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Hi Sivan, I've just sent you my letter I thought it was going to be difficult but the words just flowed in the end.. I hope my letter doesn't sound like anyone elses It was like writing to an old friend! I really hope he likes it!!

I caught him as he came out of the loos at the KOKO After Party (not that I was waiting outside the loos or anything ) I was trying to get a good view of Mika and Brian May from the top of the stairs I was well chuffed to get a photo with him! Congrats to the new dad!!

OOoooo great! I also noticed that Cherisse was getting all the attention!! (Bad Freddie!!!) I love that bum wiggle thing he does with Mika during Big Girl (You are Beautiful!).. I don't have a clip but I do have a piccy!

Make sure they have wireless Internet on the beach!! Will try and write something later.. but I also have a job interview later this week to prep for too eeeeek! My mind is frazzled!! Freddie.. PM or email me about London whenever you're ready!

I don't want to sound cheesy or like a crazy stalker fan... man.. I don't have time to be creative either!!! Going to have to think long and hard about this one!! I go away for 3 days.. and so much has happened on here!! Man I missed you guys! I'm away for 10 days in a couple of weeks (snowboarding in Canada.. woo hoo!) How will I cope!!

eeek! I have been away for the weekend and missed so much! Is there time to get mine in too? What have people been writing? I can't seem to think of anything to say!!!

Wow! Cherisse's thread has really taken off Having fun Freddie?!

I thought it would be nice to dedicate a thread to each of Mika’s band, they are so fabulous and talented in their own right! It will also help when they are lurking on the fanclub (because we all know they do!), to see all our wonderful comments about them! So get posting! What do we know about them, where have they been? Show us your photos with them! Mikey Choi – Bass Guitarist, Backing Vocals Here is a snippet from his MySpace Wasted a university education by becoming a bass player... did the usual... played for free (or drinks), signed on every 2 weeks, got drunk with mates, whined on about the music industry, acted superior because I played jazz fusion, played gigs in front of 3 people (but still had a rock n roll attitude) and waxed lyrical to girls about how I was too busy to have a relationship as I had to concentrate on my "art"! Life was simple but soooo much fun................... ******************************************** Mikey is great and such a lovely guy! I love Bass players.. Her is my pic with him!

I thought it would be nice to dedicate a thread to each of Mika’s band, they are so fabulous and talented in their own right! It will also help when they are lurking on the fanclub (because we all know they do!), to see all our wonderful comments about them! So get posting! What do we know about them, where have they been? Show us your photos with them! Martin Waugh Here is my pic with him! Here is a snippet from his MySpace Father, husband, guitarist. Live and love music. Been lucky so far to have worked with some great people and long may it continue. Been playing guitar since I was ten (think I would have mastered it by now!) Played with my Dad in pubs and clubs of Scotland when I was a nipper. I was always inspired by the fact that he had played the lead guitar riffs on "Where My Rosemary Goes" and "Yellow River".... two awesome Pop records in their day! In recent years I have toured and recorded with people such as The Swans, Sophie Ellis Bexter, Kristian Leontiou/ One Eskimo, and im am currently working with MIKA. ********************************************** I love his energy on stage!! and such a nice guy!

I thought it would be nice to dedicate a thread to each of Mika’s band, they are so fabulous and talented in their own right! It will also help when they are lurking on the fanclub (because we all know they do!), to see all our wonderful comments about them! So get posting! What do we know about them, where have they been? Show us your photos with them! Steady now Freddie! Cherisse Osei Here is a snippet from her MySpace I have been a professional drummer since I was 13 years old. Music style – wide ranging from Smooth Jazz, Funky Soul + RnB, Latin, Pop and Heavy. Metal. Won music festival + passed Grade 8 with honours - age 15. Was part of a pop/punk/rock band called The Faders from 2004-2006 with Molly Mcqueen. Were signed to Polydor Records UK and in late 2005 were signed to A&M/Interscope Records in the U.S. The Faders released 2 singles which both charted in the top 20. The Faders recorded an album –Plug in and Play at Metrophonic Studios, UK -recorded the drums and backing vocals. ****************************************** I think she is so awesome..and so young! That girls has toned arms!! Here is my pic with her! (I look terrible!!!!)

