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Thanks @Cornélie Berté! I have indeed a good memory but for this concert, I took little notes for each song with the name of the song and a sumary of what Mika was saying or else, I tend to mix up with wich song he said that.

Thanks a lot for posting all this pics and videos! I have a question: Do you know who these cheeky tongue and smile during the Grace Kelly video were adressed to (a section of the audience, one or two people in particular) and why? He looks like a naughty child!

A very long and very detailled report, just what I love! And with videos at the right places! Thanks a lot for posting, @Anna Ko Kolkowska! It does indeed reminds me of my on experience in Montpellier!

Thanks a lot @Kumazzz for your kind compliments. I'm definitively the blushing smiley in your emoji! Here the link of my Any Other World video: I hope it works correctly as it was my first try at uploading a Youtube video. If it doesn't work, don't hésitate to tell me!

I’m sorry for the delay in the publishing of my report but I had a familly week-end following the gig and didn’t have much time to type the report. Anyway, let’s go for the report of my fifth Mika gig and by far the best. Like the other reports, it will not contain much about Mika’s suits or about the setting since I was again a 1.59m girl stuck behind a lot of taller people. Not much to say about the opening act. It was a female DJ who dit a set of electronic music. Not my taste but it slowly did liven up the audience. As usual, Mika was late. His gig was suposed to begin at 8pm. It began at a quarter to 9pm. And, as usual, Mika had an explanation for his lateness. The first song was Bougez. It began with the « firebird Mika in a cage » setting (I wish I had seen it better , it must have been stunning !). As for the song, my first thought when I heard « Bougez », last summer was that I was eager to hear it on stage as it promised to be a banger. Well, I confirm, it is ! Definitively, a song made for the stage. The second song was Apocalypse Calypso. As my favorite song from the new album, I couldn’t wait to hear it live and I loved it very much. The third song was a nice surprise : Talk about You. First time hearing it live and I liked it a lot. At the end of the song, he explained his lateness was not his fault but the audience’s who was late due to traffic jam (It’s true my bus got delayed due to traffic jam but I was there at 7pm and most of the audience was there by 8pm). Well, he said he was ready and waiting in the cage with the 35kg pair of wings on his back. So, his release (during Bougez) will have conséquences. The fourth song was Sweetie Banana. After finishing the song, he said his bow tie ? costume ? was perfect at start but was getting more and more messy as time goes by. He didn’t knew if it meant he wa getting less or more devilish. He also found several disguised or with props people in the audience : a carrot, a non identified costume, several giant flowers and a rainbow. The fifth song and second surprise : Feels like Fire. It was so fantastic to hear it on stage, even more with Nomfundo Moh’s part on video ! I was also impressed by how quickly he changed from his red suit to his yellow one at the song’s beginning. The sixth song was Underwater. At one point, he greeted the stands who wre on fire and one particularly energetic woman with an orange scarf, dancing in the aisle. He declared her the captain of the stands with the mission of directing people around her. He then engaged a battle between the stands and the mosh pit’s « enfants terribles » (the mosh pit won !) and another one before making us all sing together. The seventh song was Relax. The audience, fired up by the Underwater exercice, sung a lot. It was followed by the eighth song, Yo-Yo. The ninth song was Jane Birkin. He explained he’s making his sequin suit by coating the suit with glue and rolling in sequin. He gets sequin on his face and founds them everywhere for two days after a gig, even spitting sequin while brushing his teeth. He then compared his everyday life where he doesn’t dare, notably in subway where he doesn’t dare looking people in the eye, focussing on his phone like he just received a bad news when he is just watching videos (of cats ?) on TikTok and this moments, while singing Jane Birkin where he and we dare to be ourselves. The tenth song was Moi, Andy and Paris. He said that, in reality, love songs who are defending love are the meanest because they either speak of break-up or imaginary love. In contrast, Moi, Andy et Paris is mean but also full of hope for a solution for their couple to endure. He remembered us Happy Ending was not a love song and told us he had a collection of videos of people using Happy Ending for their wedding (which he regretted telling us about!). He also told us Andy promised to drink a beer each time Mika sang this song. And finally, he told us he will have to deal with this mess at Bercy but that by « mess » he meant the situation not the person (Andy) because he’s an ass but that much. The eleventh song was Big Girl. As usual, he went down in the audience, this time with Max. He told us once again the story of the Butterfly Lounge which was created by a woman who was fed up of being laughed at and wanted to create a place where everyone, men and women could be who they wanted to be. While going back toward stage, he came near me and god…I NEVER HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO HIM !! I could have touched him if I wanted. Strangely, maybe because of my height, I remember more his yellow suit than his face. I Can confirm you it’s not plain yellow but slightly shinny like satin. The twelfth song was Elle me dit. At one point during the song, he told us we needed a plate full of vitamins and color to deal with everyday life. He then invited on stage a group of roughly ten colorful fans, calling them by what he thought they were. Haphazardly, those I remember : a carrot (the Sweetie Banana one), a tulip, Nana Mouskouri, the orange scarf stands captain (who took way too much time going down for his taste) and a korean fan who made a 9 500km travel to see him. As he was tired, he gave them the mission to make us dance and lay down on stage. Music started again and they danced like mad men and women bringing us with them . But as Mika still wasn’t convinced to dance, they pulled him on stage while he was still lying down. Obviously, Mika finally stood up tp dance with them. At the song’s end, they all bowed down together (which I found nice for the fans). Once they got down from stage, Mika explained to us that, in english, what they did to him earlier was called « to drag ». He then said he was « draguer » on stage, pun on « to drag » and the word meaning « hit on someone» in french. The thirteenth song was 30 Seconds which he played on the swan winged piano. I listened to this song for the second time shortly before the gig and took a real liking to it so I was very happy and moved to hear it. The fourteenth song was Grace Kelly, still on the swan winged piano. Toward the end of the song, a giant inflatable rainbow sprung up from the piano. He then moved up to the fifteenth song, C’est la Vie. At that point, I thought the concert has ended but no. The audience was on fire, screaming « Mika, Mika ! » and he obliged us with FOUR more songs. The first one was Happy Ending. The way he sung it sounded like he was sorry he had to leave and he made it last for a very long time. He then did Love Today. Toward the end, he told us he was gonna make Montpellier fly but, as we are shy, he asked for all the lights be turned off. He then asked us to remember this moment when everything was dark, even in broad daylight (I promised, Mika and I intend to keep my promise !) and, on the count of three, made us jum like mad men and women . Even if I was living this moment for the fourth time, I think I will never get tired of it. But, it still wasn’t finished. He then did Any Other World. I was really hoping he would do it since I promised myself to register it for my aunt whose it is her favorite Mika song. So, I have one video from the gig with a s**tty video quality but a good sound if anyone want it (and if a manage to upload on forum). Finally, he ended with a very joyous We are Golden and bowed down with his musicians. He seemed very moved by Montpellier’s reception. As we were leaving the zenith, an instrumental of I see You played and obviously, I had it stuck in my head during my whole return to my hotel. I also got Mika songs stuck in my head (mainly Moi, Andy et Paris and Apocalyse Calypso) for the whole week-end but I don’t mind. As I said, it was , in my opinion, the lenghiest (even if, even with 4 supplemental songs, it was still too short to my taste) and best Mika gig I went too ! Can’t wait for the next one !

