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  1. mellody
    I'll be a few mins late.
  2. mellody
    Yes, as some have cancelled, it's no problem.
  3. mellody
    A few can't make it to the meetup tonight, I've taken them off the list... if any of the "maybe's" are sure whether they can make it or not, plmk - I might need to adjust the booking if we end up just being 10 instead of 20. Also, if you haven't sent the money for the gift yet, please do so until tonight. I'll finish the card then and will buy the flowers tomorrow morning when the shops open. ( @ISAJF414). If you send money later, I'll take it as a contribution to the balloon fanaction.
  4. mellody
    I don't know why they can't get the sound right everywhere, maybe depends on the venue?... In Strasbourg it was fine, in Luxemburg it was too loud - I was in about the same place in the frontrow, just different sides of the stage. The support act in Lux had asked the mixer to turn on the speakers in front of the stage (these are new at Mika gigs, and I think it's them that cause these problems) and it suddenly got so loud that it hurt my ears. I didn't have earplugs with me, as usually at Mika's gigs I don't need them (unless it's a festival with other artists), so I had to try to protect my ears with pieces of paper tissues. For Mika it was better, or maybe I just had gotten used to it by then, but I still found it louder than usual. Thought it was because the venue layout, as it had no seated area, but as others say the same of other gigs, it must be a general issue.
  5. mellody
    I didn't see them either... anyway, I won't get to the merch stand before the show, sorry.
  6. mellody
    Did you ask if they were sold out? I'm wondering if maybe they only had them in Paris?
  7. mellody
    you can still do it if you want, and print a few... or we can add a French message with Edding. I had to focus on the 2 I originally intended, because I still have so much to do until I'm leaving for Berlin tomorrow. And I think singing Jane Birkin will express our view as well.
  8. mellody
    I actually wanted to post that in the setlist discussions, not in the fanactions. Moving it there now.
  9. mellody
    I've moved your post here, as this is the place for searching for / offering tickets.
  10. mellody
    Thanks to the contribution by @Vero Bott I bought 2 more packs of heart balloons. Put all the balloons in zip bags now and wrote on the bags "for Happy Ending. Please take 1 and pass on the bag" in German & English. I've planned it more LED balloons for the seated area than for the standing... they don't really make sense for the first few rows (at least not in the center area), it's too bright there. As for the welcome back signs, it's not really a fanaction, or just a really small one - only something for the first few rows and the others closer to the stage, in the back he probably won't be able to read it... so I've put the details / PDF for printing in the Berlin thread:
  11. mellody
    This is not really a fanaction, but just a welcome back message "Welcome back to Germany" and "We've missed you" - I printed 40 pages (20 of each message), but if anyone wants to print more or make their own version, feel free to do so. For the beginning of the show (Bougez... but if we're all dancing too much and forget, we can still do it for the 2nd song, haha!). here's the PDF I made: Mika-Germany.pdf See you all sooon!
  12. mellody
    Jane Birkin! https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5MLg03PxWO/?igsh=MXZ3cGFicGJzOWRsNw==
  13. mellody
    I'm also staying near the venue, with my family. Hubby is going with the kids to the gig (they have seats), and they want to be back in the hotel quickly from there after the show.
  14. mellody
    He did JB in Brussels!
