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Have fun everyone I'd love to be there ...but I'll be in mind ...waiting for lots of reports pics and videos from all of you ...I'm sure it will be a very special gig with so many MFCers

Bienvenue Nelly Ne t'en fais pas , ton anglais va vite s'améllorer ici Amuses toi bien

Translation of Mika interview It will be one of the big concerts this autumn in Vendéespace Mouilleron le captif, Mika tour with Virgin on October 14th. Mika, coach in The Voice, is promoting his fourth album: "No Place in Heaven" , Mika is very much conscious of how much fans love his music. Mika: I remember that when there was a concert in London five years ago, there were people who slept there , they had been waiting for a day and a half in a tent and the last day was a bit hard, so we sent a truck with lots of food and hot chocolate and it sort of started a tradition. It has a fun side, it's not sad while they're queing, when they queue, they are waiting, there's a whole community around it and it's humbling. It's an honor each time. It's a responsability , I feel it, it's wierd, I feel this responsability , I give them a sort of direct contact when I am on stage because I know they are in the front row and I know who was there since 5 AM because they are often rather prepared . Having people who get sort of disconnected from their lives during 24 hours, that's impressive!

Mika is at Vendéspace tonight. "Musically, I want it all!" The British Lebanese singer, adored in France, is at Vendéspace tonight . He opens his heart and his iPod to tell us about the songs of his life. Interview Mika, what is the song that makes you happy? My baby just cares for me, by Nina Simone. Its rythm is so refined . Nina Simone is a fascinating artist . She was a bit punk, but in order to get student scholarships to be able to study, she had to subject to a certain discipline. That's something one feels in a perfect way in her music, this mix of classicism, freedom et de rebellion. That particular song is a perfect illustration of it. Hidden behind rather simple chords , there's a strength in the rythm and in the lyrics that makes me joyful each time I hear it. What is the song that makes you sad ? Lilac wine, by Jeff Buckley. He recorded it in one single take, just as it came to him . It's a an extremely pure moment . As if you had a magic bottle and that you could keep a sublime perfume inside it. This song is has an mind blowing beauty. Which love song would you sing to someone you want to seduce ? But for that, I'd have to be totally drunk, because it's not like me at all (laughs). For me , the most beautiful love song is La Javanaise de Gainsbourg. I always say that it is a « love lulluby», a lulluby to a woman. In Gainsbourg 's songs there's a mix of beauty, violence and séduction that provokes in me a lot of emotion. The song that makes you nervous? We are the champions. Don't get me wrong ! I'm a big fan of Queen. But I can't stand hearing it in the stadiums or to celebrate a sports event. It's tedious and out of context. But when I hear it sang by Freddie Mercury at a concert, I love it. A song that makes you want to get up and dance? Friday I’m in love by Cure. A true disco song . That was the indie-pop I used to listen to on repeat around 2000 , wearing my high-top sneakers , dirty jeans, while drinking lukewarm beer. The song you would have dreamt to write ? All of them !!! I'm hungry and obsessive. When it comes to music, I want it all and I'm jalous of everything . What I'm interested in in my job, is to go from a little bit of nothing ,a tiny bit of inspiration, and to start a process that will lead to a song. So as soon as I hear a song I like, I get angry because I 'm not associated with it. You might laugh at me but sometimes , I really feel hurt. It's cruel! What's your favorite Mika song ? (After thinking about it for a long time ). I'd say Origin of love. It's not a hit, but when I hear it, I have the feeling it conveys something. I'm very proud of the text that I wrote. It's a song that I love to sing on stage and that is often different from concert to concert. I don't want my shows to be repetitive, so I give myself the freedom to make my songs change.

I'll translate that one too

aww he's talking about his fans That's a must translate

I listening to a few other Fedez songs but that's Beautiful Disaster that I love the most ...I would love a video for it! Mika and Fedez in a video would be lots of fun!

Thank you Menthe and Valmont

I'm hooked That mix is like glue as Bere said I'm curious about Fedez album now .has anyone listened to the other songs? And I'm glad other Mika fans love rap too

Grazie mille Laura

I have always liked rap , Beautiful Disaster takes me high, there's no other way to describe it It's goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood I want Mika and Fedez to make more songs together And I'm so happy it's number one on the day it' s out Thanks a lot for the lyrics and the translation from Italian to English girls

Welcome to MFC Rully Have fun here

I like the casting except I liked Jen better than Zazie, , but I'm happy Garou's back ...and I hope the recordings are planned in such a way that Mika can still do his big tour this winter

Not yet... http://www.emissions-tv.com/emissions/158/the_voice But check their twitter and site regularly, they say they will post an update rather soon

Mika twitted about it as well.

