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A train has been given a makeover to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest.TransPennine Express (TPE) added the Eurovision logo and a Welcome to Liverpool message to one of its Nova 2 trains as the city prepares to host the competition.Soprano Morgan Carter performed operatic classics for passengers and railway workers as the new livery was unveiled at Manchester Airport station.

The Eurovision Song Contest could bring as much as 40 million in visitor spending to Liverpool, according to an economic forecast.With the city in the final stages of preparation and thousands of visitors expected to enjoy the celebrations, NatWest predicts that Eurovision fans will spend at least 40 million over the course of the event.

A Ukrainian DJ who will be part of a simultaneous rave in both Liverpool and Kyiv hopes that the party with a purpose will allow Ukrainians to feel the great support from the UK through music.Nastia Haman, who is more commonly known by her artistic name Mingulitka, is to perform in Liverpool on May 7 as part of Rave UKraine, which will see simultaneous raves taking place at Liverpool music venue Content and at HVLV Bar feat Hangout in the Ukrainian capital, with each event being live-streamed to the other.

A campaign to create the world's biggest physical and digital sing-along in solidarity with Ukraine during the Eurovision Song Contest is the perfect way to express support, its creator has said.HelpUkraineSong is aiming to bring together choirs, musicians and the general public ahead of the competition's Grand Final by asking them to perform and upload a version of The Beatles song With A Little Help From My Friends.

At five minutes past noon on Tuesday, Ticketmaster sent Joe Holmes and many others in Britain an email: Congratulations, you have been successful in the ballot for two tickets to King Charles's coronation concert.Mr. Holmes, a student in his final year at the University of Essex, saw it immediately while checking his email and rushed to click the link to claim his tickets to the concert, an official coronation event that will take place a day after King Charles III is crowned only to be met with a message saying that none were available.

An art installation showing Ukraine from the perspective of refugees on a train has gone on display at Liverpool Cathedral as the city prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest.The work, Izyum to Liverpool by Katya Buchatska, features 12 television screens showing the view from train windows during a 24-hour journey across the war-torn country.

New strikes by train operators in May and June look set to cause complications for those hoping to visit Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest and London for the FA Cup Final as a long-running dispute over wages and working conditions runs on.The RMT strike on 13 May and industrial action from the Aslef drivers' union on 12 and 31 May and again on 3 June promise fresh disruption for the public as unions continue to argue for better pay after months of negotiations with the government failed to find a solution.

New strikes by train operators in May and June look set to cause complications for those hoping to visit Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest and London for the FA Cup Final as a long-running dispute over wages and working conditions runs on.The RMT strike on 13 May and industrial action from the Aslef drivers' union on 12 and 31 May and again on 3 June promise fresh disruption for the public as unions continue to argue for better pay after months of negotiations with the government failed to find a solution.

T he BBC may be forced to axe or curtail its London news bulletins on Budget day when staff walk out in protest at plans to cut local radio programmes.The March 15 strike, by members of the National Union of Journalists, will also affect the BBC's ability to cover the Tube strike and a teachers' strike planned for the same day.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails John Lydon said he was disturbed to leave his wife, who has Alzheimer's disease, so he could compete to be Ireland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.His band Public Image Ltd, also known as PiL, formed following the break-up of the Sex Pistols in 1978, and lost out to We Are One by the Irish band Wild Youth after a public vote earlier this month.

So, Mae Muller has been officially revealed as the UK's entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.The 25-year-old heads to Liverpool in May to perform I Wrote A Song - a daft-but-catchy revenge song, written about her ex-boyfriend and teased heavily on her social media channels.Muller follows hot on the heels of Sam Ryder, who came second in Turin last year - giving the UK its best result in more than two decades.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Mae Muller has been confirmed as the UK's entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest in May and will be hoping to build on Sam Ryder's success at last year's event.

