Maaikie...

2 minutes ago, ACG said:

This is a great idea. You’ve probably done this already but, if not, it may be worth scanning Mika’s playlists on spotify for any missing preshow songs. I’ve had a quick look and can see some of the ones you’ve already listed on his playlists. 

Oh that's actually smart! Maybe I'll find the one song I've been missing that I really want to find. I've mostly gone off of memories so far  Funky Town basically lead me to I'm Every Woman haha

I've posted a link to the Spotify list! It's not done, but it'll at least give a chance at listening to a bunch of them already!  

13 hours ago, mellody said:

Funky Town is another one I recognize

Edit: Talking about a Revolution

Ohh yeah how could I forget funky town! Talk About a Revolution is on the list now 😄

2 hours ago, mellody said:

Sadly Deb has to travel back home today because of urgent family issues. So there's one spare standing ticket. I have it, so plmk if you need one.

Ohh no that is so sad to hear 😞 Sending her many hugs, I hope things will be okay with her family.

And honestly, if I could hop on a plane to go to the gig right now I 100% would’ve.. 

8 hours ago, mellody said:

It wasn't the same songs everywhere. No Cheri Cheri Lady in London yesterday. And iirc there were more French songs on the playlist before the French gigs. Also I only heard Material Girl in Berlin.

 

I remember Material girl in Brussels as well as Ingrid and I were vague vogueing to it 😆

9 minutes ago, TinyLove_CJ said:

Do you remember any lyrics at all from this song you're trying to think of? I'm usually not bad with obscure lyrics!

See there's the problem.. I just remember the beat.. It felt kinda on theme with Zodi & Tehu, but make it a modern beat lol.

It also very vaguely reminded me of the song that plays when Mario takes a gold star in Mario Super Bros..  Which does not help! 

Okay! I forgot Brest got postponed! SO

I'm trying to get the list of all the songs that are played before Mika's performance. So from doors opening to Bougez. 

I've started a post where I'm collecting them, after Dublin this is our last last shot at getting them all.

Any of the songs will help! There's definitely some mystery ones there still.

3 minutes ago, crazyaboutmika said:

I recorded ahead of the concert for that purpose  I know @Kumazzz loves to keep tracks of this and I do too. I hope my recording is good enough. Usually I love the songs Mika picks  If I remember well there was a Michael Hutchence song too...people were talking over the songs but I hope my recording is  good enough. The song after the concert was I see you instrumental. 

I got another one for the list, thanks!  There's still this very particular song that I have no idea of but I loved so much lol. But it had very few lyrics..

okay the recording had the last 4 songs of the list.. But I can't recognize the one after Cheri Cheri Lady. It sounds so familiar tho. I'm gonna try to take the noise away in Audacity to hear it clearer.

3 minutes ago, Kumazzz said:

Here is an AUDIO file by @crazyaboutmika from Rennes, France on 3 March 2024.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9RWAFG4lpEbV8AUxQPQo70lq9EbCg0O/view

 

You can clearly listen 

• Madonna - Material Girl
• Prince - 1999

 

 

As far as I remember...

Mika has played "Faith" - George Michael  and "Smalltown Boy" - Bronski Beat before the show as always in Japan, but don't know in the Apocalypse tour.

I can only know the tour details from onlines...

 

 

Oohhh this is fantastic!!

7 minutes ago, CharlotteL said:

Nooo I feel so stupid, I don't know that song, I literally thought it was an og 

Yeahh I was surprised as well! But after that I wasn't because everything is a remake these days 

Hey hey!

I've been trying to collect the songs that are being played before Mikas show starts, and we have one last shot at getting them, so I'll post my post here in case people want to help out  I'd really love to make the whole list!  It's been the same in all the shows (give or take one or two due to timing from the support act), but my phones Siri doesn't work anymore, she's kinda deaf.. So I haven't been able to get them, and my last gig was Berlin..

 Hey there! 

So I really want to make a Spotify playlist of the songs that are being played before Mika's performance starts at his Apocalypse Calypso tour.

From what I've noticed we've had the same songlist every show, so it would reaaally help if those that attend the last gig in Dublin can help out! 

I'd love to just chill out to the list, and then stick the setlist behind it to make it a gig listen session. How awesome would that be right?

So if people can help with the order and with the songs in general, that would be awesome!

also dear Mods, if this thread is in the wrong place, please help me by moving it to the correct spot. Thanks!

