mariposa

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:shocked:

I won a Meet & Greet with Josh!!!! !

 

I hope he is healthy tomorrow! If not

Amazing!!!! *fingers crossed*

I know Mikabéa posted it in another thread, but as I think some people come to this thread to be updated, let me tell you that Elle Me Dit is now officially #1 in French charts!!!

 

His only other song that got to number one was Relax

Been waiting for this day! How amazing is this?! *yay*

I couldn't agree more. The Freddie Google Doodle is just amazing!

If I could turn back time one of the first things I would do is attend a Queen gig with Freddie...

I wonder if this will ever be released in the US/UK or they are planning to include an English version on the album (or release it as a single).

 

I remember a couple of huge German songs in the 80s prompting them to release English versions to capitalize on the European success. I was just looking up Der Kommissar and didn't even realize that the English version was by a British band and not Falco. I thought this was interesting (from Wiki):

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Kommissar_(song)

 

If Mika doesn't come out with an English version of EMD maybe Justin Bieber will do it?

Thank you for this link, Christine. Been listeing to Falco quite often these days.

Unfortunetely his only big his abroad (in non-German speaking countries) was "Rock me Amadeus".

As for the story about this band doing an English version of "Der Kommissar", I had never heard of it, it's interesting though.

Let's just hope it will be someone decent to release an English version of EMD then (if it's not gonna be Mika that is).

Update of the itunes charts:

 

back to #1 again in France

and up 1 place to #3 in Belgium

 

Good news!!!

He's now #4

I don't think that a lot of people still buy physical singles in France, unless it is a single from a big popstar (that would work for Mika here) or a very big summer hit.

I think EMD can get higher on the official charts, because it is at the top of the iTunes charts which is updated daily, and the official combined charts is revealed one week late. It is possible that some physical singles will prevent Mika from being at the very top but I don't believe so

I agree. I believe chances are really good for EMD to be on top of the official charts in one week time!

Wow! Now that's one of the best MFC stories I've ever heard! Such a lucky coincidence!

It's quite understandable you can't sleep now.

I honestly couldn't imagine what I would have done in your place...It actually sounds as if you acted pretty sane to me, lol. Great idea with the note!

The chat with the three of them sounds lovely.

He said no and started laughing and I started laughing too and said: This is not real!

His mum just looked at me and said: ohhhh, just look at you:roftl:

I think he was surprised too - last place to find a hard-core fan - on your way back from holidays:roftl:

Love this part, I can so picture the situation.

And yes, sometimes it's a small world after all! I have seen proof of this many times myself.

Thank you for sharing, Kasia. Your story put a smile on my face.

Oh, and the picture is lovely!

:mfr_omg:Oh noooooo Mariposa !!! Why did you post this ITW here ??? I am horrible and i sing as a pan ...

No, you are great in the viedo, no worries!

Thanks Marion! The long video clip - they didn't have any interview from Mika, did they? I mean they interviewed all the other bands?

Nope, no interview with Mika... I hope it was that his schedule was too tight and not that they didn't even ask him.

Nothing too exciting, but I decided to post it anyway...

A short clip from the gig + interviews with fans

23:55-25:12

http://www.shf.ch/index.php?heute-im-gespraech-09-august-2011-festival-spezial-teil2

One more pic by Radio Munot

facebook Radio Munot

And another one from Radio Grischa

http://www.radiogrischa.ch/kultur/das-festival-schaffhausen-zog-16-000-besucher

Just found a little review in the Südkurrier.

Click here

The part about Mika:

Zum Finale am Samstagabend hat Mega-Star Mika, der kurzerhand für Duran-Duran einsprang, mit einer großartigen Bühnenshow und seinen großen Hits das Publikum ebenso erobert wie mit aktuellen, noch unveröffentlichten Stücken. Eins, zwei, drei und der Herrenacker war aus dem Häuschen. „Ich bin ganz besonders glücklich, die Sommertour nun ungeplant in Schaffhausen zu beenden“, gestand er seinen Fans, die sich auch von einem kurzen Schauer nicht irritieren ließen. Golden regnete es auf das tanzende Publikum, während Mika seinen gleichnamigen Hit zum Soundtrack eines besonderen Abends werden ließ.

I'm at work atm so I don't have time to translate it, but let me telml you that it's very positive

And maybe someone else could do a little translation?

