Eurovision Song Contest announces live tour to mark 70th birthday

The Eurovision Song Contest will stage a live tour across nine European cities to mark its 70th anniversary, with artists performing their contest entries and cover versions; the line-up will be announced after this year’s contest in Vienna on 16 May.

The Eurovision Song Contest will mark its 70th anniversary with a live tour across several European cities. Organisers said artists on the tour will perform their contest entries and cover favourite songs from the contest's 70-year history. Contest director Martin Green said the format is intended to capture the contest's evolution and celebrate its past while looking to the future. The line-up will be announced after this year's contest in Vienna on 16 May. Key details: - Artists will perform their own Eurovision entries and cover versions of favourite songs from the contest's history. - The tour will play shows in Hamburg, Milan, Zürich, Antwerp, Cologne, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris and Stockholm. - Organisers said the line-up of 2026 artists will be announced after this year’s contest and suggested it may include acts that do well or deliver particularly memorable performances. - The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said the live tour gives fans who could not secure tickets to the contest the chance to attend a show that delivers the contest's scale, spectacle and spirit. - The Eurovision Song Contest began in May 1956 in Switzerland, and last year’s contest was reported as being watched by 175 million people worldwide. Summary: The anniversary tour aims to bring a live Eurovision experience to fans across Europe with dates in nine cities. The line-up will be revealed after the contest in Vienna on 16 May, and which specific artists will take part is undetermined at this time.