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2024 - Mika @ Accor Hotels Arena (Bercy) Paris, France, 25 March
dcdeb replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
You say that forums "aren't a thing anymore" and yet there are still hundreds of online forums -- you just have to look at the company that hosts this site. That's their business -- discussion forums. To be precise, YOU don't want to use the forum. For whatever reason, I don't know. I -- at my advanced, decrepit old age -- have learned TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and am learning AI, in an effort to stay current and reach the fans who might not immediately find the MFC's website. But the website IS "still a thing", no matter how much you rant against it, and it is the "home base" of the fan club. I'm on social media steering fans here, because this is where everything major happens. Clearly, I don't -- I can't -- force anyone to register if they don't want to. But if you want to join in with what's happening with the MFC, you have to register an account so I know who you are. I can't possibly coordinate some of the things that I have to without knowing who I'm dealing with. It's such a simple thing, I don't understand why you resist it. In any case, you said above, "now what's left is to share all the infos there in order to include every fans." But you're missing the point. The fan club doesn't have to share the info with EVERY fan. Just fan club members, who in theory should be checking the website. When things come up, like this early entry that we're debating here, there is limited space. I absolutely can NOT include EVERY fan in that case. So let's say I put something on social media, we have a random draw. Then you will all complain about how the names were chosen. No matter how we choose. You don't trust me or the other moderators to choose. You don't like the results when someone else chooses, you think it was fixed. When there is time to coordinate things, I do share on social media. But sometimes things happen at the very last minute, or have such a limited space, that social media isn't practical. And as I have said before, I get that this platform may seem unfamiliar to many, and we have been working on coming up with tutorials or "how to" videos that we will post everywhere. But as I have also said elsewhere, we are all volunteers, not doing this full-time. Besides traveling to see Mika, we have families, jobs, other responsibilities, and so the wheels of progress here move slowly. But we are trying and you should see some progress in this area very soon.- 163 replies
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2024 - Mika @ Accor Hotels Arena (Bercy) Paris, France, 25 March
dcdeb replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
I organized the group the way I did at the suggestion of Mika's team. I'm not sure how I would have said, "No, the MFC fans don't want early entry for this show." I don't know where you get the number 60 from, as we just had 39 fans in the group that entered early. We handed out wristbands, so we know how many entered. As I said in my previous post, yes, a number of the fans who entered early have seen Mika many times before, and were, in fact, already queuing from early that morning. But a number of the other fans had never seen Mika before, or had never been front row before. And I don't know what you're referring to with the edited screenshots of my messages -- what did that have to do with anything? No one got in early based on editing any of my messages. Sounds like one of the rumors or a "friend told a friend" sort of thing. As far as implementing a "fairer" waiting system, I'm not sure what you mean? But I can tell you that I have no way to predict when, if ever, MFC might be offered something like "early entry" again. It's not a routine thing, by any stretch of the imagination. But as for London, we learned today that the venue offered a ticket "upgrade" for £25 that would allow you to bypass the regular queue, and enter via a lounge where you could have a drink while waiting. So, you know, the people who pay can probably get in a little ahead of anyone who's been waiting all day.- 163 replies
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2024 - Mika @ Accor Hotels Arena (Bercy) Paris, France, 25 March
dcdeb replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
Starry sent this same message (above) to me on Instagram and so I thought I would post my reply to them here as well: First of all thank you for writing to me here. I appreciate the chance to talk to you about this. Second, I never said it was stupid to feel the way you do. I understand you. And believe it or not I have felt the same anger - I personally have queued all day long many times, only to have people be let in and stand in front of me. As I tried to explain, this came about because Mika's team heard about Lyon and wanted to make the queue experience a little easier for some fans. I was asked to organize a group of fan club members who could enter early, a bit before the general public. I pulled the original names from the RSVP list that we have on our site, which you can see below. You said, "The same people always get privileges over everyone else for just being friend with the MFC." That's