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just posted a few pics on my twitter... pic 1 - Shake it pic 2 pic 3 - Mika & Ben pic 4 - M&G The show was GREAT! I really enjoyed every minute of it and i really like the 2 new songs we got, too (82 rue des martyrs/karen and blame it on the weather). At the soundcheck we could hear another new song...I can't remember the lyrics, but I loved the melody. Sadly, we didn't get this one later at the show then...looks like we need to be patient. Elle me dit is such a fun song live! With everybody shouting "pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?" in his face the costumes + decoration + venue were lovely - such a beautiful setting! Really special! Martin was so rocking his outfit Glad I went to this gig. I don't wanna go on about the more or less catastrophic organistaion of the queuing etc....But things like that do happen. Still, it could have been done in a much better way. There were so many people waiting after the show to see Mika. So i decided to watch the whole thing from the third row -I was so happy to see him smiling the whole time. Makes me happy to know that he enjoyed this special show, too.

But you're still going, right?

Hey! I think I read somewhere that is was Yasmine who was looking for BGs and LGs. Good luck to your "mission" in Hungary!

You're not talking about this song, right? Still having nightmares over the lyrics today - something like 10 years (or even more) after it was relased

I really like the song, it's stuck on my mind since this morning. @everyone complaining the song is in French: Personally I LOVE learning lyrics of songs in languages I don't speak (As I do speak Frenhc I'm not talking about "Elle me dit". But I could sing along to at least 20 Finnish songs without speaking the language and it feels good) And there will be so much more songs in English coming up!!! So

MELIKES!!!!!!

Thanks for letting us know! I like it

Oh...I would never have expected them to do a collaboration... But I'm kind of curious to find out how the song sounds :thumb_yello:

Lovin' this version! Thanks for posting!

I'm patient.

THANK YOU Nina, Eva, Nanou & Suzie for your reports! OMG, he did The only lonely one - can't wait to hear/see that on video!

Hello again!

Thanks for posting, Andy! I really enjoyed reading it A Mika Glee episode would be amazing! Was thinking about that (not so likely) possibility before actually... Can't wait for the third album!

Went to his gig last night in Paris - last concert of the whole tour It was amazing. First time I got to see him live - and it was just INCREDIBLE! Was having a very good time - and hearing "Twentysomething" live was something I have been looking for for years... Can't wait for the new album and a new tour!

Thanks a lot for passing this message on, Sara. And what a nice message that is! Wishing you a very happy X-mas, too, John! same situation...les partiels, c'est dur.

De rien. Hmmm, I totally get what you're saying, Sara. The thing is, yes, when Mika showed up many were following him, trying to get near him... However, I had the feeling that all in all it was nonetheless not too bad and still very civilised. And - I think Lilibet already mentionned it - many of the people crowding him were kids; there were really lots of children waiting for their Mika autograph. So it wasn't basically Mika fans as in fanclub people. I also think that the "solution" -having two rooms instead of one big room was a very good idea - and from then on things went smoothly.

Amazing pix and vids, Nanouch! Thank you so much for sharing! @suzie: Yes, I have been living here for a bit more than two months now

Thank you! I always enjoy reading the original English version!

Don't wanna spread any rumours But I think it's normal that there probably won't be another big tour for at least - let's say - 2 years...These things need a lot of preparation. No idea about an acoustic tour before that...Would be great!

@lillibet: That's right. Forgot to mention all of them children I mean, it's usually cute to have kids asking Mika for an autograph etc., but it were just so many. Dividing the room in two was a great idea to make the evening more pleasant for everyone. Still seems like a dream or at least very unreal to me... I have no idea how long we have to wait for new Mika gigs, but I think I've read in one of the French reports that Mrs P told them that's we were gonna have to wait "several years" for a new (proper) tour. Well, it's no real news actually, but still - sounds sooooo long

After a while Mika joined us all. At first I felt a bit sorry for him 'cause obviously people started crowding him, but I suppose it was ok because it was all really civilised and calm. However, he was singing stuff for quite some time. Iain then „saved“ him by deciding to split the room in two. Well, the big hall (with Hollywood stars wax statues standing in every corner) actually already consisted of two rooms. There was no door. So some security stood there and seperated the „real VIPS“ and the fans. But that was totally ok. We could still get a glimpse on what was going on and still „breathe freely“. I think Mika left around 10:15 or s.th (turned in the fan direction before and waved us goodbye), maybe a bit later...so that after that, most people were leaving, too. Since it was that early Axie and me decided to have a hot beverage afterwards in the café nearby, met some of the other girls afterwards (e. g. Mine,...), and I then took the metro back home (arrived around 00:30 AM). It's 5:30 AM now, been awake for quite some time, but I wanted to write this report right away, would have forgotton many of the details by tomorrow. I am really really happy that a not-so-good December day eventually ended so great! What a great experience that was. I guess I might go to the Musée Grévin sometime in the following months again and take a pic with WaxMika See, I'm pretty much in my post-Mika-height state right now...hope it lasts a few days... It was great meeting you all (again) sharing this great experience! Special thanks to Axie again! X mariposa PS: Oh, and Mika said that he would love to do a gig in this venue. And I believe it's a brilliant idea! Wow! That would be just amazing.