Sorry Perdchen for the lateness in responding to you. I was occupied by a familly week-end. After C'est la Vie (expected ending), he did four more songs: Happy Ending, Love Today, Any Other World and We are Golden. I'm typing my report right now but it takes time to translate Mika's anecdotes and pun in another language!

No Problem, He was talking about "Moi, Andy et Paris" as a cruel song but also one with hope of resolving the situation to make his couple endure. Since, apparently, Andy will be in Paris for the Bercy concert, he will have to resolve the situation about Andy not liking being in Paris to avoid a new conflict between them, I suppose. Anyway, that's how I understood it. Someone else who was there to confirm?

Hi, As usual, I'll post a lengthy report later but just a few words: TWENTY SONGS!! HE SANG TWENTY SONG! HE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP (and neither did we!). This concert was by far the lenghiest and best Mika gig I ever had. I'm on the moon right now!!

Don't chastise yourself! I know from very recent experience how long and fastidious writing a report can be!(Even more when it's not in your native language!)

I would love to do that! Unfortunately, I don't have the budget to go to every Mika show!

Hello MFC, Time for my yearly concert review. First, for a bit of context to understand better what Mika said: South of France like all the Mediterranean zone is suffering an heatwave. Also, the concert was late, like everything from the door opening (8pm instead of 7:30pm) to Alexa Gredy’s support act (9pm instead of 8:30pm) and obviously Mika (10pm instead of 9pm). And, finally, the audience was divided in three parts: the golden square tickets in the front, and behind them, two successive sections for the general audience. I was in the first part of the general audience, actually not that far away from the golden square zone but unfortunately, I was surrounded by people higher than my 1m59 so there will be not much comment on Mika’s costumes or mimics as I didn’t see them very well. A quick word on Alexa Gredy. Her set was very nice with a mix of slow songs and very dancy ones. The audience was very supportive and she thanked us and Mika also, twice for inviting her as his support act. So, at 10pm, finally, Mika’s set began! On the intro of Lollipop, he explained it was very cold ) and that, with this low temperature, we (he!) use to wake up at 21:44pm and that was why he was perfectly on time...for a Lebanese (aka 1 hour late). That is his explanation for his lateness! After Lollipop, he talked about the beautiful view as he could see the floor and us, angels from the stars (smooth talker!). He did Origin of Love during which he danced with a giant flower wich looked like a dandelion. Then, he admitted it was hot. He was actually trying to convince himself by telling us it was cold. He then began the very appropriate Ice Cream Then, he began telling us his story with Cannes and the Côte d’Azur in general. He told us he came regularly on the Côte d’Azur since he was one.He began to describe the characteristics of Cannes, among others during the Festival: he said it was a mix of class and trash and that was what he loved about Cannes being a kid. He then wanted to take us to a not very classy but rather trashy place: The Butterfly Lounge. He then did Big Girl with his usual passing through the audience.At the end, He thanked us for keeping up the Cannes from his chilhood. He then dedicated this concert to some personality from Cannes. The first two were a mother and a daughter, clothed with leopard printed fur, who used to walked up and down the Croisette boulevard during the Festival. He then began Tiny Love but he was thinking so much about this two women he forgot some lyrics. He then told us about his mother’s love for Cannes and the Côte d’Azur. Actually, his mother loved this place so much, the day she was supposed to give birth to Paloma, she decided to go buy vegetables and flower from the flower market in Nice and actually gave birth to Paloma in the flower market. He said that thanks to this event, he was a bit from the south of France. He then did Relax. Near the end of the song, he realized the men weren’t singing that much (well, it’s not like Relax is easy to sing for them!). He then made them sing using a lower key before making everyone sing (there was definitively more women than men in the audience). We then had the first (very good) surprise of the night with Overrated. It was my 4th Mika concert but my first time hearing Overrate live. I didn’t thought I liked this song so much and that I would have so much fun hearing it live! He then sang Good Guys and surprised us with a second passing through the audience. People were singing all the lyrics. It was very beautiful. He then played Underwater. At the end, he said 4 or 5 person wanted to play Underwater on stage. He finally choose a young woman who kept her arms up (with a sign I suppose) for a whole 10 minutes. He asked her if she was afraid and when she responded yes, he told her it was a good sign. He then gave her a cue to beginning playing she missed. Everyone laughed, Mika gave her another cue and she began playing beautifully. After Uderwater, came another song I wasn’t expecting : Rain! Despite the surprise, the audience was enthusiastic about