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Maybe he really Kissed it this time, because he was so happy to catch it. I don't want to know how that taxi driver was driving. Probably worse than ours in Liège in 2011 (I'd rather miss my flight than drive with him again! 😅). Not sure if it was with @mariposa or @Statue_of_Liberty or both, but that taxi drive is a lasting memory. 🙈

On their website it says Mika will perform in the tent (Zeltbühne), which holds 2,500 people. So it's relatively small, but not THAT small. It also says the gigs on the Zeltbühne are from 20:30-22:00, so it should be a full 1,5 hours gig. I guess one of the "taxi"'s was meant to say "train"? The train connections seem to be good. I checked now, indeed it's a good idea to stay in Täsch, it's slightly cheaper - and apparently trains back to Täsch run all night, once per hour. Thanks for the tip! Still don't think I can afford it, just by saving 50€ on the hotel. But I'll have a look at the tickets next week. If I can get a decent ticket for under 150 CHF and I spread out the costs a bit, over a few months, maybe...

92 CHF is ok, and I guess up to 150 for a good place too - but if they charge 227 CHF for the first rows, then I think my limit is reached - especially if you add hotel prices to that, there's nothing under 200 CHF for a single room. Even the "youth hostel" is more expensive, wtf?! And if you want the 48h presale, you need to pay another 167 CHF (or half of that if you share with someone). Unplugged sounds awesome, I'd love to see an acoustic Mika gig (tho "unplugged" isn't quite correct, as they do have microphones and speakers... just non-acoustic instruments like e-guitar or keyboards aren't allowed, if I understand it correctly), but why does it have to be in such an expensive place?! At least Zermatt is good to reach by train and isn't one of those places where you need a car to get there. Well. I still have a week to think about it. Can he please announce another unplugged gig in a less expensive place until then?

Thanks. I've added this event to the calendar and put a link to the RSVP list in the first post.

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I know it's useless, because these kind of prizes are always just for French fans ... but I bought tickets for it anyway. It's just too tempting, even if the chances are maybe 0.00000001%. In the worst case it's another donation that's directly linked to Mika's participation in the program, that can't hurt either. Is it closed for the public? I don't know. In that case it's maybe connections, because one of the French fans works for RTL in Paris. But maybe they just let in a few fans spontaneously?

Please post original Mika content here in this thread. Moved it here. If he's just reposting some Telethon post it's fine to put it in the Telethon thread, but his selfie videos/photos that he posts for his international audience clearly belong in this thread. Thank you.

Not sold out yet, but I guess it might soon be. Not many tickets left. https://www.ticketone.it/component/seatmap/?evid=19506099 What do you define as "better"? The venue in Gardone is smaller than in Perugia. It's with view on a lake, while Perugia is with view on the hills of Tuscany. Tho during the gig you'd be more focused on Mika than on the view.

there might be some apartments that are closer, but I was looking for a hotel, and this is the most affordable one nearby (12 minutes walk according to Google, but I think it includes walking up a hill). Just check the map views on booking.com and Google maps, it shows you the hotels & apartments in the area.

https://www.booking.com/hotel/it/villa-sofia.de.html

Looking for a roommate for the 2 bed hotel room I booked nearby, for the one night of the gig. Breakfast included, and they also have a pool.

There's currently some row A tickets on the side available again, if anyone's interested.

Yes, or maybe it's an optional row they don't have for every gig? The trick with gigs like these is to let them automatically assign you the best ticket in the category you want. Once it's in your cart, you can check where it is and maybe even risk looking for a second one that might be better. If seated tickets go on sale, the system behind the graphic interface is always faster than the graphic display, and also faster than you can be by checking the map first, so the best seats that show on the map will be gone by the time you clicked on them. With that method I got a seat in row B center, which I'm very happy with. There even was an option to show it on the map, once it was in my cart (I wanted to make sure that it's not some other row B in another part of the venue, because who knows... 😅) - and there it still showed almost the whole row A as available. I might have preferred a seat there, more on the side, but I didn't want to risk getting thrown out, as it had happened for the Basel gig. And from what you say, probably they already were gone at that point and just the display was behind.

Got my ticket! Not frontrow (was that even available for anyone?) but I'm happy with it. I added an event, RSVP link in the first post.