The Beatles’ hometown of Liverpool, UK will step in to have the festivities at the Eurovision 2023 Song Contest next May, the competition declared Friday.

Liverpool beat down close competitor Glasgow, Scotland for hosting duties for the 67th edition of the famous music contest, in which different nations in Europe and the Mediterranean region send a singer or group of performers to stage a national song that is then voted on.

While Eurovision is generally hosted in a city in the earlier year’s winning country, the current year’s victor Ukraine can’t host the forthcoming show because of the continuous struggle with Russia.

Ukraine won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest this past May, in the midst of a flood of goodwill reached out toward the nation considering the war.

Show announcer and host Graham Norton additionally declared the news on Twitter, stating, “Congratulations Liverpool!!! @Eurovision @bbceurovision See you in May!!!”

The competition’s site said the “Grand Final” of the competition will occur in the Liverpool Arena close to the River Mersey on Saturday May 13, with semi-finals in the week leading up to that date.

“Liverpool is the ideal place to host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine,” said Eurovision Song Contest executive supervisor Martin Österdahl in a statement. “The city is synonymous with music and Liverpool Arena exceeds all the requirements needed to stage a global event of this scale. We have been very impressed with the passion the city has shown in embracing the Contest and their inclusive ideas for placing last year’s winners, Ukraine, front and centre when thousands of fans visit next May.”

The last time the United Kingdom acted as host country to Eurovision was 25 years ago in 1998, when the show occurred in Birmingham.