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did you buy on pac or ticketmaster? And which kind of ticket did you choose? On ticketmaster they also offer e-tickets for the mobile, I assume you'll only get those closer to the date.

still in the waiting line... I'm sure Gold Circle is sold out by now. However, if you want a free placement ticket, you can also get them on ticketmaster - no waiting line there: https://www.ticketmaster.fr/fr/manifestation/mika-billet/idmanif/570874?searchIndex=0

There's a waiting line for tickets, because of too many connections.

He was on the morning show of Radio Contact Edit: And the next one that I missed... https://www.rtbf.be/article/le-89-sur-vivacite-decouvrez-les-invites-de-la-semaine-10534264

I bought a ticket for this, because I'd really love to see Mika in Italy again and this looks like a beautiful place (and so close to Pisa and Florence, love these cities! ) and seems to be the only Italian date next summer. I hope they change their mind about this and add more dates, I LOVE those Italian summer festivals! At least the ones further north / closer by the sea - Perugia was a bit too hot for my liking, lol! Anyway I'm not 100% sure yet, because I'd also love to go to Carcassonne and Warwick (and if I go to Warwick, also Kew Gardens, so it's worth flying over to the UK) - and that's all in July, so I have to decide which ones to go to and which ones to skip - my husband wouldn't agree with me doing them all. 🙈 Luxury problems, but well... I think this one's top of my list of the July dates we have so far, so it's likely I'll be there.

I've added the full lyrics to the first post, and to the comprehensive lyrics. On youtube they are shortened. On Spotify they have the full lyrics, but I can't copy them - so I'm using the lyrics @crazyaboutmika posted here (from youtube) and add what's missing. Here is the Google translation (please feel free to correct it, then I can add it to the comprehensive lyrics): My beloved ones we are here To share what binds us On TV, on the radio You hear the same words For your health, go ahead, you have to move (My beloved ones) For your health, go ahead, you have to move (My beloved ones) For your health, go ahead, you have to move For your health, go ahead, you have to move For your health, move (more)! Get moving Get moving Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your bodies move! Health, move, feel moving, feel moving, feel your hearts moving! Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your bodies move! Health, move, feel moving, feel moving, feel your hearts moving! They still want us to move Even almost dead, let us move They wanted us to move So my beloved ones, we will move For your health (They still want), go ahead, you have to move (to make us move) For your health (Even if our bodies), go ahead, you have to move (are exhausted) For your health (They don't even know), go ahead, you have to move (what's it going to do) For your health (We will move), go ahead, you have to move (all the way to hell) For your health, Move (more)! Get moving Get moving Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your bodies move! Health, move, feel moving, feel moving, feel your hearts moving! Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your bodies move! Health, move, feel moving, feel moving, feel your hearts moving! Move, move, move, move, move, move in heart Move, move, move, move, move, move your bodies Move, move, move, move, move, move in heart Move, move, move, move, move, move your bodies One day I found myself at the gates of paradise I saw God bring me in, and this is what he told me You're not here to rest, you've been doing it all your life Now that you're so light, you won't sit still Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your bodies move! Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your hearts move! Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your bodies move! Health, move, feel move, feel move, feel your hearts move! Move, move, move, move, move, move in heart Move, move, move, move, move, move your bodies Move, move, move, move, move, move in heart Move, move, move, move, move, move your bodies

BOUGEZ (from the album Que Ta Tête Fleurisse Toujours) (we're discussing this song HERE) Mes bien-aimés nous sommes ici Pour partager ce qui nous lie A la télé, à la radio Vous entendez les mêmes mots Pour votre santé, allez-y, faut bouger (Mes bien-aimés) Pour votre santé, allez-y, faut bouger (Mes bien-aimés) Pour votre santé, allez-y, faut bouger Pour votre santé, allez-y, faut bouger Pour votre santé, bougez (plus)! Bougez Bougez Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos corps ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos cœurs ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos corps ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos cœurs ! Ils veulent encore que nous bougions Même presque morts, que nous bougions Ils eurent souhaité que nous bougeassions Alors mes bien-aimés, nous bougerons Pour votre santé (Ils veulent encore), allez-y, faut bouger (Nous faire bouger) Pour votre santé (Même si nos corps), allez-y, faut bouger (Sont épuisés) Pour votre santé (Ils ne savent même pas), allez-y, faut bouger (C'que ça va faire) Pour votre santé (On bougera), allez-y, faut bouger (Jusqu'en enfer) Pour votre santé, Bougez (plus)! Bougez Bougez Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos corps ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos cœurs ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos corps ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos cœurs ! Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez en coeur Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez vos corps Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez en coeur Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez vos corps Un jour je me suis retrouvé aux portes du paradis J'ai vu Dieu me faire entrer, et voilà c'qu'il m'a dit T'es pas là pour te reposer, tu l'as fait toute ta vie Maintenant que t'es tout léger, tu ne resteras pas assis Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos corps ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos cœurs ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos corps ! Santé, bougez, sentez bouger, sentez bouger, sentez bouger vos cœurs ! Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez en coeur Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez vos corps Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez en coeur Bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez, bougez vos corps (English translation to follow)

