Lulu calls for Glasgow to host Eurovision 2023: “They’re absolutely music mad”

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Lulu has called for her home city of Glasgow to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.The Scottish singer represented the UK at the 1969 edition of the annual competition with her track ‘Boom Bang-a-Bang’, and was voted one of four joint winners that year.Speaking on last night’s episode of Newsnight (via BBC News), Lulu said Eurovision 2023 should be held in Glasgow after it was confirmed that the UK will hold the contest on behalf of this year’s winners, Ukraine.“It has to be Glasgow because that’s where I come from,” she told the BBC Two programme yesterday (July 25).“They’re so politically savvy, they’re the most fabulous hosts, they absolutely are music mad.

I think it would be just the most fabulous thing, and I would be there. I just cannot wait.”Scotland has only staged Eurovision once previously, at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall back in 1972.The BBC has also held the contest in London (1960, 1963, 1968 and 1977), Brighton (1974), Harrogate (1982) and Birmingham (1998).

The host city for 2023 will be chosen in the coming months following a bidding process.Earlier this month, Newcastle City Council confirmed it was “exploring” options to stage the competition there, with one possible venue being the 11,000-capacity Utilita Arena.