Will Hunt reveals he will be playing with Evanescence and not with Godsmack this year on tour

Will Hunt, the drummer for Evanescence, who also performed for Godsmack‘s spring 2025 European tour, was asked in a recent interview with Mark Strigl if he would play drums for the Sully Erna-fronted group when Godsmack goes on tour this spring for the 2026 “The Rise Of Rock” world tour, as per Blabbermouth.

“When I did that [European tour], it was a thing of that he didn’t know what was gonna transpire after that, after that European tour. [It was] something they already had booked. And much in the same way as I landed in Evanescence, they had those dates on the books and they needed to finish it out.

Will went on to mention that in April 2025, Godsmack reported the departure of guitarist Tony Rombola and veteran drummer Shannon Larkin.

I think that for them being together as long as they were together, it was very emotional for them. And [Sully was] kind of, like, ‘Now what?’ Same as Amy [Lee when the original Evanescence lineup fell apart]: ‘Do I even wanna keep doing this?’

Sully, he’s a lifer, man. He’s been doing this his whole life, just like me. I think that that doesn’t stop. I think that we all wanna keep going. And so when I initially got brought in, it was just, like, ‘Okay, I’m just gonna finish this out. I don’t know what I’m gonna do.’ And I said, ‘Well, that’s okay, because I’m still in Evanescence, and I’ve got no plans to leave.’ And so that’s what shook out for that.

I would love to keep doing that [playing in Godsmack], I had so much fun doing it. It was such an honor to do it. But you can look and see that the Evanescence schedules and the Godsmack schedules completely overlap.

I joke a lot, man, if there were two of me, man, I’d be a fricking gazillionaire — I could work all the time. But, unfortunately, scheduling-wise, it won’t work out for me. Which is a bummer, man, because I really, really love playing with those guys and playing those amazing songs. And I learned a lot from Sully, who is also a great drummer. [It was a] very challenging gig, but so much fun.

Upcoming shows:

• June 11, 2026 – West Palm Beach, FL * 
• June 12, 2026 – Tampa, FL * 
• June 14, 2026 – Alpharetta, GA * 
• June 15, 2026 – Nashville, TN * 
• June 17, 2026 – Raleigh, NC * 
• June 18, 2026 – Charlotte, NC * 
• June 20, 2026 – Camden, NJ * 
• June 21, 2026 – Mansfield, MA * 
• June 23, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY * 
• June 24, 2026 – Wantagh, NY * 
• June 26, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ * 
• June 27, 2026 – Bristow, VA * 
• June 29, 2026 – Toronto, ON * 
• June 30, 2026 – Montréal, QC * 
• July 8, 2026 – Tinley Park, IL 
• July 9, 2026 – Noblesville, IN * 
• July 11, 2026 – North Little Rock, AR * 
• July 12, 2026 – Kansas City, MO * 
• July 14, 2026 – Albuquerque, NM * 
• July 15, 2026 – Phoenix, AZ * 
• July 17, 2026 – Chula Vista, CA * 
• July 18, 2026 – Irvine, CA * 
• July 20, 2026 – Mountain View, CA * 
• July 22, 2026 – Ridgefield, WA * 
• July 23, 2026 – Auburn, WA * 
• July 25, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT * 
• July 28, 2026 – St. Louis, MO * 
• July 30, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH * 
• August 1, 2026 – Cincinnati, OH * 
• August 2, 2026 – Clarkston, MI * 
• September 8, 2026 – Leeds, UK + 
• September 10, 2026 – Manchester, UK + 
• September 11, 2026 – Birmingham, UK + 
• September 13, 2026 – London, UK + 
• September 16, 2026 – Brussels, BE 
• September 17, 2026 – Paris, FR ⚫ 
• September 19, 2026 – Frankfurt, DE ⚫ 
• September 20, 2026 – Dortmund, DE ⚫ 
• September 22, 2026 – Amsterdam, NL ⚫ 
• September 23, 2026 – Hamburg, DE ⚫ 
• September 25, 2026 – Berlin, DE ⚫ 
• September 26, 2026 – Munich, DE ⚫
• September 28, 2026 – Bologna, IT ⚫ 
• September 29, 2026 – Zurich, CH ⚫ 
• October 1, 2026 – Barcelona, ES ⚫ 
• October 2, 2026 – Madrid, ES ⚫ 
• October 4, 2026 – Lisbon, PT ⚫ 
• October 26, 2026 – Morrison, CO ^

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