Channel 1, the host broadcaster for the 54th Eurovision Song Contest 2009 has warned fans that tickets for the pan-european event are not available yet.

It has warned that counterfiet tickets are in circulation and are being sold on various websites and other media outlets.

Channel 1 also said the the tickets for this year's show are not for sale nor are they printed yet. They further say that it is not possible to reserve, nor pre-booktickets at this very moment.

All information regarding the purchase of tickets will be made available on the official sites of the Eurovision Song Contest in early March. Those being the EBU's eurovision.tv and the host broadcaster's website eurovision.1tv.ru

The 54th Eurovision Song Contest will take place on 12th / 14th / 16th of May 2009 in Moscow, Russia.