Over the past year and a half these songs have become the center of my life, and I can’t wait to hear what they grow into in the studio. I think our sound is evolving into something that will surprise people, in a very good way. I feel, as always, that growth can be an incredible, limitless thing if you let it. I never want to make the same album twice.”

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Evanescence have released a single to raise money for the Haiti earthquake appeal.

‘Together Again‘ has been made available as a free download to anyone who donates over $5 (£3) to the United Nations Foundation through the group’s official website.

The track is an outtake from their second album The Open Door, released in September 2006.

On Wednesday night (November 4) Amy Lee and the rest of Evanescence took to the stage, for the first time in about 2 years, at the Grand Ballroom in New York. Amy looked and sounded amazing! At one point she thanked the fans for coming out to support them at their “rehearsal” gig. She jokingly said: “Thanks for being our guinea pigs.”

x22 pictures in the gallery. Credit goes to the various photographers! Watch some awesome videos (thanks to a lucky fan who attended) below and after the jump:

BRING ME TO LIFE

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A new picture of Amy in the studio was posted on the official Evanescence twitter page. It had the caption: “Recording demos for the new album in my studio.” A second shot has also emerged, thanks to Evanescence-Fan.com. Love both of them! Check them out in the gallery.

The tickets for Evanescence’s upcoming “secret” gig in New York City have already sold out. Amy wrote the following message on Evthreads.com about it:

I can’t believe those tickets went SO FAST. 20 minutes or something? Unreal. You guys are amazing, and I’m really excited. We originally wanted to announce the show a day or 2 before, but that really freaked the venue/promoter/booking agency out. These days they have a hard time packing out a place out even with months of promotion (not all fans are like you!). Thanks for being awesome :)

-Amy

Here are some really cool new promos of Amy. They were taken by her husband Josh very recently, as previously mentioned. They’re awesome! Check them out in the gallery. Credit goes to EvanescenceWebsite.com for the HQ one :)

The surprise has been revealed: Evanescence are playing a ’secret’ gig at the 1,000-capacity Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom in New York City on November 4. Amy revealed the surprise on her Twitter:

THE SURPRISE- Secret Show. NYC. November 4. We want to play a little warm up show for friends before playing for 40,000 people in Brazil. :)

Tickets will be available for pre-sale for EvClub members starting today (Wednesday, October 21) at noon EDT until 9 p.m. on Thursday. They will be available to everyone starting Friday at noon. Buy tickets here.

Lucky Brazilians and now lucky New Yorkers!

P.S. Check out the awesome new promo of Amy above. It was taken a couple of weeks ago by her husband Josh.

I’ve been hoping that Amy would use Twitpic and look what she just uploaded LOL! View it full size in the gallery and read Amy’s caption below.

I know this is just opening myself up to all kinds of comments, but this is my favorite recent picture and I really wanted my first twitpic to be good. Ha.

Here’s a short little video of Amy Lee talking about the upcoming Maquinaria Festival in Brazil next month. It’s only 7 seconds but any new Evanescence stuff is GOOD stuff! And Amy looks super cute with her shorter hair!