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Aurélien did a brilliant job ! He was sooooooooo good ! The crowd was WOAW when Mika went to fetch him ! God I should start my report in the other thread but I'm too lazy... Will do that later .

OK I'm too bored at work.... So I'M OFF ! See you fellow MFCers in a couple of hours at the Cirque d'Hiver!

Nope, I don't have access at work, they block the site . OK translation (but the beginning is weird, I think beginning of the sentence might be missing?): With a good book and when you will go out again, you will have a good bronchitis, but not the flu. You have as much chance to get the flu than getting bitten by an enraged bat.

Sorry guys I can't see anything so cannot translate. I only get a red cross.. is this a picture ? an article?

Please guys could you scan it for us ? Thanks!

No it's not . He put this band for the first encore and after... He was totally losing his trousers and you could see plenty of his famous grey Gap underwear .

Oh it definitely is beautiful, this venue is just magical!

I will, Niki, I will. An MFCer can always push further her tolerance to lack of sleep on gig periods... It's part of the training .

It's awfully quiet in here. Am at work, quite awake after the very short night (less than 4 hours sleep), must be the adrenaline from yesterday, I guess I'll be tired at the end of the afternoon and then awake again for TONIIIIIIIIIIGHT !!!! I'm going to wake myself up with plenty of cafeine! 3 more hours and bye bye work, roll-on the week-end (euh and Mika ) !

The stage invasion was during Relax. His scarf and stripey thing suited him very well. I wish I could weary daring things like that.

Ah a last one! Mika's dad was so PROUD of his son, you could see his face totally radiant, it was a pleasure to see that! A special thanks to Sariflor who kindly managed to get the two limited edition posters I had to get for Rose and Blue Sky, I could not find the merchandising and when I was told where it was, I was already out of the venue... And the security guy would not let me back in... SO THANKS SARI !!!!!

We will thanks !

So the gig was really good, Mika happy to be there as he would get really loud cheers which made him say something like "Thank you so much it's so good to be in Paris" - I can't remember the exact terms. He spoke only French. He also got humorous saying that the circus stage was good cause his musiciens could not escape lol, adding a funny little noise that made everyone burst out laughing! So I was sitting next to the VIP area, I had a thin pole (for the lights I think)right in front of me plus the orchestra so between the pole and the hats it was not always easy to see Mika who was at the other end of the stage. I had to move my head regularly but it was OK. Tonight will be worse cause I get full view on his back and on the other part of the orchestra . He started with Grace Kelly, I think I was the first one getting up on my feet to dance and left no choice so everyone got up ! So we had the usual setlist, and 3 encores (the audience would not let him go). On Relax, he made three times the sign to come on stage, because the first two times, Fanny started to go, me too, because we saw his gesture, but it was not obvious enough for everyone so we hesitated and stopped on our way. But the third time, he made his sign really clear (like, come on COME ), and we invaded the stage for good this time! What I found was a pity is that some people invaded the stage not to dance but to film him. After Relax the crowd was still cheering and asking for him so he had to come back and redid Love Today! It was great but he tried to make us sing and I believe many people either did not know the lyrics (apart from the chorus, obviously ), or forgot them. So he was looking at us like: "mmh it's not great" and had to sing himself cause the crowd was helpless lol. I particularly loved Good Gone Girls (this one HAS to be a huge hit, and released as one!), Over my shoulder (beautiful, dramatic, he really did a good job with the acoustic version), and Lady Jane (his father might have seen me singing the lyrics with Mika ). And he also did a great job with Rain, Big Girls etc! (OK, let's say all !). So the signing: We did not wait too long, but the road pavement was a bit narrow, there were SO MANY PEOPLE waiting for him, and we saw nothing organized. Finally John came out to organize with the security. There were no barriers, everyone had to be on the pavement so the people on front could have things signed, but if you were behind, that was often not possible. Security told you you could go to the end of the queue if you wanted to have things signed though, so some people on the 2nd or 3rd row would run to the end of the queue to have their chance. They really were near Mika cause otherwise some people would have crowded him (not MFCers or MWS of course, as we are used to the signing thing we all behaved). A French member of the MWS took one of the two posters I had bought for Blue Sky and Rose, and had it signed as I took care of the other (impossible to do two on the same time!). There was no way to speak to him, I was second row, all I could do was hold the poster on top of my head in front of his face so he wouldn't miss it . He hardly had the time to recognize many people, he recognized some but we were so many and the queue was so long... He had to save his voice so no talking, it went by really fast. That's it for now, if I remember something I'll add it! Roll-on tonight !

So I got at the venue between 6pm and 6.30pm, after good old Parisian traffic (Paris would not be Paris otherwise...), and a lot of time wasted trying to find a parking spot. Got to see everyone it was great, the French squad, the MFC squad, got to meeting Soaring Simpson, Tiibet, got to see people I had not seen for so long (Babs it was great to enjoy a terrace with you while everyone was queuing - Hope you enjoy the cafés today!) ! At 8pm people were still queuing, getting into the venue was very slow (which might be explained by the fact that you do not go to your place directly, you have ladies taking you to your seat and you have to tip them - reminder for the ones coming tonight ). So actually when I got to my seat it was the last song of Blue Roses. The gig was great, although it was not the best for me. The crowd was quite into it but I've seen wilder audiences. Although the crowd would cheer really loud sometimes and make Mika feel happy. The venue in itself is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, a real circus, and the ladies placing you wear circus jackets! I was sitting next to the VIP area, Mika's dad was next to me we had only a little alley separating us. He moved afterwards 3 seats away to sit with Yasmine (wonderfully feminine as usual). Behind them was Christian Louboutin. Were also at the concert Chantal Thomas (a great lingerie designer), Nagui, the guy from Taratata, and Dorian.

Hi everyone! OK bear with me, I'll start writing my report now. Might be a quick one though (I'm at work ).

ok i'm off !!!

God you cannot imagine how the bad the traffic is already ! Just checked on the internet. Good Lord...

I have no idea Robertina...

Ah Ok thanks for the info FD !

Tell me about it FD... I have to deal with the Peripherique weirdos everyday and I'm not such a good driver (haven't really driven for years and got my car just a couple of months ago). But well it's just a question of getting back on track !

It's great help indeed ! No need to take days off to queue, and you are not that tired (except from the working and driving bit ). Wish me luck guys for the driving and parking for today and tomorrow, it's gonna be the hardest part ! Parisian traffic .

Assigned seats gig!

I had Biche on the phone, the musicians are already there ! She's going to meet up with the French squad for drinks. She can see quite a few people wearing purple . Blue Sky, I don't know how to get your stuff to Japan properly by regular post, but I can help if you want. Want me to buy your poster tonight ?

T'inquiètes on se tiendra bien Sophie ! Ca y est j'ai Mariposa et sa copine à la maison depuis hier soir (qui te passent le bonjour). Les cheveux de Mariposa ont poussé ça lui va super bien elle est toute jolie ! Bon suis au boulot je partage mon temps entre bosser et trainer ici....