it. Unfortunately, despite our call for it with all our might and the bad singers of the audience, the rain did not come! The following song was Boum Boum Boum. He then gave a second dedication to a man with mismatched shoes and shiny costumes. Somme in the audience must have scream Mika when hearing about the costumes because he said:No, not Mika! The pianist from the Martinez (a very famous hôtel in Cannes). He remember seing him play his piano in the hotel’s lounge from the street. He then told he was angry with his brother and sisters. It was so serious he interrupted his musicians who were playing the intro of Yoyo. He told us again about his mother’s love for la Côte d’Azur. He told us every time she manage to keep enough money from his father, hidden in her dress, she said: «It’s tomorrow, we are going to the south». No more sumers of fish and chips and rollerblade in the park but South of France, Cannes, Nice, the beach. And, then, they pilled up in the Toyota Previa (who is still today parked in the same street of London), the parents, the 5 kids (with their cushions), 2 old ladies because his mom was collecting them and even for a few years, a Chinese student that they encountered in Pékin and who ended up living in their house the following year and who obviously came with them in the south, not forgetting a tortoise and two rabbits (Coco and Pussy, the one for who Mika broke a boy’s nose, no?). As they were 9 or 10 in a 7 or 8 places car, wich was very much illegal, each time there was the police, their mother screamed: Calico Gallipoli and the kids had to hide under the seats. And they were doing that from London to south of France! It was her way of escaping familly and house's problems, often with his father and alway with money. Once in the south, Mika told us they assisted to all the fireworks on the Côte d’Azur and all the (very pricy) concerts, picnicing on the beach of Cannes. So he was angry with his brother and sisters because he would have loved them to be all there for his first concert in Cannes but they were not. Nevertheless, he was happy to be there with his musicians and with us. He sounded very sincere about it and that was heartwarming. After that, he sang Yoyo. During the song, he divided the audience in three parts: the little bit mad (the golden square), the madder (the back part of the general audience) and the completely crazy (the front part of the general audience). I’m proud to have been among the completely crazy even if I wasn’t the more vocal or hectic! As the musicians were playing Elle me dit’s intro, an event happened near me which proved being loud can be useful for more than belting or favourite Mika songs. An old man had a dizzy spell two ranks behind me. While someone was holding him up, everyone else around me screamed at the top of their lung: «Security! Dizzy spell» while designing with theirs arms up, the place where the old man was. Thanks to that, the man was evacuated by security in a few minutes. Then, Mika sang Elle me dit. During the song, he asked to turn to our right, left or behind us and dance with an unknown, because if we hit this unknown, we would end up hating each other but if with dance with each other, we migth end up loving ach other. I ended up dancing with two very eager women in front of me and that was a very nice experience! At the end, Mika cited the french public health advert: «For your health, be more dynamic». He aded: «I think it’s rather « For your health, drink more» and that he hoped we were drinking. When most of the audience responded no, he supposes that was because we didn’t have any water (rightly, thanks to a stupid no more than 33cl water bottle policy of the concert place). He asked water to be brought, particularly to people in the front of general audience section who couldn’t move. Well, spoiler...no one got water but that was a nice ask from Mika! He also told us it was his hottest concert ever. When people screamed, he realized his double-entendre (same in french as in english) and said he was assuming it, while pretending to take off his jacket. He thanked us for being there despite the heat. After that, he sang Happy Ending, during which the jacket definitely fell down, Grace Kelly and finally We are Golden. At the end, he thanked us a lot again. For the curtain call, he sang Love Today, to everyone’s enthusiam. At the end, he changed in his green cap and tiger head and obviously asked us to jump (sorry Mika, I tried but I was lacking strenght in my legs, by that point). He then saluted with his musicians: Vincent, Clément, Max and Wouter, I think? Then the Yoyo remix began and Mika wasn’t ready to leave because he began to dance on stage with his musicians and a technician girl? The whole audience followed him with enthusiam, hence his story on Instagram! He came back one last time with the technician girl and torch lights to dance with us. The audience danced until the last note of Yoyo. And that’s all for my report! I’m sorry if I forgot something or mixed up events but I did my report from notes I wrote up by memory in my hotel room, 2 hours after the concert’s end and very tired. Edited with corrections after watching @vanessa-love-mika's videos. Thanks to her and everyone who, posted videos and photos. It permits me to relive the concert and also see what Icouldn't with my little 1m59.

