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Bethan Shufflebotham

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 tickets, dates, prices and Ticketmaster tips

Music fans the world over are waiting in anticipation as tickets for the much-loved Eurovision Song Contest are set to go on sale this morning. Those looking to bag tickets for one of the shows will need to have their finger on the pulse as the clock strikes 12pm today (March 7).

Typically the previous years’ winner hosts the competition, however, after Ukraine took the title in 2022, it was decided that the UK would host on their behalf.

People from around the world will be heading to Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena to watch the contest, which the UK last won in 1998.

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Tickets will only be available to purchase at www.ticketmaster.co.uk regardless of the country you are booking from, and you can only purchase tickets for one show at a time.

In line with previous Eurovision Song Contests, tickets are priced from £30 to £290 for the Semi Final shows and from £80 to £380 for the Grand Final shows.

A computer generated image of how the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest stage will look in Liverpool (BBC/Eurovision/PA Wire)

Here are all of the shows tickets will go on sale for:

Semi Final 1:

• Evening preview on Monday, May 8 at 8pm

• Afternoon preview on Tuesday, May 9 at 1.30pm

• Live show on Tuesday, May 9 at 8pm

Semi Final 2:

• Evening preview on Wednesday, May 10 at 8pm

• Afternoon preview on Thursday, May 11 at 1.30pm

• Live show on Thursday, May 11 at 8pm

Grand Final:

• Evening preview on Friday, May 12 at 8pm

• Afternoon preview on Saturday, May 13 at 1pm

• Live show on Saturday, May 13 at 8pm

Tickets for Eurovision 2023 will go on sale at 12pm on Tuesday, March 7 and you must have a Ticketmaster UK account to purchase tickets.

For the three live televised shows, customers can purchase a maximum of four tickets in one order, and up to six for the six preview shows. However, it’s important to note that you can only buy tickets for one show at a time.

To be in with the chance of bagging tickets to the first UK-hosted Eurovision in 25 years, preparation is key. You’ll want to have the Ticketmaster website open and ready at least 30 minutes before they go on sale at midday.

Make sure you know the types of tickets that you want or where you want to be seated so that you can carry out the ticket selection process efficiently and not waste any of your checkout time.

The M&S Bank Arena will house the Eurovision Song Contest (Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)

We’d usually recommend utilising multiple ticket retailers, but as Ticketmaster is the only one, that’s where you’ll need to buy tickets - beware of potential scams from illegitimate sites.

Once in the Ticketmaster queue, make sure that you don’t refresh the page as this may lead you to lose your place in the queue.

And finally, don’t give up! The ticket retailer will be its busiest as soon as tickets go on sale and all this site traffic can sometimes cause issues. Even if an event appears to be sold out on the ticket website, this is not always the case - continue to refresh the page as tickets can still become available.

Tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will go on sale at 12pm today on Ticketmaster.

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