Kasia_xxx

I’m so sorry to read this terrible news. I hope the whole family finds peace and comfort soon.

Thank you for you replies😊 I’ve now found it on iTunes UK (wasn’t there a few hours ago yet)❤️

So I’m searching the UK iTunes Store and where is it?☹️🤷🏻‍♀️

Freedom - one of my favourite songs of all time. It’s hard to cover someone like George Michael and especially a song that everybody knows. Mika did it still sounding like himself. Wonderful!

I so can relate to this! For me it’s also been over 3 years without a gig (last one I saw before Shepherd’s Bush last week was at London Palladium).

I always felt elated after a concert, however, this time it all was too intense-the fact I went with a friend who wanted to see him for 10 years but couldn’t (she lives in Egypt!), then because he came down right in front of us during Big Girl and we sang and danced like crazy. And also, it’s been a long while (December 2012) since I last went to a standing Mika concert. It all was totally crazy. I’m sure he’s coming back here next year but... that doesn’t even make me happy until I know the exact date - I’m getting a sort of anxiety that I will have to be somewhere else at the time and won’t make it to the concert. It all makes me laugh and cry at the same time😅😭

I thought exactly the same after the London show.

I would love to have heard One of these songs: Last Party, Good Guys or Promiseland.

I’m still on cloud nine after the London show. 
It was unreal❤️
Waiting for more impatiently. We need these dates confirmed please🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

On 11/11/2019 at 7:27 PM, TinyLove_CJ said:

Here's hoping he adds more UK dates too! Unfortunately I couldn't make it to London, could he come closer to me please? I'm in Yorkshire and there is the Leeds Arena!

You know he rehearsed for this tour in Wakefield...😍😍😍

It’s been over three long years since I last saw Mika (at the London Palladium) and the wait was all compensated for by the man last night. A simple, music show, no gimmics, just Mika and his incredible band.

He sang all I thought he would and more, I think for the first time I didn’t feel like there were some songs missing from my dream set list🤩

Me and my friend who has travelled all the way from Egypt to see Mika, were around row 4-5 centre stage. By the end of Relax I thought I had no more energy for dancing and singing😅 and then a true miracle happened... Mika came down during Big Girl with no security and completely unexpected and sang less than a metre away from us😍🤩❤️ At this point I would like to thank all the fans that were in his proximity, you guys showed as much respect for Mika as he showed us his trust - not a single hand touched him, we just sang and danced with him completely awed. Of all the over 20 gigs I’ve been to, this moment will always stand out. 
A perfect crowd, an unbelievable energy and mutual joy! Mika was completely speechless seeing our “We’ve missed you” cards at the end of Ice-Cream and then the colourful lit up hearts that we rose up in Tiny Love. 
A beautiful brand new set list, an unforgettable night. It was amazing to see so many familiar faces (some from a distance) as well as new fans. Till the next time, guys. It was epic🤩❤️

I saw the cover and immediately felt something wasn’t right... This is heartbreaking. Thank you Mika for continuing. Your mum is an absolute hero, an incredible force and an inspiration. All my prayers go out to you and your incredible family❤️

https://www.facebook.com/BrianMayCom/posts/1066260233387240

Gotta love Brian May❤️

Before Boum Boum Boum he made a funny introduction - he said he'd teach us a few French words (coeur, philosophie and I guess something else I do t remember now) but he did it in such a cute and funny way, of course realising people don't like French songs here. He also promised it's the only French song in the show. I don't know why someone could still object to that, especially that the song is really cool and sounds amazing live.

All She Wants wasn't on the original set list & as far as I can remember I don't think he performed at it any of the other gigs on this tour so I assume that was planned in advance.

I was told by girls I was with he sang ATSW in Madrid but maybe that was an exception then ;-)

Ah, sorry - that was meant to be reply to Melody's question if he didn't do some songs.

He didn't do All That She Wants - maybe because of his grandma in the audience lol

An awesome blend of songs! I'm so glad he sang so many new ones❤️

I'm still on cloud nine.

Amazing show! I haven't seen Mika since the Roundhouse in 2012, so almost 3 years. I managed to meet my husband in the meantime, get married and have a son in between! That's CRAZY! It was awesome to see Mika after all this time. I may miss the connection he used to have with the old band and all their jokes on stage, but the new arrangements of some old songs like Grace Kelly or Lollipop are fantastic! The show is very upbeat, the whole theatre was up only apart from Underwater and Over My Shoulder. I absolutely adored Freddie Mercury's photos people raised during Last Party and the "city" in Talk About You. Mika's voice was incredible throughout, as well as his jokes. He divided the audience into 3: heaven (top level), purgatory (middle) and hell (stalls) which was great in all the sing alongs. I regret not being able to say hi to so many MFC'ers but having a 3 month-old at home I made it as quick outing as possible???? I can't wait for more and it's definitely worth a while, even if it's another 3 years again.