simply not true. Yes, there were a number of fans who have seen Mika many times. But MFC does not always get early entry or special treatment at every gig. If those fans are often in the front row, it's because they queue early. In fact, many of them queued early that day in Paris. But many fans who entered early on Monday had never seen Mika before, or, if they had, they had never been front row before. You say it isn't fair, but as I said on the Live, it is perfectly normal for an artist's fan club members to receive special benefits from time to time. Mika Fan Club, which has been owned by Mika himself since 2008, occasionally receives special fan presales, meet & greets, etc. The difference with MFC is that it is entirely FREE. All you need to do is register an account, you do not have to pay for anything. We do not get special things all the time. In the 17 years I have been here, I think we have received "early entry" fewer than 10 times. So this is not a common occurrence. You say that "nobody" understands our website, and "nobody" goes on forums in 2024, but we actually have hundreds of people on the site every day. It may take a little while to understand it if you're more used to other social media, but there are lots of people there to help. We do not want to exclude anyone, we want to INCLUDE everyone. But... I can't include you if I don't know you exist. I'm not a mind-reader. If you don't register an account on MFC, how can I know who you are? You say there were fans at Bercy who do have an account on MFC -- but do they ever participate at all? Did they put their names on the RSVP list? I always encourage fans to do that, so in case something special comes up -- like this early entry, or a meet & greet -- I know who is at a particular gig and can contact them. Many times, special things like this come up without notice, without being planned, and we have to scramble and act fast. You may not believe it, but I do try to look out for all the fans as much as I can, not just the fans I have met or know well. I try very hard to be fair. And you also may not believe that I am sorry that you and your friends are so upset over this. I would encourage you again to register with the fan club and try to join in a bit. One of the things I love the most about being a Mika fan is the opportunity to meet people from all over the world, finding that we share a love of Mika and his music. The more fans who can get to know each other, the better. Thank you so much for giving me the chance to explain here.- 163 replies
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2024 - Mika @ 3Olympia, Dublin, IRELAND, 11 April
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2024 - Mika @ Eventim Apollo, London, UK, 9 April
dcdeb replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
From the website: "Entry will be at Door Opening time for given event unless otherwise stated" So you bypass the regular queue and get to enter at the same time as everyone else. That means you don't have to queue all day, if you don't want to.- 169 replies
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2024 - Mika @ AFAS Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, 29 March
dcdeb replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
800?! Your hands must be killing you! Can't wait to see this!- 36 replies
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mfc party 2024 - MFC Party - Dublin, 10th April: DETAILS
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Is everyone still in shock? I wasn't even there, and I'm like I'll share one video that @FannySpina14 posted -- Love Today in I think its entirety.
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2024 - Mika @ Accor Hotels Arena (Bercy) Paris, France, 25 March
dcdeb replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
So after the incident in Lyon last week, Mika's team wanted to help make queuing a little less stressful -- so we were able to organize it so that a group of MFC fans could go in a bit early ahead of the general public. As I understand it, they just went in. Also, Ani was able to give Mika's tour manager a bouquet of flowers and a card for Mika on behalf of the MFC as a way of saying thanks.- 163 replies
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mfc party 2024 - MFC Party - Dublin, 10th April: DETAILS
dcdeb replied to dcdeb's topic in Before the Show
Thanks! I think we have everything covered, but I will certainly keep you in mind! And as someone said, you will never be lonely at a Mika concert! See you real soon! -
Yes, that'll be fine. Yes, @Phoebe Jeffery I'll add you and your mum to the list. We do have a maximum capacity for the space of around 50, but I don't think we're there yet. It's just that I've only ordered food for about 40, because that's the number of initial replies I got. So if we need more food and/or drink we'll need to pay extra.
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Thanks, Celine! That's awesome! @Kumazzz Apparently there was chaos at the entrance -- the queue was not managed very well. People were pushing and shoving and some people got hurt.
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2024 - Mika @ Eventim Apollo, London, UK, 9 April
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