EVANESCENCE Singer Ties The Knot

May 9, 2007

According to KHTV Little Rock, Amy Lee, the 25-year-old lead singer of EVANESCENCE, got married to her therapist fiance, Josh Hartzler, 28, this past weekend.

Amy's father, John Lee, confirmed to Evanescencefan.net that his daughter and Hartzler were married on Sunday (May 6) in a very private ceremony. John said of the wedding, "The big deal at the wedding was the flowers. Many, many flowers. It was absolutely beautiful and everything went perfectly." He also added that the newlyweds are now on their honeymoon on a remote island.

Amy got engaged to Josh in January while the band was in Toronto to perform at the Air Canada Centre.

The longtime friends had been dating for more than a year. It is Lee's first marriage.

Guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray left EVANESCENCE last week for undisclosed reasons.

LeCompt claimed on his MySpace.com blog that he was fired during a cell phone conversation with Amy Lee, while drummer Rocky Gray said he was asked by band management not to discuss the situation.

However, Lee said in a statement that EVANESCENCE remains "alive and well" and will soon return to the road with new musicians.

"John and Rocky were in EVANESCENCE for four years and we shared some great times together playing live, but they were ready to move on and so we have parted ways," she said. "EVANESCENCE is something I have loved and nurtured since I was 14, and I will continue to protect and fight for it as I always have."

EVANESCENCE is due to return to the stage May 19 at the first Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, and has European dates on tap through late June.

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