  15. mellody
    No, I'm not. I think it might be a bit too hard to pronounce the whole lyrics for anyone who doesn't speak French and hasn't specifically learned them... we could try... but I'd specifically love to repeat the La la la part from Jane Birkin whenever possible/appropriate & get the whole venue to sing it! It's so catchy and easy to sing, and I love the story he told about it in France. I'd see it already as a win if he did at least that French song from his new album. And if the crowd loves it, maybe he'll do some more? Btw, the "Je t'aime" song by Jane Birkin that is played before the song was a hit in Germany too. Anyway, I guess the Brussels setlist tonight will show us if he changed the setlist because he's worried the non-French-speaking audiences might not like the French songs, or just because he felt like changing it. He never was worried about speaking or singing in French in Brussels, so if they don't get any more French songs than Amsterdam, that probably means HE prefers to sing in English now (for whatever reason). (In that case, maybe we should sing "OOOHH OOOH TINY LOVE" instead of Jane Birkin, haha! )
  16. mellody
    I see the discussion has been moved to another place, as it became more about general issues than about the Paris early entry in particular. Some of you already continued talking there, and I hope it's not too confusing for the others - I get why it might be. On social media, "off topic" doesn't exist. Anyway, I need to sleep, but just wanted to let you all know that I'm still reading all the replies on this thread and on the new thread. I started writing a longer reply to some of the topics yesterday but then got distracted first by real life, then by Mika's new setlist... so I didn't get finished. Please don't think I'm ignoring you - there is, in fact, a lot that I want to reply to when I have more time. Thank you for coming here and addressing these things in a respectful way and making some constructive suggestions. And thanks to @TinyLove_CJ and @CharlotteL for your replies. For now, Happy Easter everyone!
  17. mellody
    Not EVERY time, we wouldn't want to interrupt him when he wants to say something... but yes, for example while he goes changing his outfit, absolutely.
  18. mellody
    Thank you for sharing your opinion from the point of view of someone who was there. I think the same, and I hope he'll make some changes for Berlin (I'm sure he will for Brussels, as it's probably a mostly French-speaking audience).
  19. mellody
    I'm absolutely with you on that!
  20. mellody
    For Jane Birkin especially, you don't need to know any French, even less than for EMD, to sing "la, la, la, la, la, la laaa". I was so looking forward to hear the crowd singing that in Berlin and have them go home with that part stuck in their head. It reminds me of the la la la part in the party version of "I will survive", and whole beer tents full of people are singing that here! Well, ok, in Munich - idk about Berlin... but really, a strong singalong line like that is absolutely independent of what language the rest of the song is in.
  21. mellody
    Another part of Bougez : I don't understand what he sings, but that part sounds better to me than the other one. I'm sure it wasn't easy for him to find English lyrics that match the music and transport the meaning of the song. Curious to hear/read the whole English lyrics.
  22. mellody
    If you have ideas, just post them. Maybe we can in fact include signs like this. I know German fans (well, ONE fan) who don't like the French songs and will be happy about the changes, they will stick to the welcome back signs. But there will also be French fans present, and fans who would love to hear the French songs live (again, or for the first time). Maybe they prefer a sign like Bienvenue a Berlin. We just have to be careful that the vibe of it stays nice and not sarcastic... my post was half joke, half frustration about the setlist changes, but the signs should be a warm welcome message as in "we love you AND we love your French and English songs, new and old ones, and we're happy to welcome you back to Germany also with this French album". How to express that?
  23. mellody
    There is a short clip on mikafanclubtoo Bougez (english) 324F1678B8FCA1A27BDBAD1776B5AE8D_video_dashinit.mp4 OOL B2497E7D8AA0E9895BF8F9E5B63B50A9_video_dashinit.mp4
  24. mellody
    Yeah, I also thought LP would fit perfectly. You know, I think he just wants to get us all to travel to more of his French gigs. I would, if it wasn't for all the talking in French that I find hard to understand... well, at least that is a thing I'm definitely looking forward to, to hear him tell all his sweet little stories in English and finally be able to catch the details.
  25. mellody
    Yeah, I guess we can try that. I'm glad he kept Bougez, even if from the short snippet I saw I'm not sure I like the English text much, but at least the song is still there, and I might like the text too when I get to hear more of it. And if he sings 30 Secondes in English (did he?!) it's only Jane Birkin that I really NEED back on the setlist. Well, I'd prefer the others too instead of all those old songs. Especially also missing C'est La Vie. I mean, come on, I learned the lyrics of CLV and JB and know them much better than those of EMD! I'll forget them again til my next French gig, if I don't get to practise! 😅
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