Thank you very much @Kumazzz and @Gabry74 for all this photos and videos. At least, I can see what i missed!

Hello, Hello, Back from the Toulon gig. Unfortunately, since I was with people (like my aunt) who were anxious about the crowd, i saw the concert from the balcony of a appartement. I'm not saying it didn't have its advantages but since the stage was turned toward the sea, I only could see Mika when he was on the far right (left for you in the crowd) of the stage and in the middle of the catwalk and see well what he was doing when it was my turn to have the binoculars. i couldn't either hear very well what he said so my report will be short (compared to what i usually do). The setlist was, I think, pretty much the same as Nîmes' Lollipop Origin of Love Big Girls Tiny Love Relax Ice Cream Boum Boum Boum Yo-yo Underwater Happy Ending Elle Me Dit Grace Kelly We are Golden Encore: Love Today Here the few tidbits I have: During the intro of Big Girls, he did put a flower crown (from the audience?) on his head and dit say that this concert was his last in France until next year ().and obviously dit his crowd singing during the song. At the beginning of Yo-yo, he did play with a green yoyo (from the audience again?). After that, he began Underwater but interrupted and invited on stage a 11 years old girl to accompany him on piano. I don't know if she played the whole song but Mika brought her on the front of the stage at the end of the song, made a long discourse and made the crowd sing for her, I think? And, yes Mika, when you said that everyone should sing, even those on the far away boat, I dit sing, even if I was a bit alone on the balcony! At the beginning of Elle me dit, he made a long version on the women in pink (his mom), talking of her relation with her own mother? During Grace Kelly and We are Golden, he wore a very shiny gold vest and from my point of view, with the lights, he was really shining like a distant light! And finally, during Love Today, he did put on his wooden crown and his flower cape and turn around like whirling dervish (my aunt's words) After the bowing, he did put on the Yo-Yo remix and danced for a moment on stage before exiting (and yes, I have it stuck in my head again!) As a general appreciation, my aunt and her friends who were not Mika fans were particularly impressed by his energy on stage. I had a conversation like this with my aunt during the Yo-Yo remix: My aunt (while looking through the binocular): He looks exhausted! Me: Well, he dit spend one hour and and an half dancing on stage... *Mika begins dancing like a madman on Yo-Yo's chorus* Me: Exhausted, you said? This man is a real dynamo. He never stops! That's unfortunately all I have to say on this gig. I hope some people will have more details than me and that next year will come very very fast!

