Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee hates visiting England, because it brings her out in an allergic reaction.

The rocker claims the entire country and its people disagrees with her so much, she ends up bright red and coughing and spluttering as soon as she touches down on English soil.

Lee explains, “My allergies are worse in England than anywhere else in the world!”

“I remember I was signing autographs and as the kids were coming down the line my face was bright red and I was sneezing all over the autographs. I was just miserable!”

Source: TeenMusic.com

Check out this interview with Amy and Terry at the 2007 Download Festival earlier this month.

I just added quite a few more great pictures of Ev from the Download Festival — check them out.

Download Festival 2007

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Amy Lee, lead singer of the Grammy winning band Evanescence, met with two local teens living with epilepsy before a performance at the Glens Falls Civic Center in April.

More than a year ago, Lee signed on with the Epilepsy Foundation to be the national spokesperson for the “Out of the Shadows” campaign, which is committed to helping raise epilepsy awareness and to raise money for education.

During the visit, Lee spoke about her 13-year old brother’s epilepsy and about her band. She then autographed pictures for everyone and posed for photos.

“It’s not every day that having epilepsy qualifies you for a meet-and-greet with Amy Lee,” said Jeannine Garab, Epilepsy Foundation executive director.

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Evanescence’s Amy Lee sat down with Revolver to discuss the goings on and some other issues like meeting groupies on the road. Here are a couple quotes from Amy:

On her bandmates jealousy: “They just want to play their instruments, and they rather I do most of the press and the work while they sleep.”

On groupies during her tour: “At an aftershow party, a couple kept talking to us and getting closer and closer, and finally they let us know that they were swingers and they wanted to bring me back to their place. I was totally horrified.”

The full interview is in the July issue of Revolver, which is on stands now.