natalie923

Hello!

 

What time do you all plan to get to the venue? CAN'T WAITTTTT

I can't make it until doors open. I'm stuck at work today. But I'll try to find everyone after the show! Or say hi to everyone if I still see you mfcers queueing when I get in the area!

so happy I got to see some of you before the show yesterday (brooklyn)!!! I wasn't feeling well after the show ended, so I couldnt stay after to say hello to more of you. But I will be at webster hall tonight!!! Can't wait to see everyone!!!!!

So excited to see everyone tonight!!!!!! What time is everyone getting there????

so excited! it's like a queue reunion too!

I'm so excited!!!! It's been so long!

Natalie, where/when did you buy the album? You should get an email with the special link and code for the presale, which I think is still going on. Check your spam folder if you don't see the email.

 

Otherwise, don't panic -- the general sale starts tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Deb! I bought it off itunes on my phone. I havent gotten the email yet.

I also set about a million alerts on my phone reminding myself to buy the tickets tomorrow! Im freaking out at work right now

I bought the album.....buttttt didnt see any codes? How do I get tickets?!!

It seems Mr. Spock from Star Trek (aka Zachary Quinto) attended this show too

(it's Mika's stage set, isn't it? I see the light bulb )

How come Mika has so many famous fans/friends (Dita, Katy, Guylaine, Perez, Adele, Louboutin etc.) yet he isn't that famous himself?

Goodness! Based on the angle if ZQ's shot, he was standing next to/near me on the railings. I need to look around my surroundings more! I was too focused on mika! Haha

Yes I spotted Zachary Quinto leaving after the show. No one else was as excited as I was.

whatttt Zachary Quinto was there??!! I wish I saw him!

But I probably wouldnt have noticed, given the mika-daze:mikadas:

It was such a fun gig! Mika's jokes and quips were adorable! It was great to say hi to you guys afterwards! Sorry I had to leave early, the bf was getting cranky. note to self: only go to mika concerts with mfcers. But all in all, it was a great gig and I already miss mika!

Max & Curtis just whizzed past me. Looks like they're a bit late haha!

YES! After work though :/

Yay! the bf and I are coming late too... we're just going to hang out in the back where the bar would be and take it easy. I'll find you and mfc afterwards though!

If anyone is at the venue now, be safe it is so nasty out there.

are you still coming??!

Bleurgh. It looks like there's 100 percent chance of rain for most of the day tomorrow! We're going to be drowned.

eek! disposable ponchos are a must!

Good luck and have fun queuing tomorrow everyone! see you after the gig!

After the gig I was expecting chaos as there were many people there and even when they told everyone to line up a lot of people were grouped around the path from the entrance to Mika's waiting car. I thought he'd be mobbed and eventually jump into the car rather than come down the line.

 

A girl who was unable to get tickets to the gig had come to meet Mika before the show. He walked in through the entry doors so we all saw him but he did not stop and his crew said people would have to wait for him after the show to speak to him.

 

The girl came back afterwards and I wanted to make sure she got in there to see him as she seemed to be getting pushed outside of the group and it would have been such a shame for her to spend all this time just trying to see him and be robbed at the last minute. Anyway I checked with her after he came out and she got his autogrpah and later I saw him hugging her and telling her if she comes to Brooklyn he could get her into the gig. I don't think that was an option for her but she still seemed over the moon to be able to have a conversation with him. I was really pleased to see it. He is such a good pop star!!

 

He also did something incredibly sweet for an absent MFCer and as Nas says we can't really talk about it because I think it's still a surprise.

 

He had been in such a great mood right from the start of the gig and it carried to the interaction with fans outside. We waited at the end thinking he would never come and initially I didn't really want to try to speak to him anyway. It was very difficult for me to speak clearly with my voice and I knew if it was chaotic he wouldn't know wtf I was saying and I didn't want to get physically close to him because I am probably horribly contagious.

 

When one of the crew members came out we had a quick moment of banter and he put a folded piece of paper in my hand and said, here this is for you. Which was all very intriguing for a moment until I saw the date in the corner and realized it was just a setlist. Anyway I thought I may as well get Mika to sign it since I had it and it seemed like he was going to come to us after all.