The first post of this thread hasn't been updated for quite some time, so there's a lot more missing... but here are the links for the new album: Que ta tête fleurisse toujours (album discussion) Bougez Jane Birkin Sweetie Banana Apocalypse Calypso 30 Secondes C'est La Vie Moi, Andy et Paris Je Sais Que Je T'aime Doucement Touche Touche Amour Pirate Passager

Hi and welcome! We are not a selling/buying platform, so I slightly changed your text, but anyway we do have a thread where fans can offer or look for second hand tickets: I've linked to your post there.

Another festival in France confirmed, at the Printemps de Pérouges on Thursday 27 June 2024. Location of the concert is CHATEAU, 01500 SAINT-MAURICE-DE-RÉMENS. Tickets are available here: https://web.digitick.com/mika-julien-granel-printemps-de-perouges-festival-chateau-saint-maurice-de-remens-27-juin-2024-css5-festivalperouges-pg101-ri10017041.html Please RSVP here if you're going:

The only date in Italy next summer (unless they change their mind) will take place in Lucca, near Pisa and Florence, on 19 July 2024. Tickets are on sale from today: https://www.ticketone.it/event/mika-piazza-napoleone-17953126/?affiliate=DEG Please RSVP here if you're going:

Another story from this afternoon:

A new date got added at the beginning of the Apocalypse Calypso Tour! On 26 February 2024 Mika will perform at the Zénith d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow, 5 December 2023 from 10am CET: https://billetterie-lesdernierscouches.tickandlive.com/reserver/mika/75579 Please RSVP here if you're going:

Please post the lyrics and discussions in the individual song threads. We'll copy them to the comprehensive lyrics later, so an extra thread isn't needed.

Actually the lyrics & translations belong in the individual song threads, and then we'll collect them in the comprehensive lyrics. Thanks for posting them. I'll try to move them where they belong, but I'm only on the phone here in Paris, so if I can't move them all, I'll take care of the rest tomorrow. Edit: I just saw you put them in the song threads as well, thank you for that! So I'll just close that lyrics thread for now, and we can copy those to the comprehensive lyrics when we're back home.

I was sceptical when we only had the snippet, but in the full version it's actually one of my fave songs on the album! I love this contrast in it, between the spoken words and the dance beats and fast sung parts. And the lyrics are just fun, it doesn't feel as serious as he talks about it in interviews, it's completely exaggerated to a point where it just makes me smile instead of wanting to share the details of what I think about these ads, as I did earlier in this thread. Especially the bridge, with God telling you "you're much lighter now, so you can't sit still" Mika has always had this comedian side to him in the stories he told on stage, at least when he's in a good mood ... but in the lyrics I can't think of anything like this so far. So this is perfect!

A few articles / interviews I found on social media: Le Figaro: https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/mika-chanteur-polyglotte-de-retour-avec-un-nouvel-album-20231201 (subscribers only) Le Progres: https://www.leprogres.fr/culture-loisirs/2023/12/01/mika-sort-un-album-tout-en-francais-ce-projet-devoile-une-nouvelle-partie-de-mon-identite Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.fr/article/mika-interview-engage-poetique 20 Minutes: https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/culture/musique/4064739-20231201-exprime-francais-fais-semblant-etre-francais-souligne-mika Le Journal de Saône et Loire: https://www.lejsl.com/culture-loisirs/2023/12/01/mika-sort-un-album-tout-en-francais-ce-projet-devoile-une-nouvelle-partie-de-mon-identite (subscribers only)

Agree. But after hearing the full version of it, I'm not so sure if I really want to hear it live, the lyrics are so heartbreaking. It's about his Mum, but I think also a little about himself, about acceptance, even if you're far from perfect. "Ouvre ton coeur quand même", and "NOUS pardonne", he includes himself there, because he realizes that just like his Mum he is a difficult person. At least that's my interpretation, also with regard to the other lyrics on the album. But it's so SO beautiful, it makes my heart burst!

