2012 - Webster Hall, New York USA, October 15 - REPORTS / PICTURES / VIDEOS

We were stressed about not having physical tickets, but we got that sorted. It was also fantastic that we didn't need to queue at stupid o'clock. We ate breakfast close to the venue and got there after. The weather was wet so they took us in early. It was a little chaotic but the security woman helped make sure that we got in a fair and orderly fashion (as much as she could).

Shortcut - Mika was in top form, having fun, confident.

 

Eye contact and an arms length away.

 

I am back on my Mika high from 5 years ago, but just a little more mature.

 

And he needs to perform Overrated tonight.

can you do me a favor........ and record Elle Me dit??? That was my SONG LAST NIGHT!!! Enjoy tonight!:teehee:

So...seems it's blaming on the hat time again

Love the pics and reports and videos! Damn...now I can't wait for november

Who's this cool blonde girl dancing with Mika?

PICS from MIKA's facebook album

PICS from Facebook

PICS from Facebook

PICS from Facebook

Wow! This looks and sounds amazing. I am SO delighted that you all had such a brilliant time and thanks so much for your reports and pics.

Looks amazing!

Ahhh just got home!!! Omg I'm in a mika daze and cannot go to sleep despite the fact that I have to wake up for school at 5am. I opted to stand in the balcony tonight because I wasn't able to queue. Then met with the rest of MFC after the show! It was great to finally hang out and talk to you guys, even though it was just for a little bit! I wish I were more social at the queue yesterday! But thats what the next NYC concert is for! Hope you all enjoy nomming on your pizzas! I'm going to try to catch some zzzzzzs now! And safe trips home for everyone!! Love, the only New Yorker of the group who ended up going home early. Haha

Reviews for SECOND show can go in the new thread here: http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27506

Popular

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Popular sounds sooo good and so glad to see that he's performing Stardust acoustic, it sounds even more special that way:wub2:

thanks for the pics and vids everyone:flowers2:

http://claudiasims.me/2012/10/mika/

 

 

when you see a pic with a smile like that you know that it must have been a brilliant gig!!

here's Elle me Dit from Monday 10/15!!! http://youtu.be/ROPy4vOZmzQ

here's Elle me Dit from Monday 10/15!!! http://youtu.be/ROPy4vOZmzQ

Oh thank you, a french song in NY

MIKA couldn't have asked for a better welcome to NYC for his first USA show, this tour.

The audience was pumped to the max throughout!

It was like a reciprocal LOVE FEST.

MIKA made a real effort to give attention to everyone lucky enough to be there.

At one point saying:

'I see every one of you'

looking out over the sold-out audience.

Magical Moment I'll not soon forget:

Thunderous, ear-ringing applause at conclusion,

house lights pan up to VIP section and

Mrs. Penniman high fives the person next to her !

Of course, encores followed.

Hi everyone! PMD is finally setting in after an absolutely surreal two days. Here's a proper report for Monday ...

I got up and arrive at the venue around 8:30. No one in sight! Set up all my books and prepared to study for midterms (who was I kidding...) MFC crew showed up soon after and queueing began. It was pretty uneventful for the most part. We waved at Mama P and Yasmine who helped unload the choir outfits - I got to hold the door for them! Thomas came out to meet Mika around 4. He came down the sidewalk and asked how we were on his way into the venue.. It started raining in the evening (we wrote a song ) and around 6 they moved everyone into the bar area of Webster Hall to get us out of the rain. It was a clusterf___ for pretty much every reason but luckily MFC befriended the bouncer lady who made sure the order was preserved. Presale tickets were not a problem and soon we were inside the venue!

The stage was ridiculously close. I was on the left side in front of the four microphones set up (for the polka dot choir!). The photographers were chatty and told us they were annoyed about how small their pit area was! Ha! I wasn't complaining. (By the way, definitely check out the pictures on the NBC website - our friend did an amazing job!!).

Opening act was fun, one DJ and a very talented violinist. Both girls were energetic and the music was easy to dance to. At this point you could tell how excited the crowd was - even before they started playing people were screaming and cheering! The buzz was great. Also, really fun when they threw toy instruments into the crowd. Thanks for the kazoo! During the act, we could see the dressing room which was above the stage on the right side. Mika and someone else kept peeking out until they realized the audience could all see. We were all getting excited ....

Right after the band started playing Relax, Mika jumped on stage!!!!