 

Fortunately because we were at the end and everyone else had started drifting away it was quiet enough for me to speak to him. For the first time ever I got a truly unqualified moment of recognition from him and he said "Hi, it's so nice to see you! How are you doing?" I reflexively handed him the setlist and said "fine" in a croaky voice. So then I corrected myself and said "Actually I have a bad cold."

 

Then he said "Get the f*ck away from me!" which made me howl. I wish I had it on video and could put it on an endless loop. As always, coming from Mika, a sign of affection or at least familiarity when he says something so rude.

 

I thanked him for singing off mic and said how wonderful it was.

 

So aside from my hideous cold it was a perfect day from start to finish. I'm so glad I chose this gig. I had very high expectations and they were still surpassed by a mile. I want to thank our amazing Mama Mod for inviting me to her home and hometown gig and taking such good care of me like she does for all of Mika's fans whenever she has the opportunity.

OMG this sounds so great. It reminds me of the old mika concerts I've been to when I was still capable of forming words around mika. Now I just start stuttering and twitching awkwardly. Like on Tuesday at lepoissonrouge, I was so surprised when he shook my hand that I did an awkward head-nod thing. EMBARRASSING. I need to work on this. But thanks so much for sharing your night! It just makes me so happy to know that he's still so friendly and down-to-earth! I just get so intimidated and fangirl-ish that I turn into a goof. haha

I just watched stardust and Lola without the mic and they were both SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! I can really feel his emotions without the mic! I'm so sad I missed out on this! But thanks for all your reviews! It's sounds like an amazing time!

Getting very excited about this show as well, so bumping the thread up so I can find it more easily!

So Excited!!!! :aah::aah:

I won't be at the queue because of work, but I'll find you guys after the show (that is if the bf isnt grouchy)

Also, now I have the post-mika-queueing Cold!!! But it is worth it' last night was amazing!

I couldn't stop dancing and had such a great time! And so nice to meet you MFCers after show! Couldn't have had a better 20th birthday. Hope I will see you again very soon!

Great meeting you! I'm glad you got to get in the pic with us!

Ok I want to start off by saying that tonight was the most fantastic concert (event, anything) I have ever been to.

 

The best way to describe this is that if I imagined my perfect concert, it would not have been as good as Mika at Le Poisson Rouge on April 9th.

 

Starting at the beginning: I ran (actually ran!) here from my class at 1:45pm, and the queue was about seven people, not too bad! Though doors were at seven the time went by quickly. We saw Curtis and Max hop of out of the car, but Mika must have gotten wise and entered the venue on the side door. We walked by and heard a little bit of sound check mid-afternoon. People kept walking by and asking what we were up to, but the best one was a guy who asked us who we were there to see. We replied “Mika,” and he was like “is that a medical condition?”

 

Yes, yes it is.

 

I know about the LPR 2009 debacle with entering and general mass chaos and luckily the venue did too. About half an hour before doors they came and checked everyone’s will-call reservation and scanned everyone’s tickets, so when doors officially opened we just walked straight through, walked down the stairs and cozied up to the tiniest most intimate stage, probably ever.

 

Some pics:

 

MFC Front row!

 

The stage setup:

 

The wait for Curtis/Max double act, which I think we should rename “Curtis and Max Try Their Hands at Self-Indulgent DJ-ing For Way Too Long” seemed like it took forever. Which was probably good, because I needed time to adjust to the fact that their dead duck prop was RIGHT IN MY FACE and also I was insanely, grossly close to what was soon to be Mika. And definitely got a taste of this when I basically had to look straight up at Curtis and Max as they played their 30 minutes of 30-second iTunes samples—or that’s what it sounded like...No, no I’m being mean, I really did come to enjoy it. But I had to try pretty hard. They don’t really try to engage the crowd at all so you have to engage yourself, but honestly it was good to get my dancing warmed up before Mika.

 

 

(Curtis, Max and my duck friend)

 

When they left the stage was cleared and the mic was set up not two feet from me. Don’t believe me?

