The official handover of the Eurovision Song Contest to Liverpool later this month marks another “milestone” in the city’s journey according to its new deputy Mayor.
We are now just four months out from the continent’s biggest music contest coming to Liverpool after the city was awarded the hosting honour last year. Representatives from 37 countries across Europe will descend on the Pier Head to compete for the iconic glass microphone. In October, Liverpool was selected to host the competition in place of Ukraine, seeing off a bid from Glasgow in the final two.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the nine shows that will take place in the M&S Bank Arena in May. In December, Liverpool Council confirmed it would make a capped contribution of £2m to put on the event.
