LIVE: Eurovision Song Contest 2023 host shortlist to be announced - as Manchester bids for glory
. Glasgow, Sheffield, Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham, Aberdeen, Brighton, Bristol, and Belfast are also vying for the chance to hold the competition.. “I’ve looked at previous Eurovisions, London’s had it four times, we’ve never had it in Manchester and I think only a few weeks ago, when Parklife was going on, you also had 50,000 at the cricket ground for The Killers, you had the full Etihad stadium, a full arena stage and the city was bouncing," he said.
I know Bev [Craig] and the team now will be looking at all of the different options, you know we’ve got stadiums, we’ve got arenas, it’s ours for the taking.“I’m very, very confident that ours will be the strongest bid. We’ve got the musical background, we’ve got the biggest metropolitan festival in the UK, in Parklife - Warehouse Project is the nightclub project in Europe. If it went to London it would just be such an obvious choice.