Worlds Collide (tour)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both Within Temptation and Evanescence decided to postpone the tour with rescheduled dates to be announced for fall 2020.[5] The tour was then rescheduled to start on September 2, 2020, passing through the same cities.[14] As the pandemic persisted and the occurrence of concerts was still prohibited, the tour was postponed again for September and October 2021,[6] and then for March and April 2022.[8] On the third rescheduling announcement, Evanescence commented on a press release that "we hate to make you wait longer but we are absolutely determined to make this tour we’ve all been looking forward to happening" and asked their fans to "stay safe, stay sane" during the persisting pandemic. Within Temptation also lamented the postponement necessity, but stated that "although we can't make the current situation better than it is, we hope to put a big smile on your faces again soon", also asking the fans to stay safe.[15] Nearly one month before the tour was set to start on the third rescheduled dates, it had to be postponed once more as the pandemic safety measures had been having different lifting degrees on each country, with some of them not allowing the occurrence of crowded events still. New dates for the tour are set to take place in November and December, 2022.[7]

During the outbreak, members of both bands took part at the Together at Home movement, where artists made online live performances from their houses to encourage people to stay home and prevent more infection cases by respecting social distancing.[16][17]

A few days after the beginning of the sales an extra concert in Amsterdam was added, as the first one had already sold out.[18] On October 29, 2019, five more dates were announced due to high demand and fast selling tickets. Among those dates, three more concerts in the United Kingdom were scheduled as the London one had sold out, one more in Belgium, and Luxembourg also entered the route.[19][20][21] By May 2020, after the first reschedule, a total of 150,000 tickets had already been sold.[22] The concert in Munich was rescheduled to take place at a larger venue for the 2022 dates, also due to high tickets demand.[8]

• A^ Show would have featured Evanescence only.

• Amy Lee – lead vocals, keyboards, piano
• Troy McLawhorn – lead guitar
• Jen Majura – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Tim McCord – bass guitar
• Will Hunt – drums, percussion

• Sharon den Adel – vocals
• Ruud Jolie – lead guitar
• Stefan Helleblad – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Martijn Spierenburg – keyboards
• Jeroen van Veen – bass guitar
• Mike Coolen – drums