Yeah, Bubbles and me talked about going but decided not to in the end. Shame shame shame! But I will definately be there during the German promo tour:naughty:

Me too. Wherever in Europe I'm gonna move to in the next couple of months!

You didn’t! Your Spanish is ok, it really is. It was fun talking with you.

Yes, it was lovely talking to you girls!

after the soundcheck we could exchange our tickets into wristbands, and then we crowded around the barriers they had set up at the entrance. security was nice, but you could tell they weren't used to fans as crazy as us. some of them were like OMG when we started running like mad as soon as the doors opened, others made fun of us

I loved seeing them having this expression on their faces and then go

The guy who was always announcing the bands etc. even mentionned our little sprint to the front row

It then looked something like this

(pic taken from the official facebook of Monophon https://www.facebook.com/pages/Monophon/81225234288)

and a hat (that had been thrown to him before), that flew back into the space between crowd+stage several times, because too many tried to grab it at once. yasmine threw it back in the crowd, but it kept returning like a boomerang.

lol, I remember it now that I'm reading your report. That was really funny.

and something very funny, they had stopped the people coming out of the festival grounds a minute before mika got into the car at the backstage exit, so they wouldn't pass by at this moment - and they held them back the whole time while mika was singing for us! at one point a girl from the festival crew came and told yasmine sth like they should hurry, and yasmine answered, "tell HIM that!" and pointed towards mika. the girl then went on to tell mika, but i think even then it took another 2 minutes or so before he got back into his car... the poor festival guests had to wait for ages!

YES! Haha, I didn't feel sorry AT ALL for all of those people who had to wait

Oh, and I've only just noticed that the yt user Gerdundula99 almost filemd the whole gig!

Pix from day 4 are up on the official homepage -

Mika starts at picture 26

http://www.das-festival.ch/gallery/06082011/index.html

Just one more thing before I'm off to bed...

Just found this pic on the facebook page of Monophon:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9579645&l=12bac2204f&id=81225234288

Recognise someone in the front row?

edit: Oh, and here's a short article about Das Festival...saying that the orgnaisers are very happy with the tickets sold etc. - and then I'd like to point out this part:

Höhepunkt des diesjährigen Openair-Festival sei der Samstagabend mit Mika gewesen. Der 2007 mit dem Song "Grace Kelly" bekannt gewordene Engländer habe auch Besucher aus dem Ausland angelockt.

--> The highlight of this year's Open Air Festival was on Saturday night when Mika was performing. The British singer that got famous in 2007 with the song "Grace Kelly" even attracted festival goers from abroad.

source: http://www.bielertagblatt.ch/News/Kultur/212866

I still haven't figured out my camera. I just gave up taking pics and let Nina and Sara do it.

Deal!

Mariposa thank you for you lovely report and your nice pics.

Since I have discovered the sports mode on my camera my pix turn out a lot better then before. It took me almost 3 years to find that out, but better late than never...

Oh, Marion, thanks for writing such a lovely report!!!!! It is much how felt the gig/the day because I was next to you both at the soundcheck and at the gig, so I loved reading it!

 

I tried to find the Rambling Wheels song as a vid but I couldn't find but I actually found it from iTunes. My song! "Girl with the tattoo" Hahah, it wasn't only for me but I happened to be in front of the singer.

 

I agree with you about the soundcheck, it was definitely one of the most special moments. Our conversation (=we were quite speechless) during it still makes me smile

 

Thanks everyone for your company! It was such a pleasure to meet you all

lol, loved this conversation! This it what happens when you can't talk properly anymore...Oh dear.

mariposa, thank you for your very detailed report and for your adorable pictures! He's smiling so beautifully http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/images/smilies/thumb_yello.gifhere!

Great report Marion, thanks.

 

You are so lucky to have had that rehearsal. It's such a thrill to see the way they work. We had the same in Toronto where the band was practicing on their own but when Mika finally joined them...wow.

I know. During the whole sound check I was like: Is this really happening? This is like a dream come true.

And three more...

Didn't take any more pix or vids. i just wanted to enjoy the gig...

Et voilà some pix:

May the gig begin!

The bands before Mika

The first band to play was Monophon (http://monophon.ch/). They were ok I guess. I kinda had developed a crush on the singer, had already noticed him before during Mika’s sound check (he was watching it, too). He also having seen Mika’s sound check on stage complementing him on his vocals.

