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  2. Late to the party, but I will be there tonight, with my daughter, also opting for the seated area (she’s 8 and quite small, I’m a bit nervous she’ll be trampled in the crowd). @holdingyourdrink I hope to see you there too with your girl, any way I can recognise you? I have dark curly hair that’s relatively short, my daughter’s hair is straight and blonde (she takes after her father). Do you have any hints for me? You guys are so cool with the hearts! How big are they? Perhaps I can make a few too.
  3. I think it's better thank my last post. https://today.rtl.lu/culture/music/a/2181658.html at Luxenboug
  4. Public - 29 Mars 2024 (No. 1081) PDF file ( 1 page / 630 kb ) Public_2024_03_29_page53.pdf Page 53 Mots fléchés En remplissant cette grille se rapportant à Mika et en associant les lettres figurant dans les cases numérotées, découvrez l'une de ses compositions, une chanson au son pop-rock, colorée et acidulée... Crosswords By filling in this grid relating to Mika and associating the letters appearing in the numbered boxes, discover one of his compositions, a song with a pop-rock sound, colorful and tangy... 4 Google translator
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  6. Hello 👋 fans, This year I'm not going to any MIKA gig but one of the MIKA fans Toni from China messaged me today, he accidentally found I'm also a MIKA fans on my Instagram and before thaf I didn't know him at all and he really would like if MIKA can come back to Hong Kong or China for have gigs so Toni can see him. Toni was kind of same as me that missed the few MIKA gigs in HK at the beginning and we both had joined the 2016 one, its so special in a tiny church which I never really have any concert in a little church. We both thought it's closer to see MIKA's performances but it's also the sounds managed not very good and a bit crowded. We both bought the stand tickets and it's actually my first time to join his gig and not familiar with the seat plan, also the seat tickets were all only on the second floor so I bought the stand ticket which I felt so regret cause on that night I was wearing a long black boots 👢 haha standing for at least three to four hours including queued up outside the venue after I finished my work which I worked nearby at the time lol 🤣 What a special memory haha 😆 Back to the topic, I literally exactly understand his wish cause I'm from HK but now living in the UK so it's more easy to join MIKA's gigs and so expensive to travel from Asia Pacific. That's why I got an idea that in case any of u are going to MIKA's gigs and have chance to talk to him, please help to ask if he will have gigs in China or HK in the future or not, thank you! I guess no matter he has an answer whether is yes or no, it's also good to let some of his fans in China or HK that don't need to wait but better travel to other countries like Japan or Korea to see him lol 😅 To be honest, nowadays it's not easy that if he still have fans in China and HK cause everything changes very often and soon over there including the music trends or music idols etc. 😆
  7. Here is screen captures from @Happymika_by_celine's at about 53:00 Paris Bercy
  8. Berlin is really a nice city and I've travelled to there in 2015 and wish one day I will travel there again with my partner lol 🥰
  9. Hello @Jaela and @toyboy, excuse me I haven't express my opinion until now but...it seems all bit exaggerate. I can understand the disappointment or the anger for a bad situation in a queue for a concert, I wasn't there and I don't know what is happened exactly but, for what concern the forum, I don't understand all these discussions. It's not a long time that I'm here and It's happened that I was not able to understand or to find something but... When I don't know something or I don't understand I simply ask it and there are always kind and patient people of the forum that answer me so I'm not able to see where the real problem is. And ...me too I don't have so much time to stay a long online! I think, sometimes, a bit of patience to learn and a bit of kindness would be enough. Clearly, depends on situations, but I hope you can solve the problem because until now I have found people who helped me and I'm sorry for all this situation.
  10. Yesterday
  11. I feel exactly the same way as a younger fan. I never used forums like this before and it’s quite difficult for me to understand where to find everything and how everything works in general. I often ask people for help because it confuses me. For me, I simply don’t have the time to spend so much time on here especially because it’s difficult for me and I do appreciate what this Forum does for people and that it’s good to find things, but that only works if you know how to navigate that. As for Bercy, these lists seem have not to been that obvious to everyone, even to people who have long been in the fandom so it can’t just be a few people who have problems with figuring it out. Communicating is important and to share your opinions and views as well so I‘m definitely agreeing with what Jaela is saying!
