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Hi guys! ) I feel like I should write something here. I spent the whole week at Sziget (and I still feel a bit wasted, lol) and my most desired concert of the festival was Iron Maiden. But after all I have to admit that Mika's show was the best. Can you believe that? I came for IRON MAIDEN and loved MIKA, God, that's sooo weird Well, actually I'm not that kind of person who is into one music style and rejects other, no. I love any music which is good. I've admired Mika since Life in Cartoon Motion, listening to his songs has always been a pleasure, and I even wrote an article about him back in 2007 (I used to work as a music observer for a local magazine - oh, I'm from Belarus, forgot to say). And my mum is a huge Mika fan, she has put his picture on our fridge long ago... I think I need to tell her about this place So, I was willing to see him live, but as I'm not a fan (was not a fan?..) that was not my first choice concert at Sziget. But... But... Me and a friend of mine were not so close to the stage and we jumped and screamed and waved hands so hard that at some moment we found out everyone had stepped back a bit, so we had an empty space behind us My friend still feels a bit ashamed of that. We were "the bad crowd" for them, definitely. Sorry, guys ) Unfortunately, we didn't know much lyrics so we were just squealing as if we came to The Beatles concert. I even cried a bit (I easily burst into tears when I'm high on emotions - but usually when nobody sees!) because it was pure joy, pure light, pure happinness... OMG *cries again* Okay, what else can I say. I had no idea what his usual show looks like, so for me it all was just perfect (that's the advantage of not being able to compare). I loved the stage (aw, sunflowers!), his musicians and how they interacted with each other, and Mika, of course! And how he changed his shirt on stage Oh yes, and his performance of Sweet Dreams was so lovely. Well, I'm in love with him now too I can't say anything about the crowd (as you remember, we just scared everyone away ), but I actually understand those 30STM fans in the first row... My firend is a huge Muse fan, and she woke up at 6 AM (the concert began at 9-30 PM) to stand in the first row. But not clapping and showing appreciation for other artists is definitely rude. I have some 30STM fans around and they are really strange. They have way too strict structure of their fanclub, I think. Now I'd like to visit Mika's solo show. He'll never come to Belarus (no one does) so the closest point is Moscow... I was SO disappointed when I knew he performed there in July, before my Sziget experience. Now I need a time machine Hope I'll get another chance. I'm finishing this because it seems I have written a novel. Sorry But it was amazing. Really amazing. Oh God, just brilliant. Really. P.S. Iron Maiden were cool too