The second band was (A LOT) less my cup of tea (called The Duke Spirit). The lead singer seemed to be very out of this world to me….Nina and me were trying to figure out why anyone would book them for a gig abroad. The rain was getting a bit heavier when they were playing which was IMHO a sign of heaven not liking them too much either...

The third band (The Rambling Wheels) was amazing and brought the rock back to Schaffhausen. And they actually dedicated a song to our lovely Nina!

They really made the crowd go wild.

So the atmosphere was already burning before Mika had even set foot on stage.

Some of us got interviewed for the Swiss radio. They loved that there were people from all over Europe. However, there are always some weird questions like “Are you in love with Mika?” or “While you be screaming when he comes on stage?”

The girls behind us had already being screaming during the whole gig of The Rambling Wheels so melody nicely asked them to try not to scream that much while Nina would be filming (lol. The girls were like: Uhm, ok).

Very shortly before Mika was coming on stage melody was pointing out to me that Allegra had arrived! What a pleasant surprise! Yay!

M-I-K-A

So when the gig started I loved the actual gig. My spot was excellent, people were all very enthusiastic, singing and dancing along. It felt good being part of this crowd!

Mika was in good mood joking a lot, and the band seemed to be enjoying themselves, too. Great to see that Marcus and Ben feeling more and more comfortable. And the guitar guy was doing a great job, too! The girls were as great as always!

When the setlist was fixed on stage we already saw the lyrics for “Elle me dit” in English and were therefore looking forwards to it! I really like the English version, too. It’s just as funny as the French one. However it takes some time for me to get used to the song being in English. But I think it’s great that he wrote English lyrics, too. Thanks to everyone who was writing down the lyrics this afternoon. I didn’t understand that much yesterday. Just the “get your ass to #1” part

I absolutely love Rain with Imma singing the intro! Happy Ending was a beautiful, too!

A very nice moment was also when Mika was beheading everyone and he noticed that it was actually raining a bit more he also beheaded the rain

It was a great gig, it really was!

After the gig

After the gig we all went to the building where the changing rooms etc. would be in but we were chased away and had to wait at the end of the street – the security guys set up barriers – which was not too bad, so Mika wasn’t mobbed later.

It started again to rain, and rain even more….really funny – all of us waiting under the pouring rain...

The was a little confusion when we read Imma’s tweet about Mika having gotten his plane. So funny! Imma was also wearing her Hello Kitty ring after the gig. She showed in through the window when the band was driving off just after Mika in their van.

So we were waiting for Mika and we didn’t have to wait that long. By the time it wasn’t raining that heavily anymore.

He was in a good mood chatting to everyone and signing stuff.

Yasmine was taking pix of Mika and fans…

Then they drove off…And the band van just behind.

So that was it. The summer tour 2011 is officially over.

But it was definitely a GREAT gig to end with.

Then came the goodbyes. I never like that part…

Hasi (Miri) was kind enough to let me stay at her place last night – from which I took the train back to Paris today at 12:15.

Thank you! The drive back home was good, too. While Ralph was sleeping almost the whole time. Miri and me had a good chat.

We arrived back home around 5:15 am this morning, I got up around 10 and made it safely back home today…

I’m really curious about the other songs on the album, about the next tour etc…And it is definitely never boring to go to a Mika show. Even if some people don’t understand.

Okay, enough said…THANK YOU to all MFCers who were there and made this one very special for me!

Btw, there is an article about Mika's gig on the local newspaper, however it's only available to subscribers http://www2.shn.ch/

However, the title does already sound very positive. "Das Festival: Mika macht krönenden Abschluss" (that would translate as "grand finale" or as "the festival was crowned by").

I'm back home, too and have just been reading through all of the lovely reports and I agree with you. It was a great day/concert and a perfect end to the summer tour!

My trip started yesterday at 5:45 AM…Schaffhausen is not THAT close to Paris after all. On the train I was half sleeping / half listening to the Paleo gig…I arrived at noon in Schaffhausen and contrary to all weather forecasts I had read the weather was absolutely lovely, the sun was shining and the little town of Schaffhausen proved to be very beautiful.

I walked directly to the entrance of the festival but since there were only about 10 people already waiting I decided to walk around for a while. It was great that you could just walk past the stage (which the set already set up for sound check) freely…

At 1:40 PM I met up with Miri and her brother Ralf (I’m sure he will become a REAL Mika fan by the time he’s doing more and more gigs). Put my stuff in their car and we then went back to the entrance were we met the Munich crew (mellody, statue, graciosa and tiibet) and many others.