I hope it was nothing serious Oh no, don't worry! I wasn't implied in the fire. I wanted to be short but maybe I should have explain more! There was a big fire in Arles (a city in south of France), near the road I had to take to go to Nîmes. It created a stressful delay in my arrival at the concert. Fortunately, no one died in the fire but some people lost their houses! It actually makes my delay unimportant! Sorry!

i'm a bit late (I'm sorry, I was tired and it was very long to write), here my lengthy review of the Nîme concert: After a bit of complications getting there (I seem to be in the habit of complications getting to a Mika concert but seriously, a fire), i finally entered in the magnificent Arènes de Nîmes (a roman amphitheater for those of you who don’t know it) to see my second Mika concert (and my second concert overall). I will be brief on the warm-up and first part. The warm-up was a DJ (DJ Mads). I don’t know much about DJs so I can’t really juge his work. I liked his first few songs because it was remixes of old songs like Just an Illusion (Imagine) of Freed from Desire (Gala). Special kudos to him for choosing to remix Andy by Les Rita Mitsouko. I’m surely not the only fan that laughed at that. The first part was the group L’Impératrice. Their style was modern electro music. Not my cup of tea but the main singer’s voice was nice and they knew how to liven things up. A few things on the installation time between L’Impératrice and Mika. I noticed that while L’imperatrice played on a very cluttered stage (they had a lot of instruments and electro devices), the stage was largely cleared up for Mika. Seems like someone need space to dance (and indeed he does!). Also noticed they stuck 4! setlists on stage (one on the piano, one on the left of the stage and two around the main micro stand). They clearly thought (or Mika clearly think of himself) he’s a goldfish! During this time, the audience warmed up with a few Mexican waves. Just before Mika came on stage, I saw near one of the entrance to my part of the amphitheater (far right of the scene, second balcony), a man filming the arena with two kids. At first, I thought it was just random people and then had a double take: “Wait, is the man filming Mika’s father and one of the kid Beauregard?” I didn’t had time to confirm this as Mika’s musicians were coming on stage but Mika himself (partly) confirmed it later. So, after his musicians (all in white), Mika entered stage (all in black) and after greeting everyone (even the wind and the appearing half-moon), Mika began with Lollipop. He explained that after two years, we had lost habit of singing, dancing, making love (everyone in the audience protested by big “no”s to this three assertions, even the two ten years old next to me but Mika responded he had to the third one ). He then said that since we had lost habit, he had to take things back to the beginning and then explained the story of Lollipop Girl (a sad gray girl who had lost habit of loving). The song was perfect to put us in the mood for the rest of the concert. Then the second song came and so came the tears in my eyes: Origin of Love! Nothing compare to hearing your favorite song live! During Origin of Love, he removed scratched fabric on his leg to reveal the body part costume and at the end, he removed his jacket and ended bare-chested. Before the beginning of Big Girls, while Max was handling the show, Mika had a change of cloths to a beautiful pink suit, saying when he came back on stage that a special occasion needed a special suit. He then explained that after two years of silence in the amphitheater (no singing, no gladiators, no lions eating the gladiators no Max), we forgot how to dance next to other people. To remind us, he brought us in this special place in Costa Mesa, a club smelling of perspiration, hope and old cold beer, where everyone danced next to each other. Then Big Girls began and Mika, working by example, danced in the middle of the parterre. He then pursued with his first piano ballad, Tiny Love! During that song, he opened his suit jacket to reveal his heart tee-shirt. After that, there was Relax. I think that’s when he said that when trying to explain to people and other artists out of France why Les Arènes de Nîmes were the best stage, he always talked about the disposition of the arena that mixed all the voices in the arena together. He then tested his theory by making us sing very loudly on Relax choruses. The next song was Ice Cream. He said something at the beginning about the heat of the day (and hot it was) but I don’t remember it, I’m sorry! Then came Yoyo with a new acoustic piano intro that gave me a new appreciation for this song (and I thought I would never love it . He dedicated the song to a girl named Geraldine who screamed during the intro. He made her scream again but judged her scream sounded like someone being eaten by a lion. He then continued with Boum Boum Boum (during which he received a yoyo from the public). Then came the (excellent) surprise: Rain! And I was not the only one delighted by this one as the audience sang very loudly. He pursued with Underwater. During the intro, he explained that his mother always told him to be careful what he wished for as it could be granted. He then invited on stage Mareva from Lyon who asked for it via a sign to play piano on Underwater. He asked her if she was afraid and she responded “I’m fine” to which Mika’s response was “You’re crazy!”