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Us too!!!
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Our tickets for IL said GA Standing.....therefore I don't think our venue would have assigned seats.
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soooo right now it looks like i'm prooobably gonna end up at the Chicago show on my birthday
I will miss you Toronto
YAY!!!!!!! We'll be there with ya!
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It's 2 p.m. EASTERN, Twins -- So what are you, Central? You're an hour
behind me, then right? 11 a.m. Pacific time.
Thanks Deb! Yes we are Central Time.
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We might be going by ourselves.....except our family doesn't think we can.....we'll get there though.
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Okay so OMG We can't wait to get to Chicago to see Mika for our 2nd time!!!!!!! Kinda bummed that he left out some of the southern states as well as more mid-west, like St. Louis, but Chicago is still great.
Okay so presale tickets will be made available in the member's only section on here tomorrow at 2. Is that UK time. What time will it be for us in Illinois????
CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!
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OMG sorry YES there is a chicago!!!! finally. FINALLY!
I know!!! YAY!!!!!
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Plan to be at the Chicago show...I'll find out for certain tomorrow.
Us too!!!!!! We will be there no matter what. We can't believe this. Chicago here we come again. It's awful.....Chicago is in my state yet I haven't been there since we saw Mika last which was Feb. 5th 2008.
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CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oooh Cool sig Amanda.
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...without any doubt the best band in the world
.with one of the best drummers in the world........
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This is bogus. We really really want this and it doesn't ship to a U.S. address!!!!!!!! We don't know what to do.
It's not that big of deal since we could order an ordinary one and have him sign it in the future...hopefully, but we still wanted this limited collector one since we don't have his autograph period.
This sucks.
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ISN'T THAT AWESOME!?!?!??!
I AM SO EXCITED!!! BEEN WAITING 2 YEARS FOR THIS!!! WHEN HE SETS FOOT IN THE US...... I WILL BE THERE!!!!!!!
Wow.
And we will be right there also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I can't wait to hear more news about it!
I just called musicfreak and woke her up:roftl: I was like its Mika news don't be mad:naughty:
That's hilarious.
I'm with you, ladies! I just pray a show that I can go to will be scheduled on a weekend, cos it's kinda hard to cut class when you're student teaching. Blah.
I KNOW!!!!!! We're still juniors (errrr it's taking so long....long story) but we might be starting some 'going around to certain school district' sort of things since we're maybe thinking about art education......so St. Louis on a Saturday would work out totally fine for us.....
:roftl:*runs off to speak to Mika about the matter*
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Well what's this about 3 week USA tour in October 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We can't wait. We hope it's true and that he does either St. Louis or Chicago.....or both.
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Mika Conquered The World, America Is Next
At first impression, the man no one knows as Michael Penniman seems uncharacteristically quiet. As he takes a well-earned break from rehearsing for a tour to promote one of the year's most eagerly anticipated global releases, he seems tired and anxious, a far cry from his usual upbeat ebullience. He knows it, and he apologizes politely for his demeanor before taking a drawn-out pause to refocus and return as the witty, charming, unashamedly upbeat force of nature the world knows and-mostly-loves as Mika. "It's always a big stress figuring out how to do things live," he says, becoming more animated with every word. "It's really kind of terrifying. I wish I could just mime. I'd be so much happier." Pause. "I'm joking, of course."'
"Witty," "charming" and "unashamedly upbeat" are also words that could be used to describe Mika's music - a winning mix of radio-friendly piano ballads, sexual ambiguity and melodic pop. His debut album, "Life in Cartoon Motion" (Island/Universal), sold 5.5 million copies worldwide, according to his handlers at London-based Machine Management.
His U.K. base -- Mika was born in Lebanon but has a dual U.S. and British citizenship -- contributed 1.6 million of those copies, and Mika regularly leaves his London apartment to find gifts from fans or even fans themselves, camping overnight outside his door.
"It's fine," he deadpans. "I soon get rid of them."
His first major-label single, "Grace Kelly," claimed the top spot in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Norway and Wallonie, and went top 10 in 10 other markets. Meanwhile, the album hit No. 1 in France, Flanders, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Wallonie and the United Kingdom, and it went top 10 in eight other markets including Germany and Australia.
In France, he's bigger than Johnny Hallyday and fancy cheese put together-so big that his gig there in July 2008 was staged in front of 55,000 fans at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris and featured $1.3 million worth of acrobats, clowns and associated stage production.
"I wanted to do a show that was visually effective no matter how far away you were sitting and, unfortunately, that comes with a price tag," he says. "It's so rare to get to a stadium level on a first record, we were just like, 'Let's celebrate it. Let's have fun and do something incredible.' "
For Mika's next trick -- his second album, "The Boy Who Knew Too Much," which arrives internationally Sept. 21 on Casablanca/Island Records and a day later in the United States on Universal Republic -- he wants to become a star in America.