 

 

Ok, ok, so, Mika comes on by himself and sings Grace Kelly and is just bringing the house DOWN. Curtis and Max join him for Toy Boy, and that was when I could really tell that he was in a good mood. Like more of these shows he was really chatty. Some stuff that I remember: he talked about how they bought the $900 (Canadian money) DJ equipment before the show and C/M’s first set sounded like “David Lynch’s funeral music.” It later improved to resemble “house music in Harry Potter world” or something like that, but Mika thought they had improved enough to be an “act” by tonight. Honestly, I don’t think the two of them cared if anyone enjoyed it, haha.

 

(at the piano)

 

He introduced SITM by saying that, while growing up he had taken tap dance classes. He’d always really wanted to be Gene Kelly (no, not Grace Kelly—he actually admitted to not knowing much about her!) so we should just imagine that Curtis and Max’s percussion was him tap dancing.

 

Origin was fantastic. After playing the song, Mika sked them to make it completely dark, and everyone closed their eyes. He said, “this time, I want you so scream “Love, love, love” like you’re the last person on earth, like it’s the only way you can find another living being” ... and when he counted us off the house went WILD. This venue was so small and it was hard to dance without hitting Mika (that small!!) but we managed it anyway.

 

Before Stardust, he noticed my cascarone on the stage (cascarone=egg shell filled with confetti). I handed it to him and he asked me what was in it but couildn’t hear when I said “confetti.” He leaned down and let me whisper it in his ear (ok, guise, I whispered in Mika’s ear, I did, that happened, no I can’t believe it either). He straightened up and said “oh, it’s a friendly egg!” then cracked it over Curtis’ head. Pretty perfect preface to Stardust—which has THE MOST INCREDIBLE ACOUSTIC RENDERING.

 

Kristen Chenoweth was there for Popular! What a surprise! She’s actually tiny so Mika had to lift her onto the piano and they sat there together to sing it. Good thing he printed out the lyrics, because she totally needed them That being said, it was really fun and not something I expected!

 

(with Glinda herself!)

 

The staging of Underwater was incredible. All the lights were off except some sparse blue stage lights and one lone lightbulb that hung basically above our heads. As the song built, Mika would push the lightbulb so it would swing in a circle, illuminating his face for moments at a time.

 

No Century Man, but we did get Hia Leah.

 

I could go on about how he snubbed the really loud drunk lady that kept yelling, or how hot it was in there (he was dripping!), Mika-Curtis-Max’s three-part piano piece on SITM, but I want to develop the most incredible moment of the night for me, and that was Over My Shoulder. Everyone was quiet. The sheer power of Mika’s voice—how it crescendos on those long, held notes, how clear even the highest notes ring—I was blown away. Coupled with the Curtis’ melancholy melodica and Max’s quiet, tenuous harmony, it was the most beautiful song I have seen on a stage. And I was just feet away from it.

 

 

Afterwards, thanks to some AMAZING work by Deb (DEB!!!!) and Nas, MFC got ushered into a side room for a quick hand-shake and group photo with Mika. The photographer was with Mika, so Deb I hope he sends you the pic (Jerry said he would!). Of course I forgot to give him my gift, or get anything signed, but this is no surprise because it seems like I am always awestruck in the face of a god.

 

And it truly was the face of a god. If I didn’t know it before tonight sealed it. Tonight was the concert of my dreams. It was truly the best thing that has ever come to pass. I can’t articulate how lucky I feel to have that Mika shares this side of himself with us, and that I’ll get to share it again and again on Friday and Saturday.

 

Ok, I need to go wash the sweat and tears off myself.

 

Tonight was perfection.

AMAZING RECAP!!!!!! It was great to actually get to spend more time with you guys this time!!!! I'm still in lala mike daze.

I'm on my way! I look crazy and people on their way to work are staring at me haha

I too have 1 extra ticket to the april 9 LE POISSON ROUGE gig. I'll sell it for $35. You would just have be able to pick up the tickets from me at the queue by 5pm at the latest! PM me if you're interested!

oo cute!!

 

a few ppl said early-mid afternoon...see u guys tmrw!!

so exciteddd!!!! I'm going alone, so its great not to be sitting hours and hours by myself! :aah:

Only ONE more day!!!!!!

Yay I just got my Tickets!!!!

I will spend the day queueing with you guys, but stay in the back for the actual concert because I'm dragging my bf and he won't get there until the doors open! Hopefully there's a meet-and-greet after so the bf can finally understand why I think MIKA so so swoonworthy and amazing!