Date: 01 Mar 2007, 14:25 Subject A big thank you! Body: Hello! A ridiculously delicious fantastical massive thank you to everyone who came along to the shows! It was amazing and we'll see you in May! For everyone who's been asking, you can find LEON JEAN-MARIE who supported on the tour by clicking on the picture below! mikamyspace x

Mika, Koko 4/5 V is for victory - and for virtuoso By Elisa Bray Published: 01 March 2007 It's hard to believe that Mika's London performances amount to three tiny gigs, including a 30-minute set at gay club night Popstarz. Tonight, the natural born performer is greeted as a true pop star. The 23-year-old's debut album Life in Cartoon Motion, No 1 in the UK chart since it was released early last month, has gone platinum. Beirut-born Mika calls his music "psychopop" and from the moment he runs on stage grinning to"Relax", his energy is unstoppable. Mika's music is a blend of Freddie Mercury, Elton John and Scissor Sisters, and befitting the glam-pop image of his predecessors, he wears a suitably camp glittery hoody and tight green jeans. When he pulls up his hood and bounces up and down, performs contrived moves, or camply swings the mic stand, he inspires mass cheering. Tuesday's Brighton show was cancelled due to a bout of flu, but you'd never know tonight. His falsetto sounds as unfaltering as it does on record and he displays his five-octave range with ease. Like a true showman, he sets the party mood, "I want it to feel like a Friday night!", then throws back his curly mop as he plonks the piano to "Billy Brown". He brings on school friends for the sad "Over My Shoulder", whose choirboy vocals are impressive, but it loses the attention of the crowd. He joins the row against size-zero models in "Big Girl", during which two well-endowed ladies join him on stage to joyful approval. But the song of the night is Mika's debut single "Grace Kelly", the second track to reach the UK No 1 spot from downloads alone. He thanks his fans, but tonight he has a point to make. "When I first wrote this, I didn't think I'd be playing it here," he says. "It's against everyone in the music industry and it's the one that helped me out the most." After all his talk of being a lonely, excluded schoolboy and the five years it took him to get noticed in the industry, you get the sense that this concert is, for Mika, a victorious two fingers up to those who ridiculed or doubted him. A lot of people must be gritting their teeth and counting their losses over this pop sensation. Mika is touring to 17 May (http://www.mikasounds.com) ************************************************* I cut out review for Howling Bells but you can read it from the link!

Oxegen 2007 7 July to 8 July at Punchestown Racecource, IRE Coming up for Eire... Oxegen is far and away Ireland's biggest music festival with more than 70,000 people regularly selling out the event. More than 100 acts of varying genres perform across five stages for two days, with the majority of the lineup also playing at T In The Park, in Scotland, which takes place on the same weekend. Line-Up: Includes... Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, Bloc Party, CSS, Daft Punk, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Kings Of Leon, Klaxons, KT Tunstall, Lily Allen, Mika, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Paolo Nutini, Radiohead, Scissor Sisters, Snow Patrol, The Arcade Fire, The Fratellis, The Killers, The Kooks, The Rakes, The View Click here to see the full line-up! Capacity: 60,000 Ticket price: Approx £120 More Information: Please visit the official Website for more information. Tickets go on sale this Friday morning and will be available to buy here.