The IFPI's top 10 list of 2007's global best-selling albums ranks "Life in Cartoon Motion" at No. 9. Significantly, on a list that includes Avril Lavigne, Josh Groban, the Eagles and Amy Winehouse, Mika is not only the sole debut artist but also the only one to make the list without occupying one of the top two spots of the Billboard 200.
"Life" debuted and peaked at No. 29 stateside and has sold 350,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan-a respectable but unspectacular figure, as Universal Republic president/CEO Monte Lipman concedes.
"Although it was not ultimately a breakthrough, it was a very good foundation," says Lipman. "We certainly did not enjoy the global phenomenon like some of the other territories around the world," he says. "But if you compare apples to apples and new and developing artists in America it was substantial and significant."
Mika agrees. "It's a funny one in the States," says the singer, who was nominated for a best dance recording Grammy Award in 2008. "I'm kind of a cult artist there and, although radio rejects me, I still sell singles. I'm in this very fortunate place where my shows sell, my songs sell, and I'm able to grow in a way that I want to."
Growth-both personal and artistic-is at the heart of "The Boy Who Knew Too Much," envisioned by its writer as "a kind of rock opera about my adolescence." Work on the album begun almost immediately after the promotional campaign for his debut album concluded with a July 27, 2008, gig in front of 40,000 fans at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon.
Initially scheduled to take at least four weeks off, Mika lasted four days before abandoning the "incredible" Roman ruins of Syria, where he was vacationing with friends, and returning to England.
There, ensconced in his one-room studio basement in London, he immediately began writing his second album. He soon upgraded to the English capital's Olympic Studios, where he began to amass a catalog of "dark and emotional" songs loosely inspired by traditional nursery rhymes.
Some of these uncharacteristically downbeat songs would surface on the "Songs for Sorrow" EP-a limited-edition release sold exclusively through Mika's Web site and retailers Paul Smith and Lanvin-before he reunited with "Life" producer Greg Wells, who he describes as a "musical Swiss army knife," for his inexhaustible technical knowledge. The pair headed for Rocket Carousel Studios in Los Angeles to make an "unapologetic pop record."
"I wanted to come out full guns blazing," Mika says of the ambitious and eclectic 12-track set. It mixes grandiose orchestration, vaudeville, gentle piano ballads, cheesy '80s-influenced disco and the singer's unmistakable falsetto, as well as guest appearances from Imogen Heap ("By the Time") and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallet ("Rain").
This time the songs might make fans stop and think, even as they sing along. "There's a lot of quite painful lyrics and a lot of slightly twisted gothic fairytale moments on the record," he says. "I guess that's become a little bit of my trademark. I like to play with the fact that something may sound totally joyful, but at the same time the lyrics are a lot darker."
First out is "We Are Golden," an infectious rock-soul number featuring a knockout contribution from the Andraé Crouch gospel choir (which sang on Madonna's "Like a Prayer"). In the United Kingdom, the song is already generating huge buzz ahead of its Sept. 6 digital and Sept. 7 physical retail bow, achieving the rare distinction of being played twice back to back on national top 40 network BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley show. Radio 1 will also host a "Mika day" Sept. 28 when the artist will take over daytime programming.
In America, "We Are Golden" will be available exclusively from Apple's iTunes store for one week starting Aug. 18. Likening the situation to that of a lawyer building a case, Lipman expects the exclusive to grow Mika's stateside profile while providing "tangible evidence" of the artist's popularity. This data will then be passed on to radio stations as proof of the artist's U.S. fan base-and his viability for airplay.
Having had little support for the first album campaign, Lipman says breaking Mika on radio in America is his "No. 1 priority" this time around. He expects to work "We Are Golden" to top 40 formats, taking the track to radio one week after it goes live on iTunes. Lipman also cites triple A and hot AC as formats ideally suited to Mika's brand of "sophisticated pop."
It's that sophistication in a "fairly nonsophisticated" pop market that allowed Mika to fall through the cracks between formats with his last album, according to Lipman. The main challenge was getting stations to "step out and lead" but this time he's confident the strength of the songs, combined with Mika's overseas popularity, will force U.S. networks to sit up and pay attention.
In the meantime, the U.S. team is building buzz online and through synch deals; Fox's Aug. 10 broadcast of the Teen Choice Awards used "We Are Golden" as its theme song throughout the show.