So we went up a stairs that ended in the Grévin Museum Theatre, really really beautiful! The whole Grévin Museum is kinda cool I think: not only the statues but also the venue itself. I enjoyed the atmosphere. Everybody was dressed up. Very festive. The fanclub people were seated in the 5 last rows of the hall. Altogether there were some hundreds of people there, I'm really bad at guessing numbers. But I'd say we were s.th between 200 and 300 people: fans, journalists, (famous?) people that were invited to the event,...Mika ;-) Anyways, Axie and me got two seats in the last row, but there were also many people standing behind us – and the sight was still pretty much ok. Mika was then announced and he entered the room with everybody applausing. He sat down on his seat in the first row – we still could see his hair. :-) A guy did a short intro and announced that we would now be watching some Mika live moments to get an idea of Mika's music...That was pretty cool actually. We all watched LT from the PDP on a big screen...and as you can imagine all the fans (last 5 rows plus some standing) couldn't help can clap and sing along to it. (we did behave and stayed seated though ) and I think it was really really fun. I think someone filmed that bit, too. Will have to check yt from time to time now... Then the director of the Grévin Museum gave a speech on Mika, his life, achievements etc. Unfortunately she was only reading out, but she did mention that she surely did hear us fans earlier that evening ;-). Anyway, then the big moment was about to happen – tahtah – Waxmika was about to be revealed. exciting moment. I believe you've all seen the video by now...I really loved the intro with Relax being player in the background. Well, what do I think about the statue? I think it's fine...Of course it doesn't look that lively, and one surely can like or dislike the pose – but all in all I think it's very well done for a wax statue. I forgot to mention that the woman was telling us how much Mika and his sisters were involved in the „project waxMika“ and how really interested they were in getting the details right etc. (I can actually picture that pretty well...) So there it was. Mika's new double. He seems to like it, and tbh it can be s.th he can be proud of. After the interview (See Guys translation), photographers could take some pix/vids (some of which can already be found in this thread)... the others were already led through the museum (what a lovely nighttime visit!) to a nice hall where you would find everything your heart desires: champagne and canapés/etc. Really luxurious everything! (don't ask how many glasses of champagne I had...just kidding ;-) It was still reasonable.)

As promised, here's my little report/review. I actually didn't feel like leaving my place again when I came back from uni around 5PM...but after reading a few new posts in this thread about people being already there I decided to stop by the Grévin Museum anyway. I didn't have an invitation, but I wanted to see who's there and chat with some familiar faces, maybe see the big M arrive...So I left home again around 5:45 PM(saw a woman being pickpocked at Gare du Nord - but that's not really relevant for this story ), and arrived at the Musée Grévin around 6:30 PM. By then, there were already many fans waiting outside (most of whom obviously with one of those really amazingly nice looking invitations If someone has a pic, feel free to post it. 'Cause I instantely fell in love with them.), it was lovely to catch up with some "Mika friends" (see, I call all of you Mika friends , just like my uni friends etc. ). There was also a group of English school children...pretty funny actually, the two teachers were constatly trying to count them, to see if someone was missing...We thought they were als Qing for the Mika-wax-event, but in fact they were just waiting for their coach to pick them up So, well, to cut a long story short, we were freezing, but it was not too bad (given that we are used to Qing for MUCH longer usually ). At one point Axie arrived and she had the idea that we could try to get me in as her "+1"" (usually all the invitations were always for 2 persons). However, she hadn't gotton hers yet since the French post was somehow slowly and didn't manage to have it sent from Paris to Metz in 4 days, so she was only on a list. So we asked Lilibet about it and she said it's gonna be alright. So it was actually thanks to Axies most generous offer that I was starting to develop a little hope to maybe get in eventually... Doors opened around 7:30 PM (the inauguration was to start at 8 PM). So we all queued up and waited to be let in. It was our turn and we could pass the main entrance without any problems. Hope was raised again...we were wlking through the hall and thought that was it (does the happy dance in my head). But then there was another „check point“. Axie was fine. Her name was on the list, but there was no +1. So the woman told us to wait. Got my hopes up too soon... There were also a few problems with some French forum people not being on the list as agreed etc. but in the end everyone (including me YES) got in. The security crew was really nice. We also saw Mika's family coming in, all of them lovely dresses as always.

Just a little glimpse on Mika being interviewed after the revelation - next to his wax statue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTZVnyP8U8 Report's coming later....

Oh yes...Sweet memories! That was such a special gig! First time we met Great! That would be awesome. Will write my report sometime tonight (decided to not go to uni tomorrow ), so I have time...