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News Stories

• Daily Star, 3 April, news story announcing former BBC Breakfast weather star Owain Wyn
Evans lands new Eurovision concert job, pegged to the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Douze Points
on May 12
• Head Topics, 3 April, news story announcing former BBC Breakfast weather star Owain Wyn
Evans lands new Eurovision concert job, pegged to the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Douze Points
on May 12
• Liverpool Echo, 12 May, news story announcing BBC Breakfast star lands new Eurovision job
in career move, pegged to the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Douze Points on May 12
• ITV, 12 May, news story on Liverpool and Ukrainian pupils join with the Liverpool
Philharmonic to perform song to celebrate Eurovision

Eurovision News Stories (incl. mention)

• LBN Daily, 28 April, news story announcing Liverpool leaders fear rail strikes will hit
Eurovision, which includes a mention for the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Chief Executive Michael
Eakin
• The Business Desk, 28 April, news story announcing Liverpool leaders fear rail strikes will hit
Eurovision, which includes a mention for the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Chief Executive Michael
Eakin
• Arts Council England, 12 May, news story on ‘bringing creativity and culture to Liverpool for
Eurovision 2023’, which includes a mention for the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Douze Points
• Classic FM, 12 May, news story announcing over 500 young musicians perform Ukraine’s
winning Eurovision entry, which includes a mention for the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Douze
Points on May 12
• BBC Music Magazine, 12 May, news story on BBC Radio 3’s playlist featuring classical music
from all 26 nations competing in the Eurovision 2023 Grand Final, which includes a listing for
the Liverpool Philharmonic’s recording of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No 3: 'Organ
Symphony' (Finale) for France (PDF here)
• Liverpool Echo, 20 May, mention of the Liverpool Philharmonic’s performance as part of
Summer Pops in ‘EuroVillage was great but Liverpool's Pier Head needs an annual festival’

Broadcast

• BBC Radio Merseyside, 12 May, interview with Owain Wyn Evans ahead of the Liverpool
Philharmonic’s Douze Points on May 12. (This was also broadcast across all BBC local radio
stations across England)
• BBC Radio 3, In Tune, 12 May, interview with Owain Wyn Evans ahead of the Liverpool
Philharmonic’s Douze Points on May 12.
• Capital Radio, 12 May, interview with Richard Balcombe and Annie Skates ahead of the
Liverpool Philharmonic’s Douze Points on May 12.

Eurovision Features (incl. mention)

• National Geographic, 11 April, travel feature on ‘Eurovision 2023: how to plan a walking tour
of Liverpool's musical hotspots’, which includes a mention for the Liverpool Philharmonic and
its Eurovision-themed events
• The Sunday Times, 7 May, travel feature on Liverpool, which includes a mention for the
Liverpool Philharmonic (PDF here)