French Deb

Thanks people, for your great reports, great pics and vids

Oh, Eva, sorry to read you didn't have the great time you expected... That seams so unusual from Team Mika and his mother, yeah, maybe they were very tired and rushed as Mika was ill But Mika seemed nice, as aslways Yeah, I was shocked too... I think Mika wanted the people come during Lollipop but wanted to end with We are golden alone... But as there were too many people, the musicians couldn't see Mika and started We are golden directly after Lollipop, so people didn't have the time to get off the stage... I was sad he didn't salute with the musicians and the choir, and felt he wanted to leave the stage very quickly... So bad

They do things well That's very nice

Christine, here is a vid of the whole Love Today, and from 4.35, you can see Mika making signs to the lady so she comes on stage with him, and as she naid no, made a sign to me... and grabbed my hand. Maybe it's more understanding with the vid And the lady, you can see her on this vid, from 0.30 when he made her sitting on the stage during Karen :

Thank you Louiza There is a realllllly nice vid, during 28 minutes, showing parts of each songs of the gig. Very good quality and sound. It's worth being seen

Good luck people !

Thank you guys for the vids That seemed to be a nice time I likedthe Deejay interview, that I found quite interesting. The Robbie Williams part made me smile ! I hope now he can rest his voice before next shows

Salut Adèle ! Bienvenue sur le MFC ! You'll see it's a great place to be to chat about Mika... I was in Nantes too, last Monday... It was an amazing gig !

Honestly I don't know I think he was in a good mood, he had fun with the audience, it was his last show of this part of the tour... At the end, he made the fans do a stage invasion, so he was very in a good mood. Maybe he just wanted to tease this poor lady Before in the show, he told her she wasn't singing at all, and made her sit in the front of the stage, but she was very uncomfortable and stayed 1 minute then get back to her seat. I think he wanted to tease her again when he asked her on Love Today, and as she didn't want to go on stage, he made me do it. Maybe because he saw that I was having fun, dancing and singing ! But just after the lady said no, he looked at me with a strange face, so I said "ok, I can do it" and he took me on stage... In my opinion, he wanted first to "test" me, that's why he made me doing some singing exercises before. Maybe when he saw that I entered his game and I was having fun, he wanted to keep going on and made me doing Max's part because that made him laughing a lot ! Maybe when he wanted the lady to come on stage initially, he didn't planned to make her doing Max's part To be honest, I'm wondering why he did that too ! Moreover, before the Love Today thing, he made something weird, that I didn't understand neither ! At the beginning of Popular, he stretched his arms, and made me a sign, so I did the same, and he grabbed my arms But I don't know what he wanted me to do : going on stage, or whatsoever... I was very confused ! Here is the vid :

I'm so happy you apreciate it, guys Here is the translation of the vid : - "Ladies and Gentleman, you’re listening to Deborah’s voice… For her first time on stage Here is Deborah’voice… The voice that you’re gonna listen for the rest of your life !" (Then, I’ll translate the second vid, from my friend Lisa, because we can hear Mika better : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zIS2O2lYms&feature=plcp ) - "There won’t be orchestra anymore, no theatre play… but are you singing or what ?!... For the rest of your life, there will be Deborah in the theatre… But tonight, you have the choice ! You can free Deborah" […] (I don’t understand what he said, even the vid ! He mentioned “Max” I think…”) - Me : "What ?!" - Mika : "No, go on ! You sing, sing, sing ! So listen to me very well, when I count until 3, you have the choice… We want to see everybody here tonight starting dancing, jumping. When we count until three… The hands in the air…" (Then at 2.45 : switch back on my vid ! For the end ) - Mika :" Are you ready the “Cité” (Name of the venue) ? Whether you’ll have the voice of Deborah for ever or you can sing and dance… Are you ready Nantes ?? 1…..2…..1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4… "

