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Bougez, with the wings! (by Fanny via mikafanclubtoo) 974BC7DC569208B360FE1AA9D98D32BF_video_dashinit.mp4 Haha, looks like he really wants to try out today how much the wings can take. I wonder if that's because they fixed them so they won't break that easily, or if it's the last time he uses them, because the next festivals are 2 months away, so he might plan a different show for those. Anyway, great energy!

I realized one more detail abot this today. The impression I got from parts of the show was a bit like at the ESC, where every word was rehearsed to the last detail and in addition read from a teleprompter. For the ESC I totally get that, and in fact I don't think Mika rehearsed every word he said at the concerts (and he definitely didn't have a teleprompter)... but at times it came across in a similar way, and sorry, at a concert I don't want to see this level of perfection, because (at least for me) it takes away so much of the emotions and of the connection. It's like you're trying to create the connection and the emotions not through the people (including yourself), their energy, and the emotions that music itself creates, but by "content" presented in a specific way. That works for TV shows because those are not about the interaction with the audience - and well, Mika did interact at the concerts, and of course also at past concerts he had certain elements that were well rehearsed and that he repeated again and again... so I'm not sure why the feeling this time was different, why his shows, although fantastic, didn't TOUCH me as they used to - or well, they did, at times, but those were rare moments, mostly created by the music itself and probably it was the moments when Mika lost himself in the music instead of thinking of his performance. I don't want to see him dance like Michael Hutchence, I want to see him dance like Mika. Maybe by doing so much TV the last few years, this "TV Mika" has become so much part of his personality that this is him right now, also at his gigs, and I just have to get used to it. But while I understand why he does TV and I enjoy watching some of it as well, I never was a huge fan of "TV Mika". Already when he did Casa Mika, and that was a really fantastic show and a great opportunity for him to have his own TV Show, amazing concept and stories too... but even back then I didn't like this way of acting on rehearsed scripts. I want pure and unfiltered emotions. Which you only really get at concerts, because even on an album you have the production of the music that puts the original emotions through a filter. (btw that's why I'd love an acoustic album, haha!) And I suppose I had expected this especially from this tour, because of the concept of the "apocalyptic ball" and the question he asks in his tour program "what would you do if the world ended?" - that this would mean not caring about perfection or it "going smoothly", but be more like "wrap your arms around everybody, if we're all gonna die let's party". There were a few gigs on the 2nd part of the Revelation Tour where he actually went to hug some fans (of those he knew) while walking through the audience. Not me, sadly, but this was such a surprising and beautiful gesture. And just one example of how he is capable of creating the intimacy of a small gig also in big venues, making an arena feel like a tiny club, where you feel connected to him and to everyone else in the venue as if you were all friends... and you're not jealous at all but simply very happy for the people he hugs, and it makes you feel so much love. Haha well but I guess I'm mixing things, maybe that latter thing is just me and my own way of seeing and experiencing things, which might be different now from what it was 4 years ago. Anyway, long story short, I want emotions at a gig, and not a perfect TV show. Thank you for sharing your experience, it's especially interesting to hear the point of view of someone who doesn't have this comparison to previous tours. That helps me to see where my discontentment is rather based on too many expectations than on actual facts.

This is the place: https://en.bluecargo.fr/gallery/images - wow, what a dream for the French fans! I had hoped that after all the French promo last year he'd start doing things like this also in other countries... but I guess I'll have to give up that dream - I just live in the wrong country (like everyone else outside France & maybe Belgium). Long shot, but if any of the French fans wins this prize for 2 and doesn't know who to take, I'd be happy to join.

Well yes, we usually set the events as an "all-day-event" instead of putting specific times, to avoid the time zone problems (it often used to show the events on the wrong days when we set a time, although we do specify the timezone of the event) and because when gigs are announced we usually don't know the detailled show times and it's too much work to edit it all later. And that's why you can't RSVP anymore on the day of the event, because then the "all-day-event" has already started.