Songs we've listed so far (in random order)

- A Girl like You, Edwynn Collins

- Material Girl, Madonna

- Moi.. Lolita, Alizée

- 99 Luftballons, Nena

- I'm like a Bird, Nelly Furtado

- All that she Wants, Ace of Base

- Cheri Cheri Lady, Modern Talking (this song has been stuck in my head in the past two weeks)

- Adventure of a Lifetime, Coldplay

- Delicate, Taylor Swift

- 1999, Prince

- Seventeen going Under, Sam Fender

- Need you Tonight, INXS

- Talk About a Revolution, Tracy Chapman

- Save Your Tears, the Weeknd & Ariana Grande

- Funky Town, Lipps Inc

- I’m Every Woman, Chaka Khan

I remember this fun song that just mostly had a fun beat and I have noooo idea what it was, so we'll need someone to shazam it.

I've already started a list on Spotify! I hope to put them in the correct-ish order, but for now the ones I got are in there!

3 hours ago, CharlotteL said:

That's a good idea, it's a killer playlist!

I also remember Delicate (and sth else) by Taylor Swift, right @Mubbin Sarina??

And a male cover of Girl Like Me by Dove Cameron.

 

Ah I think you mean the one by Edwynn Collins, which is apparently the original lolol. Gotta love the remakes eh?

This may not be the spot for this question but it is setlist related, just not Mikas own songs lol.

can someone make a list of the songs that are played before the support act and show start? I wanted to make a list, but my shazam doesn’t work anymore because my mic is kinda dead, so Siri doesn’t hear me when I ask her something..  She must hate me.

But I loved the list and it’ll be a perfect match with the concert setlist for a fun listen session. We don’t have many gigs left, so I’m begging haha

I’m working on my report, but I’ve first had to land back in reality and get my head back into my jobs. 🥴 I’ve written up to the concert day haha

10 hours ago, CharlotteL said:

I moved this post here since it's from Brussels right?!

Oh huh?  Did I not post this in the correct one??😂😂 My bad! thanks for fixing that!

From Vorst Nationaal's facebook

4 hours ago, IngievV said:

I enjoyed our crazy adventure and I think I almost recovered from the sleep deprivation😁

Oh I had a blast, thanks again!🫶

2 hours ago, Vero Bott said:

You did! 💪 Me and the lady next to me were asked to do this too but I guess we messed it up 

Ohh yes we had a video of my mother, sister and I as well! And I did the rabbit ear ‘danse danse danse’ thing separately 😆 I like Adam haha

Brussels 31-03-2024

The Mika train continues down south!

I went to Brussels together with Ingrid, who ever so kindly agreed to my crazy butt travel plans.

So on Saturday the 30th, after I had 4 hours of sleep, I took the train down to Eindhoven, where she picked me up to continue by car. We were both still tired from Amsterdam, but energetic enough to have a fun vibe going on.

When we arrived in Brussels the weather had thankfully started to clear and it wasn’t too cold. 

We got to the garage next to the hotel, which was a big maze, but eventually we got the car parked.

The hotel was really nice, and we tested the beds pretty soon after we got up.😴😂 It was a comfortable half hour of just laying on the bed, before we decided to go into town to sightsee.

Last time I was in Brussels we literally drove to the gig, slept and went home, so it was a nice change to actually see Brussels.

We decided to just walk towards the city centre and see from there. One thing on the list was Manneke Pis. Now I know it’s not interesting, but when in Brussels, you gotta. We saw a big church, cathedral and a war memorial with a fantasic view over Brussels.

We did end up in a sketchy neighbourhood near Brussels central station and did get scared for our lives and things, but thankfully we made it out fine. 

After we finally saw the tiny weeny man and a thousand chocolate shops we had dinner at a restaurant called Leffe Cafe. The food was alright and we were mostly glad to have eaten a full and warm meal. 

Then we made the climb back home, showered and went to bed. 😴😴

So in this night the clocks went an hour forward again, which again means less sleep. So we didn’t get up too early this time. There was definitely daylight at that time.

We headed for breakfast before glamming up. The breakfast spread was relatively simple, but the quality higher than what I’m used to, so the bread was fresh, fruits were seasonal, minicakes and brownies fresh, lovely flavoured water (with limes, mint and other fruit) etc etc. 

I always bring my Revolution rainbow palette so we went wild with that. For this day I decided to go with my other skirt that I wore last year and the year before that. 

We got to the venue around 10:30 ish and received the numbers 37 and 38. 