I don't know if they have Belgian magazines in France.

I can try to find it in Paris tomorrow, if no one posts it until then.

IG Stories by Mika's French manager: 2 about the Paris Match interview, I see Eriko just posted that. And also Mika was on BFMTV this morning:

Agree, the topic is really intriguing!

There are too many "tch" sounds for my liking in this snippet, it doesn't please my ears. And it sounds a bit flat - maybe because there's not really any drums/percussion ... but I could imagine that the song takes off somewhat more, I miss that in this snippet. Not among my faves for now, but interesting topic, can't wait to hear the lyrics, and I'm curious to hear what else he did with the sound for the full version.

Thanks! I've used your post to open a thread for this song. Google translation: Alone at the bottom of the sea Tell me what it's for To be like a treasure That no one adores Be careful because I'm watching you Look what you're missing Without danger everything is flaccid Every love has its pirate love and hate Still it's worth it It's like checkmate Every love has its pirate Love, love, pirate Love, love, love Flasque makes sense, if I use the translation of "flaccid" - I didn't know that English word before, but seems it means "without energy".

I don't know if this is an exclusive interview or excerpts from another one, but anyway I haven't read it yet: https://www.chartsinfrance.net/MIKA/news-126942.html Mika prêt à arrêter sa carrière pour son compagnon ? Sa réponse sans tabou Par Julien GONCALVES | Rédacteur Mika s'apprête à sortir son nouvel album "Que ta tête fleurisse toujours", intégralement chanté en français. Il dédie notamment une chanson à son compagnon, très discret, avec "Moi, Andy et Paris". Pourrait-il arrêter sa carrière par amour ? Il répond en exclu sur Purecharts ! Mika sortira ce vendredi son nouvel album "Que ta tête fleurisse toujours", inspiré par la disparition tragique de sa maman qui l'implorait de ne jamais arrêter d'être créatif. « J'adore l'idée de conjurer le sort, de métaboliser ou métamorphoser la mort. Il y a un livre iconique de mon enfance que j'adore avec une chenille qui bouffe toutes les feuilles et qui d'un coup devient un papillon. J'aime bien l'idée qu'un album et des chansons puissent faire la même chose, même quand c'est quelque chose de douloureux comme une rupture ou la disparition de quelqu'un » confie le chanteur dans une interview à paraître sur Purecharts. Emmené par les singles "C'est la vie", "Apocalypse Calypso" ou "Jane Birkin", le disque renferme aussi une chanson, "Moi, Andy et Paris", qui évoque sa relation avec son compagnon Andreas Dermanis, surnommé Andy. "Il faut trouver un équilibre" Surprise, il ne s'agit pas d'une chanson d'amour, mais de rupture ! Mika nous a expliqué pourquoi. « Nous, ça fait 18 ans qu'on est ensemble, et je crois que chaque grande histoire d'amour si vous voulez, ou long-terme, est formée de beaucoup de ruptures. Quand on réussit à faire un pont avec une grande rupture, ça devient une force, comme si c'était des muscles. Le plus on arrive à en former, le plus on pourra peut-être y résister » assure celui qui a « besoin de piquant » au quotidien pour garder la flamme intacte. Alors que son compagnon n'aime pas du tout être dans la lumière, et estime que le métier de son amoureux prend trop de place pour qu'ils puissent devenir parents par exemple, Mika pourrait-il tout arrêter afin de se focaliser sur sa vie privée ? « Tout arrêter, je ne sais pas ce que c'est » confesse l'artiste à notre micro, lui qui a « commencé très jeune » ce métier, à l'âge de huit ans ! Et l'interprète de "Yo Yo" est lucide sur son activité et son besoin vital de créer. « Mon système de valeur pour moi-même, et c'est horrible de le dire, est aussi connecté au fait que j'aime mon travail et que je veux le faire » confie Mika en toute honnêteté, et il ne se voit pas du tout mettre un terme à sa carrière par amour : « Tout arrêter pour une vie privée ce serait impossible car la vie privée souffrira. Je serai complètement intolérable ». Cependant, à 40 ans, le chanteur n'est pas contre ralentir un peu dans les années à venir : « Il faut trouver un équilibre, et peut-être que je ne l'ai pas trouvé pour l'instant. Peut-être que c'est un challenge pour le futur... ». Google translate