So let me start then with some general thoughts about the tour... First of all, unlike on all previous tours, Mika's shows did NOT seem too short for me this time! I think his setlist was longer, at least 17 songs (mostly 18 or even 19), while on previous tours it was just 16... and he was talking a lot as well. It's weird, I thought his set had always lasted 2 hours, but maybe I'm wrong. I never thought "oh, I would want this to go on for much longer" or "I don't want this show to end" - which I'm not really sure whether that's good or not... it's good to pull everything out of the evening, but it's also good to stay hungry for more, I guess? Anyway, of course I did wish he had played or would still add a certain song, like OOL a the French gigs (after he had played it in addition to everything else at one of the first French gigs) or 30 Second(e)s / Jane Birkin / Tiny Love at the international ones. But I guess with the long setlist there wasn't much room for extras. I remember back in 2007/2008 he sometimes came back on stage after the usual setlist and played Relax for the 2nd time, if the gig was really great. Those were such special moments, because it was a thank you from him to the energy of the crowd, and it was an extra where he didn't give a damn, he just enjoyed himself and so did we. Which brings me to the next point I noticed about this tour: For the most part it all felt very planned and rehearsed, perfect to every detail. Of course things happen, like a wing that breaks, or the piano not fitting through the door. The latter turned out to be a great moment, because Mika did what he always used to do in such situations, he improvised. When his wing broke he just looked annoyed. I mean, it's relatable, it's the first song and he wants that to go well and pull the audience in without any technical failures to worry about. But it wasn't just that moment during Bougez, it's the overall feeling I got from the gigs, except for Dublin. That he wants it all to be perfect and looks annoyed if it isn't. The amount of times I've seen him pull an angry face if something went wrong or unplanned or his band members or crew didn't immediately understand what he wanted from them was noticeably higher on this tour than ever before. I remember one time - not sure at which of the gigs it was - thinking "what is that, he has this huge smile towards the audience but when he turns to his band he looks like he wants to fire them all right now?!" - not sure how to describe it, it felt like there were 2 Mikas on stage, the one who puts on a perfect show and the one who is unhappy with everything. Those were just quick moments, a passing second, but they made me stop short, more than once. Also I had the impression that his contact with the fans was less instead of more, compared to previous tours. Maybe I had just expected more because he had said before the tour that he would get closer to his audience than before. And then the gap between the stage and the barrier was bigger than ever at his gigs, the lights were sometimes so blinding that you couldn't really look at him (tho I think that depended on where you were standing), and he hardly ever stopped to meet fans after the gigs. Maybe he made more eye contact with fans at the gigs than he used to, with a lot more people, and he tried to get to the farthest point of the venue during Big Girl ... but to me that felt more like "how much can I do?" than really trying to connect with the people at the back. Tho I wasn't at the back, so it might have felt different for those who were - and maybe that's what he meant by getting closer to his fans - giving people in the very back the chance to see him up close for 5 seconds. Anyway, despite all this, of course I had a lot of fun at his gigs, as always. And I don't think I need to emphasize how amazing his rainbow piano, his wings and the apocalypso sign were. Still, the gig in Dublin was my fave of this tour. Despite the purely English setlist, despite the beautiful props missing - or maybe because of that, as it just felt less perfectionated and less planned in every detail, as the other gigs. I'd be interested to hear from others who were at the gigs how they experienced these things... I already talked with some other fans about Mika looking annoyed at times, and I wasn't the only one who had noticed this - but things like the gigs not feeling too short or the feeling of them being more planned and less spontaneous, I'd love to hear how others experienced this. I'd have more to write, but I need to sleep now, so maybe another time.

Finally caught up on watching this. He even says the show is like "if it's the end of the world let's party", but still didn't sing that song even once during the whole tour. Anyway, nice to finally see how the wings are controlled, simply with a remote control, haha! we're working on getting a new subtitling team together. There are not many left of the old team and we haven't had translations for most of the French interviews of the last few months, so there's a lot to catch up on. Anyway, Mika just shows the guy how his stage set works, he doesn't say anything new really, except quoting that line of "Last Party" when he's askes about the show concept. Ah yes, and he said the wing on the piano is like the old-style Disney wings.

It definitely isn't Mika himself. I think it might be a fan account, but if they claim to be Mika or an official account associated with Mika, then it's fake. I've moved your post to the thread where we talk about fake accounts.

Yes, that's what I thought as well, that they are borrowed from the company, like the brooch.

Claudia's fringe is really making me nervous, she has it in her eyes all the time and my eyes hurt just from watching. 😅 But besides that, I love her hair, it's so shiny and somehow fluffy even though it's completely straight. Mika looking super interested when they're talking about coral condoms I wish they had asked him if he could run the marathon. With all the running he's been doing the last few years I assume he could. yup, I think that's the one.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13314503/Claudia-Winkleman-Lang-Lang-Mika-Pianos-success-took-surprise-amateur-musicians-stories-make-heartwarming.html That's the one I used. Doesn't work for me.