So happy to be going! Row H 14, 15, 16. I'm wondering if the first, say, 3 rows were available on presale at all. At 9am SHARP I refreshed the page and got row 8 (H). It's outrageous what's happening on seatwave and other sites. Anyway, couldn't be happier it's a seated gig. Sadler's Wells was my first one ever, all seated too and it was unforgettable <3

Fantastic news! Although on 18.10 I will have a 3 - 3,5 month-old son (I have 9 days left till due date) as of now I'M SO GOING! Will be hunting my ticket tomorrow from 9❤️ And can't wait to see all the MFCers again - it's been a while! My last Mika show was 13.12.2012 at the Roundhouse!

Oh yesss, lovely one!

I definitely want one, they're brilliant! All of them - I don't know which to choose.

Evening Standard Review:

 

http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/music/mika-roundhouse-nw1--review-8414051.html

 

Mika, Roundhouse, NW1 - review

Big, loud and energetic, but Mika still remains a mystery

Critic Rating 3 stars

 

He's big in the Benelux region and a chart topper in France but Mika’s latest album stalled outside the UK top 20. Singing two songs in French at this homecoming suggested a change in career priorities; it also confirmed Mika’s ability to be a bit irritating in more than one language.

 

The new record does at least develop a grown-up pop sound though you’d hardly know it from this over-the-top performance, which felt like stumbling into a Christmas party with a compulsory Seventies-style disco theme. “You need a drink,” he told fans and that’s probably the best way to enjoy 90 minutes of Mika.

He unleashed his terrifying falsetto on 2007 number one Grace Kelly and the pumping disco of Relax, Take it Easy, while bouncing around, clambering onto a piano and demanding the audience sing along.

 

Origin of Love showed he can make smart, captivating tunes and Popular Song had some of Robbie Williams’s self-aware swagger.

 

Yet for all his effort and natural ability, there was a surprising lack of personality from a pop star whose debut album sold 5.6 million. Mika remains something of a mystery, which might explain his career setback on this side of the Channel.

What an idiot! I really shouldn't have read this before going to sleep...

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I share your opinion. But I'm neither French nor English, either And I don't get the message that the English audience doesn't matter. The message for me is more one of braveness and of being a "out of the box" and a many-sided artist.

 

And is it really such a big thing for Brits to hear songs in another language than English? Don't you have hits from outside from time to time? And when a song is good it is good. Why not play it even if it is in another language?

 

Maybe it's really because I'm not from the UK, but I just tried to image how I would feel if a German (singing) band would sing a French Song (or a Italian one or Spanish or whatever) - and I wouldn't felt any offence at all, I would just think "It's great, they look over the rim of a tea cup".

 

However, I agree that he should play more of the new songs. But that is a criticism of the whole tour, not especially for London.

I've been in the UK for over 4 years and what I've noticed the Brits can be a bit funny about other languages (most people don't speak any foreign language as they don't feel the need to) and really... I haven't heard of a different language hit song here... Yes, audience here is specific and Mika didn't seem to take it into consideration. I was really pleased to hear Soleil and Elle Me Dit yesterday but at the back of my head I was thinking: most of the audience are not enjoying it.

My three friends went with me to see Mika live for the first time and all of them agree he's a great artist and like no other. That's a good thing to hear from people who haven't seen him live before. The gig itself was good. In my opinion Mika is the kind of artist who ALWAYS delivers, even when he's not feeling 100% into it. I guess that was the case yesterday. Not too much talk from the stage in the first half, which was a bit disappointing (I was thinking: Come on Mika, show this crowd what you really can do with the audience and how u can interact with fans. Well, anyway... His voice was MUCH better than I thought it'd be (after all the online drama). I liked the French beginning, although , as Sariflor mentioned it wasn't really applicable for a London show. I will always Love Mika and at the moment I'm on a post-gig high but I realise there were a lot of new people attending yesterday and, as much as we -hard-core fans did enjoy it, I'm not sure Mika threw the rest of the crowd on their knees.

Very interesting

Interesting indeed