Ok, then, so here is my report about this crazy evening… I arrived with my mum at 7.30PM et we came to our seats. We realize that we are sooooo close to the stage, at the 1st row. We just had to stretch the legs to touch the stage !! It was my 15th gig but I never was that close, and in the middle, just under the microphone. It was really impressive, especially when we were seating, Mika seemed even taller than he is ! I was so impressed that I didn’t dare to use my camera because I was afraid to bother him. When he arrived on “Un soleil mal luné”, with the music-rest on which there were the lyrics, me (and my mother !!) were totally hypnotized ! Honestly, the fact of being that close, to see all the details, every single expression on his face, his hands; etc. that was impressive. Then, he played « Grace Kelly » and « Relax » ! And it was pure madness in the venue : the audience stood up, even in the balconies. Everybody was dancing, singing… What a mood ! Mika was really happy to end this part of his tour in this way, with such an audience. At one point (I filmed that !), he said that you always remember the first show and the last show of a tour. He was really moved, and we could see several times his eyes were moist. Actually, the audience was only seated for the acoustic and slow songs, and for Blue Eyes. He made the audience be part of his show a lot, as he always do. He was very chatty and he said he was ill so he needed us to sing with him to help ! Then, he said that when he is ill, he has a strange voice that he likes, a voice marked by cigarette, whisky and hot chocolate ! So funny. He said he felt like Gainsbourg or even like Jessica Rabbit ! He couldn’t remember her name, so he ask the audience “how is the name of the blond and hot girl of Roger Rabbit ?!” Everyone was laughing ! Then he insulted himself, saying he has the right to call him « di** face » and asked the translation in French ! So classy ! He talked a lot about childhood memories… He was really touching. Between the songs, we could se he was ill. He coughed a lot and needed to take breath. He was even touching his throat. But he is so amazing to be such a great artist, to respect his audience and despite he was ill, he totally rocked !! Respect Mika, you’re the best. He really loved the venu, he said it’s like a « classic theatre for orchestra » and that his dressing room was huge… I filmed that part ! I’ll upload later. He went on saying that the dressing rooms of the conductor (he said « chef de l’orchestre » in French, that was so cute !) have to be huge because the egos of the conductors are so huge and have to fit in the dressing room ! He closed the talk saying he would love to live in a place like that, like the circus men who live in their circus… When he started Karen, he had to stop because he coughed… The public has applause him to encourage him ! He said he wanted to do like in the “Men in black”, to “flasd” the audience so we could forget ! So funny… Well, it was a very great gig, really. He was on fire, despite he was ill, and very moving, very touching. He was happy to be there and so sad to end his tour… He said he will miss us… Well, regarding my crazy experience, I could explain more ! As I said, in the middle of Love Today (when he does usually the Max part) he wanted a lady next to me to come and sing with him because she wasn’t singing at all during the gig, and she didn't want ! Then he looked at me with his cute face and I said "Well, ok !" and he grabbed me by the hand and it was on ! I really didn’t realised what was happening, I was in the fire of the moment ! He put me next to the piano, the lights were fade and my heart started to beat wildly… I said to myself, “holly crap, I’m in front of more than 2000 people, what he’s gonna do with me !” , then Mika, came close to me to ask “Can you remember me your name ?”, he asked three times, cause we couldn’t hear anything… I answered “Deborah” and he said “well, keep going on doing the “doom…”” and went to his piano. First he wanted to do like if he did some lessons : he asked me to do strange noise like if I had to warm my voice, and some "la la la la la", and looked at the audience with a "that's bad" face, like if I did wrong notes ! Then he streched himself, so I did the same ! All the audience cracked up and aplaused to support me… And then, he went in front of me, and made some gesture to the band and the audience so they stop singing… leaving me all alone with the “doom, da da di da di doom”… Oh my god ! And he made fun of me, speaking to the audience, and every time that I stopped say “you, sing !” with a strong voice… During all this time, the public was on fire ! And I could see that Mika was really laughing too ! I’ll translate what he said in the vid, so you could understand… That’s really funny ! Then he started to sing again, and to dance. He came close to me to danse with me, and took my arm to dance with him… and the end was sooooo incredible, he made me come in his arms, to finish the song… That was really crazy ! The lights went of, and it’s impressive because you can’t see anything at all… So he took my hand so I don’t fall, and was laughing ! He was happy of his joke who lasted 10 minutes, and said to me “that was so great”… Then, I went of the stage, and came back to my seat, I was totally confused and I wondered what really happened up there… Then, he strated his usual speech on “Love you when I’m drunk” and asked to me if I drunk something before coming to the gig… I said no but I was ok to have a drink with him after the gig ! So he looked at my mum and asked to me “Is she your mother ?”, I said yes and he carried on asking her “well, is your daughter always like that ?!” So funny… After that he said that apparently, people from Nantes were drinking less than people from Bordeaux where he was the night before (Well, Bordeaux is a country of wine, so that’s normal !) That was funny. Well, I think I said everything… That was an amazing gig, Mika is still wonderful on stage, he is still funny and close to his public and fans. I won’t thank him enough for this experience he allowed me to share with him… That will always be in my memories, as one of the most amazing moment in my life… Thank you Mika !