  12. Thank you very much for your explanation @mellody. I have found it now, you are very kind.
  13. And with great power comes great responsibility, by the way. If Mika's team trusts you to handle things fairly and properly on their behalf, you've got to live up to those expectations, and adjust when that's not the case. You do it all for free, of course, and it's a lot of work, of course, but you made the choice to commit to this, no one forced you to. We regular fans have no choice but to use this system, but you have a choice to make that easier, more accessible and more inclusive for everyone.
  14. You would think, since this drama has been repeated time and again for the last 10 years or so, if not longer, that you would start asking yourself what is really the problem here, that those young fans don't want to adapt to your old ways, or that you don't want to adapt to those young fans, to keep the fan club accessible and inclusive to all? Assuming that is really what you want, of course. The drama about privileges and people not knowing where to find what and therefore feeling left out isn't new, but the people who are having issues with it are. Again and again a new generation of fans is running into the same problems. I feel like it also constantly takes a drama to change something, which is odd. How many times did people have to rally on social media, before you started sharing MFC links to presales, M&G inscriptions, etc. on your Twitter and Instagram accounts, rather than expecting everyone to find out through the forum, for example? I think people get the impression that you're gatekeeping, because the info on the forum is found almost exclusively by those who are avid users of it, and thus it's always the same people who get the same things. It's a self sustaining mechanism. To you guys using the forum feels like second nature, it may be hard to understand the perspective of someone who didn't grow up with the 2000s version of the internet. I would say it's possible to learn how the forum works, but it takes A LOT of time and effort, which not everyone is ABLE to put in, because as you've said, we have all got lives outside of this fandom. You can argue that those who want the MFC privileges need to put in the work to study the forum, but is it really fair to expect that of everyone? Those who have been on forums all their lives intuitively understand better how it works, just as those who grew up with new tech intuitively know better how it works. I see you say that Instagram, Twitter, your iPhone, etc. aren't easy to learn to operate either, but that's EXACTLY the point. The way you feel about those apps and that tech, is the way we feel about this forum. You can learn to get the hang of it, but it'll never feel quite natural, and you'll always continue to run into some issues. You prefer the forum because it's familiar to you, we prefer social media because it's familiar to us. I have been on here since 2015, and I'm still finding out new things, like the purpose of the RSVP list. I guess from now on everyone will be RSVPing for every event, just in case, but as always the communication about this is retroactive, rather than proactive, and that's where the problems arise. Hopefully the things you're working on with the new younger mods with regards to the "how to MFC" will change this and will make it easier for people to learn to use the forum. Keep in mind that this forum, for most young people, is the first and only forum which they will ever use, they are completely unfamiliar with the concept, and the interface is completely different from that of any social media app. Social media apps are driven by algorithms and are catered to its users to give them all the information they need as quickly as possible. On this forum, to find the information you need, you often need to click through at least 3 different pages, read a lot of text, and the search engine really isn't that great either. Young people are not *used* to go through all these steps, it's like learning a whole new language. There's no need to insinuate that they are lazy for that, they have simply not learned the same skills as those who experienced the internet in its early days have acquired. The forum isn't going away, and the importance of MFC in the lives of all Mika fans is not going away either, as long as Mika's team, that faceless entity, feels comfortable to outsource work *they* should be doing to you instead, so you can do their work for free. I will say to the newer fans that there is no point in arguing against that, indeed that should be taken up with Mika himself or his team (if only we knew who his team are, lol). But don't be deterred from expressing your grievances when things go wrong, because it's only through speaking out and discussing the issues we run into that we can bring about some change. To conclude: as long as everyone is so heavily reliant on this forum to get any privileges, can we pleaaaseee try to make sure that they're accessible to everyone and can we try to make it as easy and transparent as possible. You can say that you're already trying to do that, but as i said at the start of this little essay, if the same problems keep arising time and again, you really should question where the root of the problem lies and whether what you're currently doing is enough. Lastly, this thing has turned into a broader discussion of the revelance and the usability of the MFC forum again, but as for the Bercy drama itself we can simply conclude that the organisation and the communication about it were handled poorly. There's no shame in admitting that something could have been handled better, even if you tried to organise it to the best of your abilities. The situation was upsetting to a lot of fans, and they're not all jealous crybabies for feeling that way. Rather than putting blame on those who felt upset and act like their feelings are invalid, I think it would also help if fans felt like their grievances were taken more seriously, which is not the sentiment i get from the discussion which is being held here, unfortunately. But anyway what's done is done, just try to do better in the future, it's not your first rodeo after all.