. After a bit of preparation, Mareva accompanied Mika while he was singing Underwater and she was excellent. She said she made false notes but I didn’t heard them. I only heard a different way to play piano than Mika, not bad just different at one point in the song. The rest of the song, I was totally transported as if Mika himself was playing. Near the end of the song Mika asked her if it was her first time playing in the Arènes de Nîmes and she responded yes. He then asked her what was her biggest public until then and her response was “My parents”. Then, Mika made her direct audience with piano (soft then loud), declared she was amazing but boring (in a less polite way) and made us sing to her to see if she could handle it. After a big deserved ovation, Mareva returned in the audience. Mika then sang Happy Ending. At the end, he improvised? lyrics. I don’t remember everything but I heard : now I close ma eyes/ at least I sing/.../with a little bit of love). Globally, the song was wonderful, particularly his highs which were prolonged by the acoustic of the arena. The next song was Elle me dit. The audience got particularly loud on this a-one. At the end, he talked to us about a shy boy who liked to dance in his room but did stop as soon as someone opened the door. But that boy is now eight and eight is no more an age for shyness. He then invited the said shy boy on stage : his nephew Beauregard! He went up on the piano with him and they both danced on Elle me dit until Beauregard got a bit afraid because of the fireworks which went off on the piano. Beauregard still got an ovation and the beginning of a curtain call from the audience while he was going out of stage. Mika then explained the fireworks got counterproductive as now “Beauregard will be shy until he is 38 years old! He then promised Beauregard next time there will be no more fire, at least on the piano as he couldn’t control fire from audience. The following song, Grace Kelly was classical but the audience, still hyped up by Elle me dit and very happy to hear it were also very loud on that one. We are Golden was the last song of the main setlist. Once again very hyped up crowd and Mika wore a white suit trouser to which he added at the end of the song his cape and crown at the end. He then thank us and said he missed us! We missed you too Mika! For the encore, Mika sang Love Today. At some point during the concert, he said next time he wanted to play in the middle of the circle of the arena (the stage was at one side of the arena and the stands behind it were closed). But, at the beginning of Love Today, he decided he didn’t want to wait to sing in the middle of people and asked the parterre to make a circle for him to perform in. Well, the circle never formed and it ended rather like a crowd singing (like in Big Girls) but it was very cool! Another thing happened which wasn’t by Mika (well, he had something to do about it). As usual, near the end of the song Mika began to prepare the audience for the jump session. The scene went that way: Mika (on stage): On the count of three, do you know what you have to do? Audience: Yeees! Panicked ten years old near me: What do we have to do? My screamed response over the noise: JUMP! And jump, she did with all her heart! After Love Today ended, Mika thanked us again and bowed alone and with his musicians. He then said “Good bye and see you soon” and all I could think was “Yes, see you soon in Toulon, Mika, with, I hope an as warm welcome!” Mika then asked the sound technician to put on Yoyo and danced on stage for a moment (with his cape) before disappearing backstage. No meeting or signing as I’m still a shy idiot thinking she has nothing interesting to say to Mika but i came out of this concert with Yoyo stuck in my head and so high that back in my hotel, it took me a good minute to realize I was trying to open the door to a room that wasn’t mine and on the wrong floor! Once in my room, I had to pinch me twice: Once to realize I had indeed seen Mika and the second to realize I’m gonna see him again in less than two month. And, God, I can’t wait!