Sadly it won't let me watch, also not with a VPN. So I hope someone's recording.

If anyone needs a ticket, my Golden Circle one is available.

Haha, I like the cut, but not so much the colour, it looks dark grey, depending on the light... but I love the glitter outfit of that one choir member. I think my fave Mika outfit is the blue feather jacket. With the glitter from his other suit on his chest. I love seeing him in glitter and feathers! Ofc if we're talking about non-stage outfits, the dark blue suit from the private gig is more suitable. So it seems he's in the UK today for The One Show? If people are asked to send in questions, that doesn't sound like it's prerecorded. So he's either there live, or at least on the phone.

I hope so too, because not sure if I can watch from abroad. Don't they have a replay on their website, like Channel4 does, so you can watch later?

Btw, what's that sheet of paper in Mika's phone cover that he hides with his finger in the first stories but kinda zooms in in the last one? Looks like a number - maybe he keeps his phone PIN there? 🙈

I think Alban looks and acts quite James Bond like. Mika is very elegant, and Max is just... Max. (or, as Mika says: "Uh-Oh!" ) Thought the same. Guess the physically demanding stage show took its toll - now hopefully he can rest (he won't rest ofc, but compared to the tour it might feel like rest to him ) and eat a lot of delicious food that he couldn't eat (much of) during the tour. Good that he's in Italy now, bring on the Pizza & Pasta! And maybe @MFC_Hasi needs to bake another cake for him. Never heard of that brand before. Ofc it's way out of my price range, but so are Cartier and Rolex, and they still are familiar to me. But well, I guess there are a lot of luxury brands who earn so well that they don't need anyone outside of their billionaire clientel to know them.

She said in another story that it was a joke, just the same truck company that reminded her of Mika. Possible.

Aww this sounds so fun! I'd love to be there, just to replay that scene from the movie.

It's Venice! Hadn't expected that. I wonder what he's doing there... do we know who the man and the woman in the boat are? And same. I missed seeing posts that are clearly by himself, and not by some faceless social media manager like the posts during the gigs, while Mika was on stage. I'm ok with Adam filming, like the stories from Berlin - then at least I know who it is... but the best is when it's obviously Mika filming himself. He can have someone from his team post updates on his website, or on X and Threads and Tiktok... but Instagram, to me, is for the connection between Mika and his fans, the most connection you get as a fan who can't travel to every gig. I mean, if he wants to use IG only for promo purposes and join MFC instead, to interact with us more directly, that's fine for me too... I just don't see that happening.

And maybe we can also use this thread for general tour reports/thoughts/discussions that are not about a specific gig, but about the overall impression. We already have the setlist discussions https://www.mikafanclub.com/topic/36804-apocalypse-calypso-tour-setlist-discussions/ but of course the tour included a lot more than just the setlist.

Hmm, I don't know if he played MAEP, but BB was surely later, because the piano was there: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C51dyJLNOsn/?igsh=YXJ1dWh4N2xlMG1n