Oh my This is another vid, taken from a friend of mine, Lisa, who was on the audience too ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz6XANQyaBM&feature=youtu.be I'm totally fangirling right now

Thank you girls I could do it every evening, and going on tour with him, no problem ! I know, I was so lucky to be at the right place at the right time I juste made my CR in French on the French forum. Promise, I would come back later and translate it, including what he says in the vid. The setlist : Un soleil Mal Luné Grace Kelly Relax Lola Blue Eyes Popular Billy Brown Rain Big Girl Stardust Underwater Karen Stuck in the middle Love Today Drunk Elle me dit Origin Celebrate Lollipop We are golden

Thank you That's very nice of you, guys You're right, Laurel, he really is one in a million...

Thank you guys Here is the vid : Please, don't make fun of me I'll explain everything later and translate what he said, I have to go to work To be quick, he wanted a lady next to me to come and sing with him because she wasn(t singing at all during the gig, and she didn't want ! Then he looked at me with his cute face and I said "Well, I can do it" and he grabbed me by the hand and it was on ! First, we can't see on the vid, but he made me doing strange noise like he knows how to do it and some "la la la la la", and looked at the audience with a "that's bad" face !! And then he put the microphone well so I could sing the "doom...." during he was on the piano. Each time that I stopped, he pretend to moan and said "Sing !" so I keep going on ! That was so funny... Well, that was realluy unbelievable... Thought I was dreaming when I woke up this morning...

Oh my god... Stil can't believe how this night was amazing... The gig was perfect, and the audience soooooo great, one of the best. He was so happy about it But I juste experienced something unbelievable : Mika made me come on stage with him, to sing the backs vocals of "Love Today", so I sang "Doom, da da di da di doom"... all bymyself, during 5 minutes, with Mika on the piano who was making fun of me and encouraged me That was unreal... And at the end, he made me dance and turn on the stage... ! My mum filmed part of this, I'll show you tomorrow with a real report... I have to work tomorrow. I'm going to bed with dreams in my head... Thank you Mika

Oh thank you for your answer Don't worry, I'm ok and I won't blame the Compiegne things for my lack of activity on the fans comunity It's just that I wanted to stand back a little and I have new priorities in my life now : new job, life with fiancé, etc. It’s just that I don’t have lot of free time to post But so happy to attend a gig and see people ! Oh thank you Deb, that’s very nice of you I will come back soon, I’ll definitly post a CR of the Nantes gig in two weeks

Hello guys ! I haven't posted here since a while but I had such a good time yesterday that I wanted to share it with you Well, since last year and all the mess that happened in Compiegne, I felt like I had to take time away from all the fans stuffs and queing and numbers things... That's not for me anymore ! So I came to last night gig in a very relaxed way : I arrived at the venue at 6.30 PM. I knew that with a small venue, I would have a good spot anyway, and it was the case ! I saw him very well The venue is very beautifull and classy. As Tiibet said, he was in the spirit of the venue The gig was awesome ! Mika is still the best and he knows how to make all the audience falling in love with him. We could read on his face how happy he was. He still has sparkles in his eyes and that moves me a lot. At the begining we could notice he was exciting but also very tensed. He explained at the end of the gig that before going to the stage, he saw someone he hadn't see since 2 years who told him that he changed a lot and that person was expecting to see how Mika perform on stage now... Mika said he was really pissed off and angry... Because for him, he is still the same and he still writes his songs in the same way with the same sincerity That was a really touching moment... I think the setlist is perfect : the best of Mika and his 3 albums within 22 songs and a 2 hours show ! Congrats Mika, I can say you are still the same and you rocked the Casino de Paris last night ! Can't wait to see him in Nantes ! Hope my report is not too bad, I'm in the train to go back to work. See you next MFCers

Hello guys, Still looking for 2 spare tickets for Paris, on the 12th of November ! Think about me if you have some

Hello MFCers ! I am looking for 2 spare standing tickets for the first Paris' show at the Casino de Paris on the 12th of Novemeber ! Please PM me if you do have a pair of them. Thank you !