Thanks a lot for sharing Marina Enjoy meeting Mika, fans who will be there

In English: This theater the amphithéatre de Lyon is a top quality place so the sound is perfect. Normally in an arena the sound is a disaster. But in a perfect theater as here I can remove my earpieces because I can hear perfectly even without my earpieces. So I asked Mika if this is what allowed him to do such a special show last night in Lyon. Mika: This public tonight was great but it was also extremely demanding . It was really a concert and people were watching all the details closely. And what was really interesting is that at the end of a song boom it exploded and when I started the next song the public was so focused intensely which means I really had to improvise and be totally in the moment. I had to change the setlist entirely . I kind of threw everything up in the air and I decided to make a very musical ahow and it went well and it worked.. That was so great! What a huge gift Mika gave last night to Lyon audience! So I asked Mika what he thinks about Lyon. I did lots of concerts here in Lyon. I did lots of festivals. It's such an elegant city in its architecture, in its feeling, in its light, it is a very noble town. Actually I was here only two weeks ago. I was in a shooting in a private TGV . We stopped in Lyon and it was a secret. No one knew about it. The police was a bit everywhere. It was cool! It was a new commercial for the TGV. It was shot with a huge production.We'll be able to watch that new commercial soon.So I asked Mika about his projects.His album No Place in Heaven will be reissued on November 6th. I have asked him to talk about this album. Mika: I wrote this album with my piano, and not too electronic with lots of joy and lots of color but built with things which are rather human and acoustic which means it gets into the heart much easily. When things are a bit truer and more acoustic one can create an emotional link more easily. It's like a show , it's like tonight, when props and staging and the set are all handmade it gets into hearts and provokes emotions more easily. How beautiful! And on this album there will be a second CD, all of Mika's hits with a symphonic orchestra. It's a double package with my album No Place in Heaven which is my fourth album. This album is one of the best things I have ever done in my life and all my career. It was an absolutely crazy experience. So I asked him what we would find in this album. Mika: there will be songs from all fourth albums. There will be Grace Kelly, Relax, Elle Me Dit, Boum boum boum, Rain, many many things but when you hear those songs with 120 musicians , totally live, nothing has been reworked, with the original voices, I can't tell you, it's my future , I have the feeling that I know what I'm going to do ten years from now. So Mika here on radio Scoop is telling us that his career will certainly become more symphonic or maybe even lyrical in the coming years and whatsmore there will be a DVD coming out soon. Mika: There will be a DVD we will ahoot in Como, very close to George Clooney's house. Because it costs a lot of money to have a symphonic orchestra. There are 120 musicians on stage. That's not something you do for money actually it's the opposite ; you have to pay to do it almost because it is a huge honor when she told me to call them and I asked: "Do you know someone there? " and she said:"No, but I'll use the yellow pages." And she called them just like that. They asked to meet me the following week , they said yes to me and now it is an album which will be released worldwide, from Japan, Korea, France, to the United States... So I asked Mika if there was a recipe to make a symphonic music. Mika: When you take classical music and you try to make it pop, it's too, it's too heavy. There is a way to do that makes it fly because pop music and rock music must fly like a gun shot. It must go boom, it must go! I got a chance to hear Boum Boum in its synphonic version and Mika's interpretation reminded me of the greatest such as Jacques Brel so I told him. Mika: Boum Boum really started a debate so when you tell me it reminds you a bit about Jacques Brel in its symphonic version, it means that finally I found the right production. No Place in Heaven will be reissued including the symphonic CD on November 6th. Now for the very first time a little part of Underwater symphonic version. Mika: Someone once called me to ask me if I wanted to sing a duet with a young girl. I said: "Why?" and they said: "You'll see , you're going to meet her and you will love her. She's in a TV show for Nickolodeon." (two years prior to the duet) So we met on Skype and we recorded the song on Skype. I called the record company and I told them: You found a new star. She will be a big one. Now there are 2 million views on youtube. And she was of course Adriana Grande. So in fact the most beautiful duets and which can be very successful are often the most unexpected duos. As in life. Mika: Yes as in life, once again it's this ideas of opening doors... As Mika and I were together in his dressing room I asked him if he had any rituals before and after the concert, little habits. Mika: I boil water to get steam because it helps. I eat nuts and bananas because that give me strenght without , because I become very weak after I eat..I only eat after the concert. I have my dogs . I have my dogs and they are the ones who make me human. She's outside right now and when she will be back in , she's like a storm. Amira! You' ll see the storm is here. The monster! She is seven months old and she is a monster

Thank you so much Marina and Eriko

Is Radio Scoop interview available as a podcast and was it saved please? I missed it

You're very welcome girls Fingers crossed for new dates to be announced now ..

