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I actualy bought LICM when we were on holdiday in Ireland. I think it's special too

Special? Would you think so?

Bloc Party's A Weekend In The City. Bought the special edition in Copenhagen during a study trip. Now the cd is twice as special to me as it would normally be, which is quite a lot

I jumed a lot aswell

I was in the seats, in the first block on the right and people were actually stomping (is this a word?) with their feet on the rhytm of BIOTG!

My mum said she hasn't seen me this active ever!

That's just cool!

This gig's made me outjump myself (if that's a word ), 'cause afterwards I was actually really sweating & I was very tired (especially my legs )

Oh, and I'll post some links to some vids I made later today. The sound quality is very bad though. I was standing near the front, so you can see most things very clearly. Let's also say it also shows at some times what I liked to do there (JUMP JUMP JUMP )

Press articles

I don't like those at all What's wrong with Mika complimenting the audience? What's the relevance that he's, according to the journalists, an "icon for gay people", and there are many gay people in the audience? Is that so important? It's not like the writer's going to pay attention to the amount of gay men who go to another pop act's gig! And honestly, I didn't see any guys acting more "macho" over there, to prove they're not gay. Why do they compare him to other acts AGAIN (I know Freddie Mercury is difficult to get out of their heads now, but is it really necessary?), while he's got a style of his own? What does it matter when watching a live show? Is the pleasure of going to a Mika gig really that guilty, and why? And by the way, I don't think the gig was flushed away by the show around it at all, though many articles say so.

I just think that these writers have a very strange point of view, almost like liking it (3 stars is an okay score), but being ashamed of it, so looking for points to make the gig look foolish!

There was a support act??

I didn't see him! I thought it was just a cd-player

So did we But there were 2 red spots pointed at the middle of the stadium, and you could see 2 persons there, so I guess that was the support act I think so, 'cause they were gone when the show began

Yesterday, my first Mika gig, and I FREAKING LOVED IT BEYOND WORDS After a long ride (because of some kind of roadblock we couldn't find the way as Google Maps told us) we finally arrived. It was about half past 3 or something? So after getting some food in the snackbar opposite from the building, we returned and waited all the time until the doors opened (about 6:30). I even saw some of you MFCers (I think. Did any of you see two guys and a girl, one of the guys wearing a grey vest and a white shirt with colorful letters on it? (=me)), who were allowed to go backstage or something...

Well, then finally the doors opened. Of course a lot of people who came later than us just ran into the building and of all people, we had to be screened So we lost some time, still we were still pretty much at the front, I think there were 4 or 5 "lines" of people before us, so I guess I shouldn't complain anyway

After another one and half an hour of waiting (pressure was rising ), the support act began. I thought it was kinda nice music, just not my style, but just for this half hour it wasn't that bad at all. But in the beginning we didn't know where the heck the DJs were standing, after a quarter of an hour we found out they were somewhere behind us I also feel kind of sorry for the support act because every time the music stopped for just a sec, everyone began to cheer, but they'd go on, and a big deal of the audience was like ...

And then, after the technicians spending some time testing the instruments, the show finally began. After a brilliant intro, every note he sang, every song he did, made me go even more nuts (in the good way ) and gave me more goosebumps and/or adrenalin kicks! It was amazing that there were absolutely no moments that let me down. The slower songs were so stunning and beautiful (Mika even introduced a vibrato in Over My Shoulder that I'd never heard before), and the happier songs were just downright amazing, mostly because of Mika (DOH! ), but also because of the audience, because a lot of people were just waving their hands, screaming along and clapping etc, with as absolute extreme the last part of Love Today (counting down). Jumping along with the whole audience just felt amazing!

After the show I didn't know where to find the meet & greet thingy, and my dad was waiting for us already, so I didn't see him. But I DID buy a WAG shirt and there's always next time. There is definitely going to be one, the very next time Mika is coming back to the Netherlands or Belgium! EVEN if I have to sacrifice all my pocket money, for God's sake! (And that's kind of a big thing for me )

 

Alles ok. Met jou?

Goed hoor. Alleen we hebben weer eens proefwerkweek. Bah

Hallo Mark

Inderdaad, waar was je al die tijd?