The whole atmosphere at the gig day was very relaxed, security handed us out drinks several times (which was great since it was extremely hot).

THE SOUNDCHECK

Then came (one of) my highlight(s) of the day: We could all watch the band (+ later Mika joining them) do the sound check which was an absolutely amazing experience! They had marked a with caution tape - so we were not directly next to the stage, but a few meters back. It was all very well organized. Love them for that! There were not too many people watching…Maybe 60/70? I’m not good with estimating.

Still it was just great to actually see the band rehearse. At first we weren’t sure whether the guy on the guitar was just doing some tests on the guitar or if he was gonna be playing the gig…But when he was on all the time it became clear that Martin wouldn’t be playing this gig. Anybody remembers his name?

We weren’t allowed to take pix/vids during the sound check. A security guy thought this would also apply to Yasmine. *funny moment*

Suddenly, while Nina was talking to her husband on the phone at one moment she almost choked on her water – meaning: Mika has entered the stage! One of my favourite moments of yesterday!

He was very relaxed with jeans and interacted a lot with us even during the sound check.

In the beginning he played SITM on the piano *wub* Hope we’ll see him playing the piano on the next tour!

I loved seeing him “master” the band. And we were actually very lucky that martin wasn’t there so they rehearsed for almost 50 minutes. Mika was apologizing jokingly that he’s sorry that we have to see the whole show twice And at some points it really felt like a real gig!

About “Elle me dit”: He stared singing the song in English (but since he hadn’t printed out the lyrics yet he forgot them all ^^) and after the first chorus continued in French. When the song was over Mika did a little a Capella version of the first verse, but in English (he had remembered the lyrics again). After that people were massively cheering and he was like “Oh, so you want me to do this in English?” *cheeeeeeeeeeeeering* So I guess that was part of the reason why he finally did it in English later at the gig.

I'm still hibelling when thinking about the sound check! This alone would have made it worth to travel to Switzerland!

After the sound check we went back outside and got our wristbands. Everyone lined up but it weren’t too many people when the doors opened so we all got front row (I only realized later that I was actually front row centre – Wow!). The security guys didn’t hold us back and didn’t mind us running like mad to the front row. They were making fun of us though ^^.

So we were all sitting with our backs on the barrier with a happy smile on our faces. I was next to Tiibet and the Spanish girls - Lovely company for a gig. I was trying to remember my Spanish from aaaaaaaages ago – and I miserably failed. It was also lovely to discuss Finnish music with Nina. (NB: I checked out Dingo. Can’t believe I hadn’t known this legendary Finnish band before!)

Thanks for posting (and convincing the guy to learn this song)!

Makes me realise how nice the mellody actually is...

He's playing very well. Great cover!

Although I was sure that this was going to happen soon it is still a shock to actually know it really happened.

I have never been a "fan", but I have always liked her voice/songs and I even own her two albums.

She was incredibly talented and her music will stay forever...

RIP Amy!

Thank you for the reports, pix and vids everyone! I really enjoyed reading through this thread.

Apparently Ida hadn't broken her arm, she was at a wedding.

 

Easy to confuse the two

Totally I bet she was having a GREAT time (without any suffering included ) Good to know she's ok though...

 

Ben was way better as well, I liked him. It seems like he adjusted well to the Mikaness of all things.

That's a lovely expression "the Mikaness of things"

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.

Hi

 

I have one ticket for Liége on July 10th.

 

If anyone is interested please pm me.

But you're still going, right?

Heeey everyone!

 

Gosh I'm so excited! He had LGs and BGs!?

Last year I went to Sziget festival, and I really wanted to go on stage but noone could, I mean, they weren't looking for BGs and LGs!

 

I'm going to Balaton Sound this Friday, and I'm asking this from those who were lucky enough to be on stage with him: how did you get there? Where did you wait/queue/etc? DId John come out as he always does?

 

I'd really really love to be a LG this time. I'm dying to be in that costume LOL

 

I know there's no quarantee that he's going to do this in Hungary too, but please if you can, give me some information about how you got on stage on the festival

 

I can't wait for it to be Friiiiday, Friiiiiday, gotta get down on Friiiiidaaaay....

 

Hey!

I think I read somewhere that is was Yasmine who was looking for BGs and LGs.

Good luck to your "mission" in Hungary!

i'm just happy that Mika didn't write the song "blue"...

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