Universal is also seeking to maximize the star's online presence through the Aug. 7 international rollout of the Mika's Magic Numbers loyalty plan, which rewards fans for purchases and interactions with special offers. The program launched in the United Kingdom-where Mika has the most-visited Web site of all Island artists, according to the label-in late July. It has drawn a "fantastic" response, according to Dwyer, although the label declined to provide usage numbers.
Mika will undertake a North American tour for three weeks in October, and he's currently setting up TV appearances.
Describing his commitment to the project as "110%," Lipman says his goal is to replicate Mika's European success in the States and "sell millions." "I want to get in on the party," Lipman says. "I want to do what France is doing. I want to do what the U.K. is doing. We want to be part of that success. The album is there and it's our job and our responsibility to make a difference and help put Mika on the platform that he deserves."
Mika shares that fierce ambition, rattling off his American sales stats with a mixture of pride and defiance. While he declines to name names, the fact that other international artists have a higher U.S. profile, despite selling fewer albums, clearly rankles him. He describes selling out U.S. shows as "a big '**** you' to everybody who won't play my records."
"I'm not taking anything for granted," he says as he ponders the prospect of U.S. success. "I have no preconceptions of what people think of me. I have no assumptions as to whether a radio station will play my records or not. I guess with this new record, the only thing I can say is that it's totally me and, if it was me the first time round that divided people's opinion, then I expect the same thing all over again."
Another pause.
"But I think that's something to be proud of, not deny."
Additional reporting by Mark Sutherland in London.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope tour dates are released soon! We SO wish for St. Louis or Chicago! eeeeeee!!!!
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Archeology "You'll dig them and they're a perfect find!"
Hey all!!! Megan & Haley here. Just thought we'd drop you a line. Can you all do us a favor? There is this band and they are just the sweetest men ever. Their music is just fantastic and seems like we never get tired of listening to their songs. they call themselves "Archeology".
Today we got a heads up on myspace that their friends will get the chance to win free t-shirts (The Top Ten) if we spread the word around about them. Then they said if you like their music you can add them on myspace, facebook, or last.fm. Then you message Archeology that we (Meyer Twins) told you about them.
The contest ends at midnight tonight (August 7th, 2009), so if you just add them and leave them a message saying we told you about them that would be fantastic. They are heading out on tour and they wan to meet as many people as possible.
Here are the links:
http://www.myspace.com/archeology
or
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Archeology/76930249464
or
http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Archeology
(It doesn't matter which one you choose.)
Here is a pic:
Thanks BUNCHES!!! Feel free to chat if you love 'em!
Loves
The Meyer Twins
Megan & Haley <3 <3
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is this the title of the new album? ... Check this new stuff in the music section of mikasounds shop!!
http://mikastore.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems-5-0-0.html
LOVE the cover and name. The name makes me think of Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. Anyways....love it. Love all the little stuff in the cover like the art desk and....is that a comic strip:wub2:
The Meyer Twins
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I thought it was exponentially amazing.
She gots autographz and everything.
That is SO cool!
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That key chain is too cute!!! We have a Mika key chain that we made. We'll have to get a two sided one and put Paul on the other side.
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So...The Midway State are pretty awesome! Went to a concert today (twas free
) and I was so pleased. They played all their songs from "Holes". About every two songs or so, Nathan would say something along the lines of, "thank you so much for showing up!", so kind. And one thing I thought was so sweet was when Nathan said he wrote "Never Again" for a girl but she'll probably hasn't heard it (psht!). What else? Hmm...well, Daenen broke something (and Nathan pointed that out ). Nathan also said that Mike W. lives up the street from where the show was (
) and that he's shy, you could tell.
When they were finished and left the stage, I saw some people go to the side of the stage. But I waited a bit
. Okay, so I'm going to spare you a lot of details about meeting them because...you don't care. But I will say this once and I will keep saying this, they are incredibly nice guys. They signed everyone's stuff (
), posed for photos with everyone and said "thank you. Thanks for coming out" each time I (or someone else for that matter) said, "you guys were awesome". They were well dressed too. There was another performance (by Divine Brown) but I left after The Midway State played, and I met them.
They were a pleasure to meet, a pleasure to see live. They are so great. I'm extremely pleased.
WOW!!!! We saw them in Chicago before Mika but we never got to meet them afterwards, still we could just tell that they would be such sweethearts. Just by the myspace comments and stuff we get from them, it's just so totally sweet. Would love to see them again someday and hopefully get to meet them.
:wub2: Glad you had a great time and great photo.My friend went into Nathan (is it nathan?) 's house a few weeks ago because her cousins are friends with them
Well that is freakin' awesome.
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Well that's just too cute.
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MIKA's October 2009 North American Tour
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It is so on! We're still sooo excited about this. Can't believe we have tickets to Chicago!
We were also wondering that. We wonder who the opening act will be if he has one.