We plopped our stuff down and started to just chill. I still really want to dance on the stage during Elle Me Dit, so we came up with a dance plan. We were going to challenge Mika to dance. So we started writing our sign, and then.. the winds shifted.

After a half hour suddenly everybody started to move. 

There were two people that came at 11 that wouldn’t take a number and decided to stand by the opening fences and stay there, attached to the fence, holding on for dear life. So because of that, everyone made sure to sit somewhat in order of the numbers around the two, in case more people got the idea to skip ahead. Because let’s face it, as odd as the numbers can be, there’s still the logic that it’s fair to let those that waited the longest go first. It wasn’t even noon.. But anyway. We didn’t care to create more drama so we just sat down at the gates and continued our dancing plans.

I also shot a little instagram reel, which I’ll edit after Berlin. 

We then came up with this fantastic choreography, and did a little practice round. You might’ve seen it and thought not much of it 😂 But we seriously got it down by the time we were inside.. 

The day felt pretty long because it started to rain. And rain. Rain rain rain! Pretty damn boring, unless familiar faces would come by, and we’d complain about having to sit in our designated spot already. But we were at least free to either get food or go pee. 

I took out my little poncho and built a little tent with it around my wee chair. 

And waited some more. Ingrid went to the Belhaize at some point and got some crisps and got me a wrap to eat. 

At around 3pm Rose joined us from further down the queue and we had a lovely chat. At 3:30 I decided to go to the car to get rid of my bag and chair etc. We wanted to make sure that getting in was going to be easy, since it was a chaos already. I yelled at some buses and trucks for driving past me in the muddy rain but I got my stuff figured out. With snacks in my pocket I made my way back, photographed some random cabbage on the ground, lost the wafer biscuit I was eating and made it back to the group.

I then ran to the cafe we went to for pee-breaks, but it was all the way down the hill. And during that time I received messages from Ingrid, stating that more queues were being formed and I had to hurry.

So after I finally found Cafe st Denis, I sorta hobbled up the hill to get back as fast as possible. When I finally got there it wasn’t too difficult to get back in the queue, but the rain.. it was so bad! Thankfully I had one of those gold/silver blankets so we used that as our shelter until the doors would open.

At some point it did stop raining, so we could get rid of all the plastic shelter. As we waited for the gates to officially open, we got a preshow on top of the entrance….. A cute pigeon couple graced us with their love 😂 They were quite the exhibitionists, but got a little shy once all the people there started cheering them on. 

Then we were finally released from our metal and human formed prison and the chaos started. Thank the heavens I had Ingrid with me, because she knows how to get a good spot in the front, so she stood in front of me going in. But the security lady was So. Slow. Scanning the tickets! I held onto the door so people wouldn’t push through, and on the sides people were pushing too, but I eventually got my ticket scanned and was able to get to those cursed stairs. 

I almost ran, but got sorta stopped and speedwalked my way over to Ingrid who was ready at the front. She got a fantastic spot at that giant stage.💪 A little to the right, but in the middle of the right side.

We plopped our butts down at the fence and took a nap.

But in the meantime I also went through the little choreo we came up with. 😂👍 

After a good while Syreeta the DJ came on stage, so we got up and watched her. It wasn’t a bad set, but also not the best. But we made the best time of it anyway. And Syreeta clearly appreciated that, which I love. DJs may not be my thing, but it’s good to respect their efforts and energy anyway. 

After that it was finally time 🤩

Mika started with the French version of Bougez, so I then knew we were in for a treat. New album songs all around!

The energy was just as crazy. But crazier. This crowd blew it out of the park! 

Then we finally got to hear Apocalypse Calypso. The tour song! I loved it even more live. And the background finally made sense too. This song is such a fever dream. 

Talk about You was definitely fun again, and I have learned to appreciate it a bit more now. 

Then another favourite finally made it, Sweetie Banana. I’ve had this song stuck in my head for the past song and it was such a sweet moment in the gig. The song is just cute. A little moment of relaxation in the midst of all the crazy, but still very silly.

And then my favourite of the show came, which is Feels Like Fire. I was able to pay a little more attention to the screen and saw that Nomfundo Moh did some hand movements, so I started following her movements. I also love Mika’s little dance with his hands and how he did the yell in between verses live as well.

Oh man and Relax, I’ll never get bored of it. Ever. The ‘Don’t ScreAAAAAAAAAMMMM’ part is something I had missed for many years. He did that back in 2008, but it somehow went away after that, while 13 y/o me had memorized that to a T. 