  15. Peonies are my absolute favorite flowers ever! So… peonies and Mika! You have great taste!
  16. Always difficult to predict how early to queue; Mika hasn't appeared in Manchester for some time so there might be a lot of people eager to see him. Also it's a Sunday so people wouldn't be at school/college/work, so more might be prepared to queue earlier. On the other hand, it's Manchester and April so it will probably be raining - that might put people off. Also this is at O2 Apollo - O2 users may have a priority queue - if you are an O2 user it might be worth checking this with the venue.
  17. Hi and to MFC Yes Mika is for real but I think you mean he feels like a dream before you actually attend your first gig because this how I felt too. Because his voice, his looks, his whole universe, his personality is so amazing that he seems too good to be true like a dream. And yet when your dream comes true at your first gig, when you finally see and hear him live and your dream comes true and you feel home like never before you know Mika exists for real At least it was that way fot me when I was at Beauregard festival and absolutely blissful to the point that I dreamt about Mika all night long after the concert I still have that feeling too sometimes like when I was watching him on my pc ast Eurovision and I was thinking omg he agreed to let me hug him and he hugged me back and it was a Mika dream that came true too I hope lots of your Mika dreams come true too
  18. Hi, @mellody or @dcdeb Me and my partner are taking the trip down to Manchester after just coming back home to Scotland after the Bercy gig. We were queued up since about 11am and didn’t make it to the front row due to shoving and delayed action from the venue staff which was quite disappointing seeing as we travelled from Edinburgh just for the concert! I’m taking my grandmother-in-law along with my partner to this gig as she has seen the videos we have taken and really wanted to come with (wish me luck! 😂) so I was wondering if there may be any way know about ideal queuing times, early access, after show meet ups or just any info that makes this trip as easy as possible for us. We have standing seats so wouldn’t want to be queuing with her there too long. If there’s anything that you think that could help, my instagram is the same as my user and I believe @dcdeb already has an open chat with myself. Thanks in advance! ☺️
  19. Hmm, interesting... he said in Luxemburg that all of what he keeps saying re. "mean lovesongs are the real lovesongs because most lovesongs are about breakups or imaginary loves" is just for trying to explain to Andy why he sings this song in front of thousands of people he doesn't know. Tbh, I was surprised he put it on the setlist in the first place, as Andy didn't seem too happy about it. Maybe he sees it differently now? Or maybe he just wants to test which of the French songs his fans would miss the least? 😅 Did he sing another song instead of it, for example Billy Brown again? Or was it just 18 songs then?
  20. Hi! Yes, the Magical Mika is real!
  21. I've booked a table now on Monday at 9pm for 15-20 people at this Tapas Bar near Checkpoint Charlie: https://mundo.berlin/zimmerstrasse/en/ (unfortunately the website doesn't work for me in every browser, not sure why...). It was an online booking on their website and I got an immediate e-mail confirmation, so I assume/hope it worked. After booking I saw that they would have a cocktail happy hour until 9pm - so if any of you want to get a cocktail for the happy hour price, either let me know, then I'll try to call them and change the booking to 8pm (I probably can't be there yet by that time, but if you know you'll arrive sooner, I can send you my name and the reservation number, so you can already take the place). Or maybe it'd be enough if you arrive a few minutes earlier and already order your cocktail before 9pm. I hope it's ok for everyone who wants to come to the meetup.
  22. Accor Arena INSTAGRAM Highlights https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18037304632836550/ Here is the merged video to YouTube
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