The 2024 festival season starts next week for Mika, with a gig at the Printemps de Bourges! Here are all the festival dates for this summer, with ticket links: 2024 FESTIVALS! Tickets / info 24.04.24 Bourges, France / Le Printemps de Bourges Tickets Printemps de Bourges 23.06.24 Orange, France / Choregies d'Orange https://www.choregies.fr/programme--2024-06-23--mika-philharmonique--fr.html 27.06.24 Saint-Maurice-de-Remens / Printemps de Perouges https://web.digitick.com/index-css5-festivalperouges-lgen-pg1.html 29.06.24 Paris, France / SoliDays Festival https://solidays.seetickets.com/content/ticket-options 02.07.24 Athens, Greece / Rockwave Nights at Lycabettus Theatre https://www.more.com/music/rockwave-nights-mika/ 07.07.24 Warwick, UK / Warwick Castle https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/mika/ 09.07.24 Kew Gardens, UK / Kew the Music https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/kew-the-music-mika-london-09-07-2024/event/1F005F61B4542F86 12.07.24 Le Barcares, France / Festival Les Déferlantes https://festival-lesdeferlantes.seetickets.com/event/pass-1-jour-vendredi/jardins-du-lydia/2800162 13.07.24 Rodez, France / F'Estivada https://billetterie.festik.net/festivada2024/product/samedi-13-juillet 17.07.24 Barcelona, Spain / Les Nits de Barcelona Tickets Barcelona 19.07.24 Lucca, Italy / Lucca Summer Festival https://www.ticketone.it/event/mika-piazza-napoleone-17953126/?affiliate=DEG 21.07.24 Vilagarcia de Arousa, Spain / Atlantic Fest https://atlanticfest.com/entradas/ 25.07.24 Carcassonne, France / Festival de Carcassonne https://pac-billetterie.tickandlive.com/reserver/mika/74758 26.07.24 Luxey, France / Musicalarue https://billetterie.festik.net/musicalarue/product/vendredi-26-juillet 28.07.24 Nyon, Switzerland / Paleo Festival SOLD OUT 29.07.24 Bonn, Germany / Kunst!rasen https://www.eventim.de/artist/mika/ 01.08.24 Schwetzingen, Germany / Schlossgarten https://www.eventim.de/artist/mika/ 04.08.24 Preston Park, Brighton, UK / Fabuloso - Brighton & Hove Pride https://book.pride-tickets.org/ 24.08.24 Namur, Belgium / Les Solidarites https://www.ticketmaster.be/event/60093 25.08.24 Breal-sous-Montfort, France / Festival du Roi Arthur https://www.festivalduroiarthur.fr/billetterie/ 31.08.24 Chateau Chamarande, France / Essonne en Scene https://www.seetickets.com/fr/tg/tour/festival-rtl2-essonne-en-scene/16690

I saw a video of Billy Brown, I think mikafamily did a live of it... I wonder if he played that instead one of the other songs, or in addition... (and why is this setlist full of mistakes?! wouldn't they just copy/paste it from the older setlists?)

The Apocalypse Calypso Tour is over, so we're removing the list of tourdates from the front page... but to give you an easy overview of where to find the reports thread for a certain date, we've listed them here. If you were at one of the gigs and haven't yet told us about your experience, please do so - we love collecting all the memories of this wonderful tour, so anyone who wasn't lucky enough to attend those gigs can share our experiences from afar. If you took any photos and videos, feel free to upload them in the reports thread, or leave a link to where you've posted them on social media. Thank you, and enjoy reading/looking through those memories, as every gig is a little different. 26.02.24 Clermont-Ferrand / Zenith REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 03.03.24 Bordeaux / Arkea Arena REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 03.03.24 Lille / Zenith REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 04.03.24 Rouen / Zenith REVIEWS / PICS /VIDEOS 06.03.24 Rennes / Le Liberte REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 09.03.24 Nancy / Zenith REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 10.03.24 Strasbourg / Zenith REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 12.03.24 Reims / Reims Arena REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 13.03.24 Tours / Palais des Congres REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 15.03.24 Dijon / Zenith REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 16.03.24 Annecy / L'Arcadium REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 18.03.24 Grenoble / Le Summum REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 19.03.24 Lyon / L'Amphitheatre 3000 REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 21.03.24 Montpellier / Le Zenith Sud REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 23.03.24 Marseille / Le Dome REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 25.03.24 Paris / AccorArena REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 26.03.24 Esch-Sur-Alzette / Rockhal REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 28.03.24 Geneva / SEG Geneva Arena REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 29.03.24 Amsterdam / AFAS REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 31.03.24 Brussels / Forest National REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 02.04.24 Berlin / Tempodrom - NEW VENUE! REVIEWS / PICS / VIDEOS 04.04.24 Brighton, UK / Brighton Centre REPORTS / PICS / VIDEOS 05.04.24 Wolverhampton, UK / Civic Hall REPORTS / PICS / VIDEOS 07.04.24 Manchester, UK / O2 Apollo REPORTS / PICS / VIDEOS 09.04.24 London / Eventim Apollo REPORTS / PICS / VIDEOS 11.04.24 Dublin / 3Olympia REPORTS / PICS / VIDEOS 16.04. 24* *rescheduled from 07/03 Brest / Brest Arena REPORTS / PICS / VIDEOS

That's so cute! thanks for posting, I hadn't seen it before.