I also really like how YoYo is still part of the gigs, even if it’s the crazy remix that used to be the postgig song in 2022. It’s like the party expands after Relax. Just another pile of jumping and wild movements 🤭.

The intro to Jane Birkin was really sweet and special, I’m very glad to have finally seen it live.

My favourite bit in Jane Birkin is ‘J’aimerai seulement me dire que j’m’en fous’, it’s such a good bit to shout out, and to be able to do that the concert is just great.

There’s these little bubble sounds in the prechorus, those are a highlight too haha!

I had seen in other videos that he taught the crowd to do the ‘ah ah’ in the chorus, but we didn’t have that. But we did get to do the ‘la lala, la la la lalaa la’ parts, which is easier anyway, so that’s probably why he dropped the ‘ah ah’ moments. XD

Good Guys was wonderful again, I love putting emphasis on ‘Cause some of us in the gutter are looking up at the stars’, as we are in the pit looking up at the star that is Mika. But to me it also feels like looking up at Mika as the artist that he is. It’s inspiring how far he’s gotten with his empire of artists surrounding him, helping him realise his dreams. Quite the ringmaster.

I’ve finished artschool 5 years ago now, and I haven’t gotten far as an illustrator yet, as I have a crappy dayjob, but hearing this song and seeing Mika is inspiring and helping me to keep chasing my dreams.

Anyway sob story over.

Big Girls was fun as usual, I personally always dislike it that he gets in the crowd as it creates a lot of chaos, but he was far from us this time, so all was well and we had a little party of our own at the front since we couldn’t see him anymore anyway. 😆

Then the big EMD came. Our moment to grab✊ I held the sign up, and gave my cheekiest smile, as Ingrid stood next to me, challenging Mika whenever he was in front of us. He did read it. He saw it. He looked very mischievous at the sign and us. But the moment passed and that was that. 💔 Instead we got the mess on stage after that.. 🥲 Ahh well his loss. He sat down on the stage later, so maybe he was too tired to go do crazy dancing to win from us. But we would’ve given quite the choreographed show. I do appreciate him acknowledging the signs that got confiscated (altho hey hey, you should know you can’t bring big ones in by now🤫) but that was very sweet of him.

Then 30 secondes. Man that song is gorgeous 😍 I stayed quiet for most of the song to simply enjoy the beautiful melodies except for ‘(we!) (yeah!) in between his lines. 

Then the silliness from Grace Kelly, I don’t know what exactly happened, but from what I can understand, he moved so wild that his inear popped out of the receiver?😂  He then prayed to the venue to let the rest of the show go well. (I mean.. one the speakers did give out at one point 🤫 and he couldn’t hear the audience at first…) 

He played Twinke twinkle little star, or as we sing in Dutch ‘Altijd is Kortjakje ziek’ and whatever was sung in French xD

Then we got what I practiced the hell out of. C’est La Vie’. I just remember screaming ‘Parce que c’est ça la vie. Parce que c’est ça’ a LOT. 😂👍

Happy Ending was very special. Mika was so so moved by this firy crowd, he clearly had a bit of a quivering lip going on, slapped some sense into himself and picked himself up, to then have his poor tired voice crack from emotion. 🥺 I think he was glad he could switch to the part where he has the audience shout Love LOVE LOVE LOVE, to then switch to Love Today.

I’ve been missing my own Mother during Love Today because his old tour manager once said ‘Shock shock you, Mama’ to her because we went to the concert while I had a bit of a fever going on in 2010😅 So I always shout that exact line lol.

Then the show stopped and the crowd was craaaaazy! So much noise! So many stomps! Way better than hurting your hands clapping😂

Then he came back again with Any Other World and I sobbed again. This time for real. Mika seemed more emotional than in Amsterdam as well and he sent some love up to the sky at some point 🖤

Then we quickly had to dry the tears to get ready for the giant finish for We Are Golden. I gave it my all. I jumped like crazy, pulling myself up on the barrier to reach new hights. 

After the gig we stumbled our way to the bathrooms (what a maze down there!!), and we also found Rose along the way. We then hung out outside to see how long it would take for Mika to come out this time. I also went to the car to get my bag and snacks, because we were starrrrving! 