Manchester Evening News Mika , Buy his LP from Amazon 28/ 2/2007 3/5 27/02/07 CHANCES are, many of you are clicking on another story and harrumphing “Mika, Mika, Mika. That’s all we’ve heard for the last few months.†No one has been more hyped than the sexually ambiguous 23-year-old classically-trained Beirut-born Londoner. His debut single Grace Kelly and its parent album, Life in Cartoon Motion, both topped the charts, while this gig was upgraded to Academy 1 due to baying demand. Entering to Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 (don’t you just hate it when record labels make artists tone down their campness?) and dressed in braces and green trousers so tight, he couldn’t illuminate his genitals more without the aid of a spotlight; Mika launches into the fantastic disco stomper Relax, Take It Easy, essentially Cutting Crew’s (I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight performed by Jake Shears. Pinnacle The depressing thing about voicing any criticism of Mika at the moment is it automatically makes you seem like one of those black-hearted cynics who waits for an artist to reach the pinnacle of the mountain, before spitefully pushing him off, twirling a moustache and cackling ‘Mwoo-ha-ha’. And, when he’s good, he’s stunning, as demonstrated by the showboating Grace Kelly, an excellent ‘screw you’ song aimed squarely at those who tried to mould him into an r'n'b-lite image and Billy Brown (a Divine Comedy style piano-led tale of a husband’s illicit homosexual encounters). But when he’s bad, he’s so tediously schmaltzy and derivative, he makes The Feeling look like Anthrax. Freddie Mercury Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) – a re-hash of Queen’s Fat Bottomed Girls – is a particular lowpoint. Whereas Freddie Mercury sang with a knowing wink, Mika’s effort comes across as cloyingly ‘empowering’, like a cynical It’s Raining Men or I Will Survive for the Weight Watchers generation. With his boundless exuberance, it’s hard to hate Mika but tracks like Ring Ring (the kind of ‘80s putrescence that Sam Fox wouldn’t look out of place fronting) make you think ‘that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try’. Still, despite some dodgy material seemingly purloined from the 'Perfect Gifts For Mothers Day’ CD rack of Tesco, there’s no denying Mika himself is a fantastic pop star, ricocheting around the stage, and able to pull off a stunning falsetto. After 45 minutes, he returns for an encore of Lollipop, which includes balloons, two backing dancers dressed as pink Little Miss Moffat-style ‘Lollipop Girls’, tossing Chupa Chups into the audience; and glittery ticker tape canons.

The Recorder - Central Connecticut State University Entertainment Febuary 28, 2007 By Ted Ancher,Staff Writer “Grace Kelly,†a song by the new artist Mika, is number one in England. Who is Mika you might ask? Mika is a new London-based singer that sounds like a laundry list of performers. Think Freddie Mercury of Queen, meets the Bee Gees, meets the Beatles, meets Elton John, meets the Scissor Sisters, and that’s just a few names that make up the sound of Mika. Oddly enough, only the single “Grace Kelly†is out in America where, as of right now, it has stopped climbing the billboard charts at number 81. The album, Life in Cartoon Motion, dropped in Britain over three weeks but will not see release in America until March 27. Due to the colossal boom of legal Internet downloading, Britain is now taking Internet downloads into account when calculating the chart positions. As of January 1, any and all music, whether it was released as a single or not, has the potential for being a number one single in Britain. This new ruling will be interesting when bands that have been holding out on the legal Internet downloading sites, such as Metallica and The Beatles, decide to release their songs; they’re almost guaranteed a bunch of number ones. Though, that’s not the case with “Grace Kelly,†because it was released as a single; it is, however, the reason it is holding Britain’s top spot in the overall singles chart. “Grace Kelly†is a very lightweight, fun and easy to listen to song, which has a massive hook with its unbelievable chorus where the falsetto is somewhat unexpected but eerily pleasing to the ear. It’s the chorus that is so easily stuck in your head. It’s basically a song about someone who wants somebody so bad, yet the person who he likes just doesn’t want anything to do with him. He will be basically do whatever it takes to be liked, as he sings, “I could be brown / I could be blue / I could be violet sky / I could be hurtful / I could be purple / I could be anything you like.†Perhaps what makes this song so powerful is the emotion that the words exude. Its premise is so common, which puts the listener into his painful and sorrowful shoes, but the music is so light and cheery that you pretty much forget about what the song is about. On his MySpace, you can listen to an album sampler, as well as two tracks from the album “Billy Brown,†and “Relax Take It Easy.†He is listed as being power-pop, which is the 21st century term for bubblegum music. I will admit, if you listen to the sampler it can get bubble gummy at times, but the single is a wonderful indication of what this albums overall sound is. If you haven’t heard this song, I would definitely hit up his MySpace profile as well as his website http://www.mikasounds.com.

