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Liverpool Echo
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Remy Greasley

Our Liverpool: chaos and joy as Eurovision tickets sell out

Hello and welcome to this afternoon's Our Liverpool - our twice-daily briefing on today's talking points.

Did you manage to get any tickets for Eurovision? Fans have been left either ecstatic or naffed-off this afternoon after thousands scrambled to get a ticket for the shows.

It was expected that tickets would sell out almost immediately, but what some fans couldn't foresee was them getting the boot from the queue despite managing to get a spot for tickets, for seemingly no reason. But if you did manage to bag a ticket, congratulations. Let us know which show you're going to in the comments.

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