Scottish star Lulu has been unmasked on the new series of ITV's reality singing contest The Masked Singer.Six masked celebrities Rubbish, Jacket Potato, Piece Of Cake, Pigeon, Rhino and Fawn featured in the episode, but it was Lulu's Piece Of Cake who was chosen to be unmasked.Lulu, who was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie and is also known by her full name Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, has turned her hand to musical theatre, television and more across a six-decade career.

Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon and his band Public Image Ltd (PiL) have announced they will compete to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest.The post-punk group, formed in 1978, have entered the song Hawaii, described as a love letter to Lydon's wife of nearly 50 years, Nora, who has Alzheimer's disease.

The connection between Eurovision and rock and roll might be a tenuous one to make for those only glancingly familiar with the song competition.However, fans of the annual event will know that the competition has played host to many a rock and roll act.2021 even saw Italian rock outfit, Måneskin, winning their iteration of the competition.

For decades, Britain's behaviour towards the Eurovision song contest followed a reliably set pattern.First, it involved behaving as though the nation was somehow above the whole thing, disdainfully entering any old rubbish: TV talent show runners-up, manufactured pop bands years past their sell-by date, songs so unmemorable it seemed a miracle the benighted souls charged with singing them didn't just forget what they were doing midway through the performance and distractedly wander offstage.

Kalush Orchestra frontman Oleh Psiuk has said the Ukrainian folk-rap group hope that Ukraine will be able to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year.The group were triumphant at last year's competition in Turin, Italy, which would traditionally mean their home country would host the event the following year.

Leeds kicked off a year-long cultural festival with a spectacular opening ceremony featuring locally-born stars including singer Corinne Bailey Rae and poet Simon Armitage on Saturday night.TV presenter and Leeds 2023 chair Gabby Logan hosted the event titled The Awakening alongside BBC Radio's Sanchez Payne at Headingley Stadium, normally the home of Leeds Rhinos rugby league club.

A bomb shelter in Kyiv was transformed into the set of a television extravaganza over the weekend as Ukrainian musicians vied for the chance to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023  and potentially take home the top prize for the second straight year.Amid waves of Russian missile and drone strikes, there was little indication that the competition was being filmed in an underground metro station that has served as a shelter since Russia's invasion.

T he long-running Eurovision promotional event London Eurovision Party returns for another year to celebrate the start of Eurovision 2023.Contestants from the last song contest season and some surprise stars of yesteryear will grace the British capital this spring.Last season's show saw 21 Eurovision 2022 acts grace the Hard Rock Hotel stage.

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Tickets for the nine live shows at this year's Eurovision Song Contest go on sale today (Tuesday 7 March).Fans hoping to see one of six previews and three televised shows at the ACC Liverpool arena will need to head to Ticketmaster's website from noon.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Mae Muller has been selected to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in May, according to media reports.The 25-year-old singer will perform at the event in Liverpool with the track I Wrote A Song. Muller was chosen by BBC bosses and global management company TaP Music, which has counted Lana Del Rey and Ellie Goulding among its clients.

Ukrainian refugees who have settled in Liverpool and local schoolchildren will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest handover and allocation draw at the end of the month.The international music show will take place at the 11,000-capacity Liverpool Arena in May, culminating in the grand final on Saturday 13, after the city was chosen to host the competition on behalf of 2022 winners Ukraine.

Only a handful of things truly bind Europe's disparate nations together.The Eurovision Song Contest is one of them.With a global audience bigger than the Oscars, the annual face-off of power ballads and over-the-top dance routines is seen as a rare - and ridiculous - unifying force for the Continent.

Michael Flatley has shared a health update with fans after undergoing cancer surgery.The 64-year-old choreographer, best known for creating Irish dancing troupe Riverdance, said that he is on the mend, adding that he has been released from hospital.Flatley told his followers in an Instagram post: Thank you to everyone around the world for your love and prayers.

The Eurovision Song Contest's executive supervisor has said Russia's exclusion was and still is difficult but the event should stand for the basic and ultimate values of democracy.Russia was banned from competing this year after its invasion of Ukraine.Its national broadcasters subsequently suspended their memberships of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the show, preventing them from taking part in future contests.