He's HERE!!!

Ok here's where the report kind of devolves into me just barfing out what I remember....

The crowd was going CRAZY, Mika was FULL of energy - tons of eye contact, so much energy... KILLING IT! Relax was first, then Blue Eyes and Billy Brown. The shattered piano was right in front of us, and it was honestly used more as a prop than anything else. He played it during Blue Eyes and BB, but spent a lot more time dancing on top of it.

Curtis did piano, sax, clarinet and guitar... the band was really fun. Mika's still killing the band during Love Today, but Max's bit was really fun. At one point someone threw a bedazzled bowler hat on stage and Mika really lit up. He was also very chatty - talking about the new tour, how he was slutting it up doing promo in Europe, how much he loves the venue...

THE POLKA DOT CHOIR was fantastic! We had chatted with a few of the singers as they walked in earlier - but there they were, in those hideous polka dot robes! Mika really played with them, they all danced around during Celebrate (which was amazing) and sat on the stage for GK. They were all really energetic and added a lot. If anyone gets the chance, try and check out some of their tweets because it's obvious what a great time they had. Great idea team Mika!

For the encore it was Lollipop and WAG which is quickly becoming a classic of the show. Someone said that, the crowd just went bezerk when he played WAG. I LOVE IT.

Fantastic amazing perfect show. We hung around the merch stand (didn't get a picture but I can take a picture of my shirt ) and then hung around in the drizzle outside. The security people were shuffling us around on the sidewalk but finally Mika strolled out and greeted us. He was in a hurry (CNN in the morning!) but stopped and signed for a bit. My copy of Origin of Love is graced with a scribble.

Our friend had him sign a copy of something by Aristotle. He was laughing, and wrote "by Aristotle... and me!" then signed. Love it!

Night one was amazing. I took one pic from tonight ...

Thank you Mika!

Thanx, superstar !

here's Elle me Dit from Monday 10/15!!! http://youtu.be/ROPy4vOZmzQ

THANKS!! I danced my heart out with that song!!!!!

thanks! where's that pic from? the dark-haired girl on the left, i'm happy that she got into the choir! i found her audition video on youtube yesterday, a really beautiful version of lady jane, and thought i'd be suprised if they didn't choose her.

thanks everyone for the reports/pix/videos!

Photo credit!!!

Photo credit!!!

did you take it?

edit: i just found where it's from. the guy from the choir posted it on his twitter.

could someone please transcript what mika says in the first 2 minutes of this video, before he introduces his band? i hardly understand a word.

did you take it?

edit: i just found where it's from. the guy from the choir posted it on his twitter.

 

could someone please transcript what mika says in the first 2 minutes of this video, before he introduces his band? i hardly understand a word.

ohh yeahhh!

and this is close:

i have a record that comes out tomorrow. you know - you know i really don't have that much more to say but - () i think one day of the year everybody in new york city should be forced to wear polka dots. i'm not sure if that would make everyone happy or really ****ing angry. uh - i was going to say something really important . i'm serious. i was going to say -i have nothing to say aboutt my record because when you walk around from place to place doing interview after interview it becomes, well 2 things, firstly you start to believe the **** that's coming out of your mouth. () which can be dangerous. and then you feel like a very talented slut after you're done. there is nowhere that i'm going with this statement. ()

ohh yeahhh!

 

and this is close:

i have a record that comes out tomorrow. you know - you know i really don't have that much more to say but - () i think one day of the year everybody in new york city should be forced to wear polka dots. i'm not sure if that would make everyone happy or really ****ing angry. uh - i was going to say something really important . i'm serious. i was going to say -i have nothing to say aboutt my record because when you walk around from place to place doing interview after interview it becomes, well 2 things, firstly you start to believe the **** that's coming out of your mouth. () which can be dangerous. and then you feel like a very talented slut after you're done. there is nowhere that i'm going with this statement. ()

hahaaa, LOL!!! thank you!

thanks! where's that pic from?

 

A member of The New York Polka Dot Choir / Mr.Alex Goldschmidt tweeted.

He posted many pics via Twitter.

https://twitter.com/i/#!/alexandergold/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2F9qPLEqHr

I put up the rest of my photos from 10/15 on Facebook HERE.

You should be able to see them even if you're not FB friends with me

Still working on the photos from 10/16 and I might be able to string a bunch of video snippets together, since I didn't get one whole song that night. Oops.