The Herald by MARIANNE GUNN February 28 2007 ANYONE who topples Leona Lewis from the top of the charts is off to a good start. Mika, the flamboyant 23-year-old who won best new talent in the BBC's Sound of 2007 music poll, had Glasgow's metrosexuals out in force on Monday night. The majority of the set is from debut album Life in Cartoon Motion, and it is amazing how familiar these songs already feel. Billy Brown and Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) had the crowd singing along as if it was a greatest hits tour, and Relax (Take it Easy) already seems a bit like a post-ironic Polo Lounge classic. The panto element of the evening came in the form of Lollipop girl (was it only me who found her disturbingly menacing?) and the eponymous Big Girl, dressed in a rodeo-meets-burlesque (by way of the Playboy mansion) ensemble that defied the laws of corsetry. Oh, yes. And we truly entered the realm of the surreal when giant balloons were sent flying around under the biggest glitter ball in the city. The snake-hipped Beirut-born crooner was dressed from head to toe in immaculate white, and apart from an ill-advised trip down memory lane with his first demo track (way too Jeff Buckley), it was a performance that showcased his fantastically wacky band. Scottish guitarist Marti went down a storm in his kilt, but it was the cheeky-faced female drummer who stole the show. With Barrowland and T in the Park to come, Mika will give super-stardom his best shot in 2007, but it was another smooth move for him to praise the fans who had bought their tickets for this sell-out gig "before everything got hyped up". *********************************************** Ooh! Marti in a Kilt!!... Sounds like the reviewer didn't like Over My Shoulder... I still love it!

Article has been posted before.. check out the responses last time http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=556

Fantastic!! What an experience!!! You lucky lucky people!!.. Mika is so lovely!! I hope to meet him again one day!!!

Manchester Evening News Posted by Lawrence Poole on February 26, 2007 12:47 PM CONSIDERING the speed with which Mika took the British music world by storm, you could be forgiven for thinking the Lebanon-born phenomenon was the cynical concoction of a record company scientist, hired to fuse the soaring, disco camp of the Scissor Sisters with the dynamic showmanship of Freddie Mercury. As on paper there is no doubt such a thrilling cocktail would shift units by the truckload and so it has proved. Of course in reality, Mika was actually rejected by a number of record execs before finally securing his big break, apparently including pop impresario Simon Cowell. After rocketing to the number one slot with his debut offering Grace Kelly, Mika now hits the live trail aiming to prove he’s no one hit wonder and he possesses the potential for career longevity that is so often missing with many artists. He plays here a sold out show at Academy 2 on Tuesday, but expect a city return to a larger space before the end of the year.

Here is the pic..mmmm yummy!

Haha I'm also still shamelessly promoting the fanclub everywhere I post

Oh they know about us... that's for sure

www.mikasounds.com Thanks! 23/02/2007 A special thank you to all of you who managed to get along to the Koko gig last night. It was a great evening and your enthusiastic participation was a major factor. Thanks again! ***************************** Sorry if its posted already.. ran a search and didn't find it KOKO did rock though!

Great post.. totally agree!! I am slowly converting everyone I know into Mikamaniacs!! One by one we will suceed!

Reuters Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:02 PM GMT LONDON (Reuters) - Rising star Mika's reign at the top of the UK single and album charts came to an end on Sunday when he was ousted from the number one spots by indie band the Kaiser Chiefs and singer Amy Winehouse. "Ruby" from Leeds group the Kaiser Chiefs ended the singer-songwriter's five week dominance of the singles' chart, pushing the Beirut-born Londoner's "Grace Kelly" into second, the Official UK Charts Company said. R&B star Kelis climbed 12 places to third with "Lil Star", knocking hip hop artists Akon and Snoop Dogg's "I Wanna Love You" down to fourth with Denver pop group Fray's "How to Save a Life" moving up to fifth. "Catch You" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor was the only other big climber, up 16 places to eighth. Meanwhile Winehouse's "Back To Black" took the top spot in the album chart swapping places with Mika's debut "Life in Cartoon Motion". Indie band Snow Patrol stayed in third place with "Eyes Open", while Fray's "How To Save A Life" rose 101 places to fourth. Reformed boy band Take That were in fifth with "Beautiful World".