At its worst moment of popularity, due to the permissiveness of the EBU towards Israel – with the genocide in Gaza and with a violation of the rules that continues -, Eurovision had decided to embark on a tour. The tour celebrated the festival’s 70th anniversary.
10 dates had been announced in venues of around 15,000 or 20,000 spectators in 10 European cities: London, Hamburg, Milan, Zurich, Antwerp, Cologne, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris and Stockholm. If you usually travel to go to concerts, some of the spaces will sound familiar to you: Ziggo Dome, O2 Arena, Barclays Arena, etc.
Eurovision announces this weekend that it has made “the difficult decision to postpone this tour” due to “unforeseen challenges.” Among those confirmed were Lordi or Helena Paparizou and the dates were from June, that is, after the festival. That meant there was still time to promote the tour, in fact, within Eurovision itself.
However, in the popular imagination there has been a widespread idea that the tour had to be canceled due to low sales, since there were still many tickets available, as some users are attesting. However, the EBU statement is very clear when it talks about “postponing” and not “canceling.” Of course, the ticket return process is underway: “We hope to relaunch the Live Tour when we can guarantee the world-class experience that our fans expect.” We’ll see what kind of venues that tour takes place in, what artists are still on board… or if the organization is lying to the audience, or lying to itself.
This year 35 countries will participate in Eurovision. It is the lowest figure since 2003. So far, only a dozen nations have revealed which song they are competing with or the chosen artist. The rest of the names will be announced in the coming weeks, with many finals taking place today. The betting houses are currently suggesting that Israel could win.
These were the seat maps with available tickets 24 hours ago for Zurich, Milan, Hamburg and Cologne stops of the Eurovision Live On Tour. pic.twitter.com/G9Z8H6FCFY
— GJ Kooijman (@gjkooijman) February 13, 2026
