Mika Mad

Yes I am 14 and please dont scare the sh*t out of me!

Ring the venue and check.

It said over 18s only for Birmingham in 2007 so I rang the venue to check. They said it was ok and I took my 7 year old daughter.

I would ignore what it says on the ticket and the agency website, the only opinion that counts is the venue, because they'll be the one with the final say on the night when you get to the door!

Good luck, I'm sure you'll be fine.

:shocked:One Foot Boy

 

I would never ever ever have said this would have so many votes

There's something about that song, though.

I hated it the first time I heard it and then it grew on me (against my will!). Now I love it, but at the moment it's Touches You that I'm loving the most.

I'm standing too. Mr Mika Mad is slightly peeved, but he'll just have to live with it!

To anyone who's thinking of taking a young child:

I found that it was perfectly safe to be right in the front row against the barrier with my daughter because I stood directly behind her, stopping her from getting crushed by the crowd. It was nice for me too because I had a pretty good view over her head!

:doh:I'm such an idiot. I've just realised that I've been there before (to see Hawkwind) and it was a great venue.

Thank you, Naectegale.

My daughter was extremely cold and tired by then, but it was a magical moment that we will treasure forever.

Hi Pookiedoodle.

The Mika gigs at the Carling Academy in '07 were supposed to be 14+, so I didn't take my daughter in the May. I ended up standing next to a very small 8 year old in the queue and she was let in, so in the Nov of that year I took my daughter. I rang the venue and they said that it was ok if she was with me, but that she wouldn't be allowed in the standing area. We got right to the front of the stage and I stood her in front of me. Nobody said anything or made us move.

I think that the answer is that you really do have to speak to the venue.

Please excuse me for posting this, but I'm so proud of it!

Thank you for remembering our photo Mariposa and Violet Sky! It is my all-time favourite photo of Mika, for obvious reasons. When I picked my daughter up from school this afternoon I told her that I'd got tickets for February and that the venue allows children. She was really excited and asked if she would get a cuddle from Mika again. I had to tell her not to raise her hopes because she was very lucky last time.

Note to "dad", the original poster, please check with your venue that they allow kids, it would be heartbreaking for your daughter if she wasn't let in on the night.

I took my daughter to see Mika when she was 7 and it was fine. She said at the time that it was the best night of her life, so I don't regret it at all. She has spent the past two years waiting for another opportunity and today I booked tickets to take her to Bristol (she's 9 now). There's an awful lot worse to see on television before 9pm than you'll see at a Mika gig.

Take her -she'll love it!

I might have a job persuading Mr Mika Mad to do that, he's coming to the gig with me!

That's ok, no worries.

I know what you mean about trying to work out which ones to go to, I'm just going to get my tickets and then grovel for time off work etc! Though luckily the Manchester gig is in half term, I just have to sort out baby sitters for my kids now

Half term:shocked:

I never even thought about that!

Extra grovelling to grandparents required. I'm off to check my dates...........

first af all I do know Kiss! second of all I thought we all agreed there is no age diffrence? I donk think it matters! Third of all: ahaha and what if I had bronze hair?

bronze hair........that's a new one on me!

better to be "golden":naughty:

I'm planning on staying at the North Star hotel, it's quite central and opposite the train station.

I'm confused.

Departure airport????

Oh doesn't sound great but I might just do it anyway as it's the next nearest one for me. Sure you're not going to go to that one too? I'll be driving I could maybe pick you up on my way.

Thanks for the offer, that's very kind of you, but I'm trying to work out a way of going to Newcastle and that's the night before, so Birmingham isn't really an option for me.

Please don't let me put you off going. I had a great time both times. When it comes down to it the venue doesn't matter when it's got Mika in it. I'd happily turn up at public toilets in a train station to see him!

Oh i'd really love to!!

gonna check flights .... It is possible but i'll need to see ticket prices tomorrow!

what ones will you do?

Bristol and Dublin are my only certs. Glasgow and Newcastle are maybes.

I'm planning on staying at the North Star hotel, it's quite central and opposite the ain station.

Where are you flying from Rose?

That make-up's great when you're young, blond and pretty, but if I went out like that people would think that I was going to see Kiss!

(please don't ask who they are, that will only make me feel even older!)

Is the Birmingham venue not good then? I was thinking of doing that one aswell.

Hmmmm. It was fine once he was on stage, but you have to queue in a really rough, windswept street and when you get inside you have to go down a flight of dark steps to the stage. I'm a bit claustrophobic and hate crowds, so it wasn't a good venue for me.

(it didn't stop me going on 2 tours though!)

thanks for the link and the info, will book once I've bought the ticket, still thinking about it.

Do it tomorrow! I was considering Amsterdam and dithered for a while. Now it's sold out. I bet the Dublin will sell out quickly too.

Hellooo!

Is the Bristol venue a good un?

Might consider a flight down as last UK date!

Hiya!

I've never been, but Ewokwicket says it's good!

Pleeeeeeeease come!

Yes, I've seen a few people there over the years, last person I saw there was Sam Sparro last September. It's nice. stage is quite small too.

Fantastic! I'm doing Bristol instead of Birmingham this time and the venue there is pretty horrible (I hope that nobody going to Birmingham reads this!)

Do you sometimes surprise yourself?

 

I know I do!

Only where Mika is concerned!

Do you have a link because i just checked and it says 59 euros for a double room?

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/rooms_rates.php?hotel_id=286&from=list

59 is the flexible booking where you can cancel

39 is the no-refund option

-I decided to live dangerously!

Where are you? Cardiff? I live in Weston super Mare.

Monmouth, so I'm about half way between Cardiff and Bristol.

(Cardiff is cheaper to get to because of the bridge)

Have you been to the venue before?