We snacked on some crisps and easter eggs as we enjoyed our view of the trucks loading and driving out. It was pretty damn cold and I got a little bored, so I started blowing bubbles. At first I just tried to create as many as possible, but I then created a giant bubble which floated around for a long time! I helped it to get higher in the air and the entire group of people got entertained by watching that silly bubble 😂 There were these two windows on the building, and since Mika was at a top window in Amsterdam, I expected this for this building too, and the bubble made it all the way to the top of that window! 😂👍 So Mika if you’re reading this, did you see it???

After the bubble spectacle I rejoined the group and waited patiently. But at some point I got cold again, so I started jogging up and down the ramp, but sideways. And there was a little window to the carpark beneath the building. So I just looked through it, saw some shopping carts, and turned around again. 

However, this created curiosity among the group. 😂 So more and more people ran over to look through the window. At some point it stopped, and I jogged again, and more started looking 🤣 It was a fun little game!

After this the lights turned off in the windows, so we knew it wasn’t going to take much longer. And poof, there he was! Mika got out in a blacked out mini van, drove up the ramp, and suddenly stopped. Mika got out, I looked him straight in the eyes like 😳Ignored me, and he went directly to Rose on my right to tell her he got out the car for her ❤️ She got a kiss on the cheek, which was really sweet. He then moved on down the line of people, and then Andy got out too. He then told me that he loved the rabbit ears, and that they’d discussed the video placement in the Amsterdam story video. Adam wanted to put it in the front, but they then decided to give it its moment later on with a couple more microseconds 😂👍

So my day was made by that. Mika left very quickly so we did too.

We said our goodnights to everyone, dropped off Rose at her hotel (Nina, we wanted to take you too, but you were gone ) And we then crashed at our hotel.  

We had to sleep quickly as the next day we had to leave very early (again, sorry Ingrid). 

I think we got up at 6:45? We had breakfast like zombies, had an egg because hello, Easter, and got our stuff and drove to the Netherlands at 07:45

I had to get my train at 09:34, so it was a verrrry close call to missing my train, but we were perfectly on time. I took my train from Eindhoven to Utrecht, to Hengelo and then to Berlin via Osnabrück. And I was going to meet my sister in Hengeloooooo.

So there’s the end to the Brussel leg of the mini tour 💪 Vorst Nationaal showed a way better side than last time in 2015. So I am very grateful for that. 

1 hour ago, Kumazzz said:

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MIKA in AFAS Live: vooral niet te kritisch zijn

 

Amsterdam bruist dit weekend met tal van events die het festivalseizoen van 2024 openen.

De meest mierzoette daarvan: het concert van MIKA in AFAS Live.

Een kleurrijk spektakel waarbij alle middelen werden geheiligd voor dat ultieme doel: met een glimlach naar buiten.

 

 

Wie de kritische bril op zet, kan best wat afdingen aan de twee uur die MIKA hier (voorprogrammaloos) vult. Van de 19 tracks die worden gespeeld, zijn er 10 van de eerste 2 albums: de nieuwste daarvan kwam 15 jaar geleden uit. De overige 9 tracks zijn ook zonder uitzondering platen om afwisselend naar de bar en de wc te gaan. Echt relevant kun je MIKA daarmee moeilijk noemen, ondanks de revival die de Libanees-Britse popzanger kreeg na zijn presentatie van Eurovision afgelopen jaar.

Ook technisch valt het op dat de microfoon bij de refreinen van tracks als ‘Relax (Take It Easy)’, ‘Rain’ of ‘Happy Ending’ vaker langs het lichaam hangt dan aan de mond staat. Logisch dat je 17 jaar na dato niet alle hoge tonen meer haalt, dus dan maar springen en het enthousiaste publiek en backing vocals dat deel laten oppakken. De praatjes tussendoor voelen wat cringy aan: als we voor elke keer dat het woord ‘Amsterdam’ of ‘Love’ zou vallen pils moesten halen bij de bar (à 7,50!) waren we nu brak en blut geweest. Hypothetisch.

Niet te moeilijk

Maar goed, MIKA is hier niet om een paar snobs te overtuigen met het wereldrecord strakste show ooit spelen. Het doel van de avond is duidelijk: niet te moeilijk, wel volop dansen en meezingen. De kleuren spatten vanaf moment 1 het podium af, recht de lichamen van de stijf uitverkochte AFAS in. Over een gebrek aan inzet kun je niet klagen: tijdens track 2 staat de rasentertainer al midden in het publiek te zingen en het aantal outfit changes vindt zelfs Madonna indrukwekkend: we noteren achtereenvolgens een felrood pak met duivelsvleugels, dan een felroze pak, een goudenglitterpak, zilverglitterpak, een emoji-pak, lila bloemenpak, een delftsblauwpak , een pino-blauw verenpak en een wit-roze bladerenpak.

