mikalove=)

Tops tops weekend !! Despite being only 5 songs, this was probably the most enjoyable gig I have been to.

 

Thanks to the lovely Jemmalee the long journey absolutely flew by, we sang and laughed most of the way but the biggest laugh was saved for when we drove past the Merrie England bar next to the Pier in Blackpool. They had posters for The Legendary Joey Blower. Call us weird but something about this tickled us and from that moment on Joey Blower.........sorry, I meant to say "THE LEGENDARY" Joey Blower became an integral part of our weekend. Whilst queuing we did a bit of Joey homework on Google and it seems he has his own website, this is him for those who are wondering why we found all of this so funny...

 

....anyway, enough about the Maestro of Mayhem (as we believe he likes to be known) let's talk MIKA

 

We checked into the hotel at lunchtime and then took a tram along a very windy seafront towards the Winter Gardens. Indoor queueing is definately to be recommended, and it was lovely to meet some new MFC'ers and meet up with so many that are now considered old friends. Big thanks to Liz and Jo for keeping our place in the queue while we went for a bite to eat. It turned out the KFC queue was bigger than the one in the Winter Gardens so we opted for a liquid lunch instead (well, we did have a couple of packets of peanuts between us....very nutritional...lol) The ladies ahead of us in the queue were Will Young fans and they were fascinated by the golden theme which was slowly becoming evident as the queue grew. The security guard who has already been mentioned was brilliant and kept us well entertained with gems such as...

 

"Sorry, it's been cancelled"

"Sorry, no eating or drinking allowed in the queue"

"Sorry, nobody wearing gold is allowed in I'm afraid"

 

He was quite a character.

 

Word soon got around that there were 2 stages inside and then panic set in that we would rush to the front of the wrong one. On the way in we asked and were told that the stage to the right was the main stage so we headed for this and stood there hoping we had guessed right. Had we taken the time to have a look around then the glitter cannons either side of the stage, the silver foil at the back, and the big silver baloons on the balcony above might have given us the clues we needed. Once these had been spotted we could relax.

 

Pixie Lott was up first and we were surprised at her voice and confidence on stage, she even tackled the Beatles classic 'In My Life' and really did it justice. Newton Faulkner was next on the other stage, he sounded great and his choice of songs including 'Pure Imagination' from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was inspired. Back to main stage and Will Young who we really enjoyed, his vocals in 'Leave Right Now' in particular were crystal clear. Then it was back to the other stage for Daniel Merriweather who to be fair didn't get our full attention as we were watching the stage being 'silverified' for MIKA. but 'Red' sounded very good.

 

Then Kate Thornton introduced MIKA and from the moment he arrived on stage he lit up the room. He was full of energy and really going for it. 'We Are Golden' came across particularly well and the way he got the audience involved for 'Blame It On The Girls' worked well (Our side were won hands down by the way) George Michaels 'Faith' was probably not the best song to show off his vocal range but he gave us a laugh by having the words taped to various places on the stage (and using them frequently) I guess we have become a little accustomed to the glittery, balloony finale but it still looked spectacular and the Will Young fans loved it....in fact they loved MIKA full stop so it looks like our boy has made some new fans.

 

We waited in the Winter Gardens entrance and sure enough MIKA put in an appearance complete with glitter stripe on his cheek. Even allowing for the hand shaking incident he seemed completely at ease with the situation and genuinely happy to see everybody. The way he orchestrated where everyone should stand for the group photo brought back memories of the 'Big Girl' video shoot, I'm not saying he's a control freak or anything but he certainly likes things to be done right. He then mingled with people for a while and Jules was lucky enough to get a photo taken with him. he chatted with people on a variety of topics and just seemed really laid back. MIKA said his goodbyes and then everybody split into their little groups and departed.

 

A few of us moved onto the bar in the hotel next to ours for drinks and had a wonderful time, the staff were very helpful and gave us a takeaway menu for a place that delivers late, so food was ordered and we had a midnight feast, well actually it was nearer a 1.30am feast but who was looking at the clock. Finally headed next door to our hotel at about 2.30 and slept soundly. Made it up for breakfast and then had Coffee and a look at Joey Blowers venue before heading off home. We did take a little detour via Manchester on the way home but that's a story for another day, as a Liverpool fan I don't really like to talk about ( brrrr....shivers running down spine) Only joking Jemma, I had a great time.