Bonjour à tous ! J'espère que vous allez tous bien Je ne passe pas beaucoup depuis plusieurs semaines (voire plusieurs mois) mais je pense toujours au MFC Je sais que l'actu de Mika est calme en ce moment, mais n'oubliez pas, si vous avez une question ou une remarque ou quoique ce soit, envoyez-moi un MP, je reçois les notifications dans ma boîte mail Ici, en France, il fait très beau et très chaud en ce moment c'est l'été indien ! On ne va pas s'en plaindre, mais presque 30° fin septembre, c'est exceptionnel ! Profitez bien du beau temps les frenchies et j'espère que les autres, vous avez aussi du beau temps. A bientôt !

I feel the same about this remix Just to say that this song is really successfull in France : it's aired on many radio stations all the time ! And he is number 1 in the digital sellings since 3 weeks I think you already know that (I assume someone already wrote the news) but just to recall ! Happy to see that he is still liked !

Hi people, I just come here quickly, just arrived from Belgium. Well, I'll write a report later but I was one of the people who tried everything to organize the queue with the security guys. To sum up : I talked with a girl from Rocksquare to ask if it was possible to come before for the 150 people on the list. She checked and came back to say yes and asked that we should organize the queue with people in their number order in the middle entrance (which was not really logical but... ) and after she told me to check with the security guys. I talked with them several times, we organize everything : me and a friend of mine (I was number 105 and she was 150) were supposed to check every number with the name/nickname of people on the list to be sure people with no numbers couldn't enter. Then they told me the will let us 5 minutes to go in front of stage by closing the bareer before open it for the other people. So it was supposed to be perfect and fair. BUT : all this gig and the Rocksquare thing were very bad planned... And the were late, veeeery late. Mika started his soundcheck at 6PM... it was supposed to be the opening doors time... And after 1.30 hour, we saw the security guys opening all the entrance and saying to me : "sorry, we are so late we were told to let anybody in at the same time" UI was so angry... I really was. And I'm very sorry for you who didn't get the spot you were supposed to have. I told people during hours that it would be ok because they were telling me that but it didn't happened.... I didn't read the report yet, but I wanted to explain to people what happened with the system. btw: just wanted to say it's really insane to read at what time people started queing I arrived at 9 AM and was number 105... well, I think for the 2012 tour, I'll take seated tickets !

Yes, I agree but for the Parc des Princes, he was really at the top of sellings etc. in France. For this gig, it's nearly 2 years after the release of TBWKTM and he didn't show up in France since a few festivals last year. It's hard to sell 25000 tickets just on your past success (except if you are the Rollings Stones, Prince or big big names). Until a few days, even in France there was no promotion of the gig. 25000 it's huge and you have to convince more than the fan base. Yes, they say "single" but as other says, I say it as single in France / bonus track in other countries. I don't mind he release a new song just to promote the gig, I'm happy we'll hear new sound and I'm happy we'll know it for Compiègne. He shows up to say "hey, I'm still here, don't forget me I'll be back in a few months" Totally what I think ! In a very well written English, it's better !

Hi people ! I saw on the first post from Mellody that it's written 7 AM to listen to the song on Music Party. But when you go to the website, it says it will be broadcast in 9 hours and 20 minutes so it will be at 9 AM (French summer time) Maybe it was already said, but I don't want people to get up early for nothing I do think the first time we'll listen to it will be on NRJ (the Compiègne's gig partner btw !) I'm anxious for this song ! Happy to hear Mika sing a real new song in French but also anxious Well, I understood he said the album will be in English but there will be other tracks in French. I see that as bonus tracks that maybe will be released on the French spealing countries. I don't think this single will be released outside a french speaking country. For me, it's to early to release a single, more than 6 months before a new album. I do think the "real" first single will be released in a few months, in English and all countries. See that like a little "bonus" And this single is like a support for Compiègne, he will sing the song etc. It's quite a big event so they thought it would be the perfect timing to release this French single and to promote the gig Well, it's how I see it !