translation into English:MagazineFrance Dimanche 3604 – September 25th to Octobre 1st 2015Interview MIKA“I got involved for Juliette and Noé, who are now deceased. 'The singer has become the ambassador of of Imagine for Margo, an association fighting in order to develop research to cure children who suffer from cancer.“They are so gifted, or rough, those little warriors”France Dimanche25 Sep 2015Margaux was 13 years old when she started suffering from headaches and vomiting . Her life and her family's abruptly changed when an aggressive brain tumour was diagnosed. The courageous teenager fought during 16 months. Margaux had initiated a fundraising in favor of research, which provoked a huge response of many people showing their solidarity and an unprecedented big number of donations. Her mother, Patricia Blanc, has taken over Margaux's fight through the association Imagine for Margo-Children WithoutCancer. We met its ambassador, the singerMika.. France Dimanche : How did you hear about this association ? Mika : Thanks to the photographer Peter Lindbergh. He contacted me and asked me if I would join them during a week end in 2014 in order to surprise the « little warriors». Do you know that each year in France, 2 500 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer and that 500 die because of cancer, which is more than a child per day ? People are not aware that most research programs are for treatments for adults and that only 2 % of the money funds of the labs who look for new meds are dedicated to search for children cancer. Everyone knows about that illness.But unless someone close to you had to fight against it, people ignore what a dramatic change it creates in the life of those kids and of their families... Most of the times it's very hard, and even more for those who don't get enough support. The association was created at the end of the year 2011. Its president Patricia Blanc, vice-présidente Marie-Anne Aymerich and Dr Dominique Valteau-Couanet [in charge of children and teenagers cancer treatment unit at ’Institut Gustave-Roussy à Villejuif,added by France Dimanche ] have an accute sense of emergency. I am very impressed by those women' s strenght. The.association is rather discreet and only relies on unpaid volunteers . Peter Lindbergh offered his photos and JC Decaux the posters display. .France Dimanche . : Tell us about those Camargue week ends with the « little warriors » ? Mika: That is Peter' s idea. He is a joyful anarchist . He ates snobs and fads. However , he is the greatest fashion photographer! Last year I met Juliette and Noé. Both were 10 years old and they were my fav. They both died. They are the ones who made me want to get involved publicly. After Juliette's death, Adèle, her 7 years old litle sister , sent me a very joyful letter with photos. She wanted me to see Juliette with hair. .France Dimanche. : It's not easy to support such a cause.… Mika : We all have to face hardship. I think all is written and that one has to do something in favor of those exceptional persons . Those children and the most honest and the most straightforward. The only thing that might shock about them is how mature they are. It's moving inspiring if needed, but also so sad to see that they are so adult. They helped me, thanks to their incredible wisdom sagesse, how to step back in life .France Dimanche. : You are 32 years old , but you seem to be like a child when you're with them. Mika. : Peter and the association get involved fpr those kids joyfully. And Disney's joy ! This enthousiasm, they are the ones who gave it to me. They are so gifted, or hard, those enfants terribles and warriors . In Camargue, they were totally amazing. We played with a kite on the beach, we built sand castles, we did a shooting . At the restaurant, during the flamenco evening, once they had had enough of flamenco they forced me to sing! Then Noé got up on the stage to replace me. Even if pretty Juliette was tired , I found them very funny. They didn't have any filter when they talked. Then one day, Noé's mother came to see me on The Voice set to tell me about the bad news. Then I got Juliette's mother's letter and she was thanking me because that week end was her daughter's best memory. But Juliette had died too. All the sudden, it was real.. When you witness their will of living, their urge to express themselves and their parents' energy, you forget the outcome . France Dimanche. : « Go, fight , win ! » What do you think about the message Margaux left us ? Mika. : One could believe it's a commercial to sell sneakers, but it's heartbreaking whem you know who created that slogan. It is very inspiring for me, when I am in a difficult situation, when I feel excluded, those words come to my mind. It's a very good motivation. On the way back home in the train, Clément wrote to me : « At least, we feel less alone. » I know why those words are so important. This cause isn't known enough , we have to share their messages and get more donations in favor of children cancer. France Dimanche: Will you take part in the 4th run « Enfants sans cancer » organised by the association on September 27th ? Mika: No, I will be touring and I won't be able to be at domaine national de Saint-Cloud where this great event will take place. The association has already gathered almost 700 000 euros to fund a treatment targeted to those little adults relapsing. Photos: Peter with Janotte (middle photo) From left to right and from up to down: Mika with Clément, 11years old, Maurine 10 years old, and Kedy , 10 years old. Flamenco evening, buildimg sand castles on the beach or kite flying, adults and children , they all lived at 200 per cent those two days away from hospital. For donations: www.imagineformargo.org and www.enfantsanscancer.com

Thanks so much for sharing those great pics and first reports I wish for a Heaven tour DVD too

Thanks so much for sharing those great pics and first reports