 

Met mij is het goed hoor

Weg Ik heb best een tijd heel veel voor school moeten doen, het ging niet zo 100%. Nu denk ik dat ik weer wat rustiger aan kan doen met leren, dus ik heb meer tijd, dus ik ben weer terug

Hee mensen!

Lang hier niet meer geweest! Hoe is het ermee?

On the site of Sportpaleis, I just read this:

If you want to have a place in the central area, you need to be there timely to ensure yourself of a place

I have bought a ticket for the central area, does that mean that if I am there in time, there is a possibility that I'm not allowed in there because there are already too many people? How late would it be wise to be there? And is there a wristband-like system for the gig, because I might be going on a day trip to Antwerp that day, and I would really like to make sure I'm somewhere in that central area Thank in advance!

Hello everybody? Seems like no one's there, but you never know

that's good, I'm waiting for him to release to 2010' North American date(s) financial difficulties get in the way of flying to Europe

I think I get it

I hopefully will get to go to my first Mika gig this year

Cool! this is my first one too, so I was kind of frustrated about it being postponed. But now that's over. I may be happy that I am eventually going to one

Ooooh of course, of the TONS OF GIGS Mika is giving this year, MINE is postponed. Bittersweet fact; For my waiting time is now doubled, I'll personally make sure that the amount of fun I'm going to have there WILL be doubled TOO!

This is a TERRIBLE slap in the face for me, I was so happy that I only had to wait for two months now, and that amount of time is now doubled I'm so lucky that my father still wants to drive! I shouldn't complain, I know, because there are also people who are not going at all because of this situation. Still, I do! But, when the time comes and it's May and I'm in that stadium, I will just take a moment and tell myself I made it, and there's no way at all that the organization is going to keep me out of this gig

Helloo! Happy New Year

Everything okay?

Hellooooooo

How are you girls?

This was a very merry Christmas indeed.

 

I hate my sister right now. But I hate myself a lot more. She was angry at me for some reason and she said: "Well you'd be happier if I was just dead. You're always trying to kill me anyway. Shall I just jump off the roof? Happy then?" And I was like, "no. I just don't like you this very moment. I don't want you to die."

And then she started screaming at me again, repeating the same things over and over and none of it was true.

 

The rest of the day was so nice as well.. Not.

 

I keep telling myself, 'what difference does it make, I don't matter, my life doesn't matter, I could just cut myself to pieces and no-one would care.'

 

Best Christmas in years. Well, I think it was last year, or the year before, that one was even worse. But I'll cope. Like always.

What the hell!? That's just... Owch! That's just terrible! Fortunately, there's always next Christmas, or even tomorrow, and you know what? I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed for you! I know that at the moment, this won't help you very much, but... well, I guess supporting you a bit is the only thing I can do for you. I hope you'll feel better soon!

Before I get chased by my parents and have to leave again (); Merry Christmas, and a really, Fourplet-, Mika- and joyful New Year! (If I won't see you before then)

Oh, I guess there's no one left who I didn't already tell

Hellooo-oooooo!

Everybody happy?

I am. But not 100%. I've got test week, but I still got the adrenalin rush from buying my very first Mika ticket 3 days ago

Printing my official "evidence for having a ticket" for Mika's Antwerp gig! Glorious feeling, especially because it's the first time I'm buying a Mika ticket. I LIKE IT, no, I LOVE IT

I've never heard of age restrictions for gigs in Belgium

And I've been gigging since I was 12, so you should be fine

Phew, I guess we're safe then Just asked, because in the Netherlands, you can only enter certain venues when you are 16 years or older

Thanks, that was quite a relief

I really want to ask; I already ordered my tickets, but IS THERE AN AGE RESTRICTION? Cause I'm 14 and I don't know whether or not I can get in while under 16 or 18 years! (Was nothing about it on the site of Sportpaleis, and if they don't let me in I'm gonna freakin' SUE THEM! )

Coming too! First Mika gig ever! Going with two friends, we bought standing places!

I think the MikaSounds seats are the same as the regular 46.00 seats, which are indeed the best ones