Naast MIKA staat er een live band op het podium. Dat geeft weliswaar wat vulling aan de stage, maar ze zijn duidelijk ondergeschikt aan de rest van de show. Heel letterlijk ook, want ze staan op een podium dat als een robotstofzuiger rond kan bewegen en op die manier passen ze elk nummer weer aan aan de wisselende decorstukken.

 

Regenbloogclub

Ook de rest van de show pakt uit met een dusdanig kermislevel dat we ons af en toe op Paaspop wanen. Niks wordt geschuwd: vuur- en vuurwerk, MIKA vliegend op decorstukken die uit het dak komen, grote karaoke-lyrics op het immense scherm achterin de zaal (alsof we de tekst van ‘Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)’ niet kennen). Twee uur lang wordt hier een sprookjeswereld opgetuigd en wie zin heeft om in de regenboogclub (er komen zelfs regenbogen uit piano’s) alles van zichzelf te geven, heeft de avond van z’n leven.

En waarom zou je dat ook niet doen? MIKA vat het zelf prima samen: ‘Het is vrijdagavond. Het is lente. We hebben een lang weekend. Het kan allemaal erger.’ Zo is het. Lach op de smoel, nostalgie modus aan en voetjes van de vloer.

 

 

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MIKA in AFAS Live: above all, don't be too critical

Amsterdam is buzzing this weekend with numerous events that open the 2024 festival season.

The sweetest of these: MIKA's concert in AFAS Live.

A colorful spectacle in which all resources were dedicated to that ultimate goal: going out with a smile.

 

Anyone who puts on a critical eye can negotiate quite a bit about the two hours that MIKA fills here (without support programme). Of the 19 tracks played, 10 are from the first 2 albums: the latest of which was released 15 years ago. The other 9 tracks are also, without exception, records for alternating between going to the bar and the toilet. It is difficult to call MIKA truly relevant, despite the revival that the Lebanese-British pop singer received after his presentation at Eurovision last year.

It is also technically striking that during the choruses of tracks such as 'Relax (Take It Easy)', 'Rain' or 'Happy Ending' the microphone often hangs along the body rather than at the mouth. It's logical that 17 years later you can't hit all the high notes anymore, so you just jump and let the enthusiastic audience and backing vocals pick up that part. The conversations in between feel a bit cringy: if we had to get a beer from the bar (7.50 each time the word 'Amsterdam' or 'Love' was mentioned) we would be broke and broke by now. Hypothetical.

Not too difficult

 

Anyway, MIKA isn't here to convince a few snobs by playing the world record tightest show ever. The goal of the evening is clear: not too difficult, but plenty of dancing and singing along. The colors burst from the stage from moment 1, straight into the bodies of the sold-out AFAS. You can't complain about a lack of effort: during track 2 the born entertainer is already singing in the middle of the audience and even Madonna finds the number of outfit changes impressive: we successively note a bright red suit with devil wings, then a bright pink suit, a gold glitter suit, silver glitter suit, an emoji suit, lilac flower suit, a delft blue suit, a pino blue plumage suit and a white-pink leaf suit.

In addition to MIKA, there is a live band on stage. That does add some substance to the stage, but they are clearly subordinate to the rest of the show. Very literally too, because they stand on a stage that can move around like a robot vacuum cleaner and in this way they adapt each song to the changing set pieces.

Regenbloogclub

 

The rest of the show also has such a fairground level that we occasionally feel like we are at Paaspop. Nothing is avoided: fire and fireworks, MIKA flying on set pieces coming out of the roof, large karaoke lyrics on the immense screen at the back of the room (as if we don't know the lyrics to 'Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)'). A fairytale world will be set up here for two hours and anyone who wants to give everything of themselves in the rainbow club (there are even rainbows coming out of pianos) will have the evening of their life.

And why wouldn't you? MIKA sums it up perfectly: 'It's Friday evening. It's spring. We have a long weekend. It could all be worse.' That's how it is. Smile on your face, nostalgia mode on and feet off the floor.

 

 

This is the most Dutch review I’ve ever read good god.🥲

Yes 50+, I’m number 34!😄

How many are there now? I’m feeling stressed ahhh

So the fire alarm went off in the hotel around 3am 🥴 That was a fun time. But it was false alarm so yay. I did not plan on a terrible night!