{"id":583526,"date":"2026-08-05T02:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583526\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T02:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:42:10","slug":"two-time-eurovision-winner-loreen-postpones-european-tour-including-irish-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583526\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-time Eurovision winner Loreen postpones European tour including Irish gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Eurovision winner Loreen has postponed her European tour including concerts in Ireland and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old Swedish singer was due to perform at the O2 Academy Glasgow, O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester and O2 Academy Brixton in London, as well as Dublin\u2019s National Stadium, in September.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Instagram, Loreen said: \u201cMy darlings, I need to share something important with you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m having to reschedule my European tour this September and October to Spring 2027, which also means I won\u2019t be performing at the summer festivals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese shows mean everything to me. It\u2019s a vital part of the connection we share, and I need it to hold the full energy, the full soul it deserves. You\u2019ve come to know that I don\u2019t do things halfway. I\u2019ve really thought this through, and it hasn\u2019t been easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m truly sorry for the disruption this causes. Your time, your plans, your energy\u2026 they matter to me. This decision is also made out of respect for you, for what we are building together, and for delivering an experience that is nothing less than what you deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new dates will be announced soon. All tickets will remain valid, and if you can\u2019t make the rescheduled shows, full refunds will be available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer, whose real name is Lorine Talhaoui, added: \u201cAll my love, Loreen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"426\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/two-time-eurovision-winner-loreen-postpones-european-tour-including-irish-gig.jpg\" alt=\"Loreen with her Eurovision trophy\" data-title=\"Eurovision 2023\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Aaron Chown\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Loreen released her latest album Wildfire in March (Aaron Chown\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>A reason for the postponement was not given.<\/p>\n<p>Loreen is only the second artist alongside Ireland\u2019s Johnny Logan to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice, with Euphoria in 2012 and Tattoo in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Both of her Eurovision winning songs charted in the top 10 of the UK singles chart, while her 2012 album Heal also charted.<\/p>\n<p>The singer has released three studio albums, with the most recent being Wildfire, released in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time Eurovision winner Loreen has postponed her European tour including concerts in Ireland and the UK. The 42-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-583526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}