 

Sadly our camera was playing up so the pics didn't come out too well, even after playing around with them in photoshop they still look a bit crap but I thought I'd post them anyway (the camera has since died completely....R.I.P Nikon Coolpix)

 

All in all a fantastic weekend, big thanks you to all of the MFC'ers who helped to make it so (not to mention the man himself)

 

See you all on the tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nice report:thumb_yello: i loved it it was amazing although i missed meeting mika at the end:aah: not doing that next time btw your pics are great i cant upload mine becasue they are too big and im too stupid to resize them lol... anyways really nice meeting you and your wife

Please post pics and have fun x

Yeh if this had been MFC , it would of been in members only and controlled , but the world of twitter ... god knows will be packed I would imagine

 

Good luck everyone , hes been all over lately , example fish and chips in blackpool (which didnt happen:blink:) lets hope this does:thumb_yello:

are you going???? OMG I HATE BEING 16 =( AND NOT LIVING IN LONDON

:aah:

AMAZZINGG night everyone:wub2:

 

Hope everyone had a great time , got back safe and had fun

it was incredible im so upset:aah: that i never got to meet him nice to meet you though:biggrin2:

that group photo is nice but im soo upset that i went home and missed it... i wantd to stay but my friends dad arrived to pick us up :aah:

Have tried uploading my pics from last night but the files are too big, does anyone know how to resize them???

OMG the gig last night was phenomanal (if thats how you spell it lol). Me and my friend got there at about 1:20 and got some chairs from the coffee shop. We got sat down at first and just was talking amongst ourselves and then one by one MFCers were turning up. It was lovely to meet you all. Ange thankyou Lovely to meet you freddie, sara, rose, ruth, gemma etc. Jemma you are so funny lol. lovely to meet kt4mika aswell. There was a really funny security guard there, so sarcastic but was nice. He told us we had to take back our chairs from the coffee shop at 4pm... there was about 3 chairs left in the coffee shop, we had taken them ha!! I loved signing the flag that was incredible just doing that We were then told that the doors would be opening at 6pm but then told that it would be back to 7. At half six i was getting so nervous as i was going to encounter the person i love . Doors opened and you know what they didnt even really look at our tickets never mind scan them lol i got in and just ran! as soon as i got there i feel off the step because i was too busy looking at Mika glitter to tell everyone we where at the right stage!! omg i was front row just to the left of Mika and his piano. i couldnt beleive i was goiing to witness the man himself and bbe part of it in just a few mins. Thankyou Jemma for keeping me in the loop and making me laugh. By the time Daniel merriweather was on the mfcers were facing mika's stage watching it be set up i loved it. i actually thought i was going to faint:biggrin2: Then Mika came on... i nearly started to cry the feeling was incredible that he was actually in front of me. i took some pics which i will try and post but they are not too clear as i was jumping around like a loon . He sung Grace kelly, Blame it on the girls, lollipop, Faith cover and WE ARE GOLDEN!!!!!!!!! HE WAS WEARING THE JACKET OMFG! i love this i cant get enough of it the whole energy and kindness of the MFCers... i best start saving up ha! Oh peeps i forgot to tell you MIKA looked ME in the eye *i died and went to heaven* lol. At the end of the gig i got one of the lovely camera men to pass me a big balloon which i have here with me right now... btw it doesnt even fit through doors lol. The confetti cannons were immense i loved it SPRAY ON THE GLITTER why not ha!! on the way out i was chatting to Freddie saying how much i enjoyed it and he went to take some of the confetti off my face i was like nooooooo its mika glitter ha! (after all that it flew off my face as soon as got out of the building). Again it was lovely meeting you all and i cant wait to see you again thankyou for being so kind and welcoming. Im so dissapointed that i couldnt wait to see mika, my friend dad was already there to pick us up but no one listened that i wanted to stay :aah: i flippin know for next time i wont listen to anyone ha!! so off i plodded on on such a high that had just seen mika and that i had meet everyone!! YOU ARE ALL LOVELY. hope you all had a fantastic time and didnt gt too drunk afterwards lol... only 2 years and i will be joining you and i cant wait!!!!

We Are Golden sounded beautiful

it did indeed I'm on such a high from my first mika gig... Incredible:biggrin2:

Thanks to everyone making me so welcome

Have a lovely day everybody. Enjoy your fish n chips. Hope whichever song he covers is the one you want.

thankyou:blush-anim-cl:

I invited him. On twitter. I'd no idea how far back he reads and he must get thousands of tweets , so I gently repeated the invitation till I'd asked heim 3 times. So he must have read at least one. I will have to stay over night now!!!! Where????

 

 

If he's in a car it'll be a long journey, especially with the wet roads. Miserable.

are yu staying over then tonight?

I invited him. On twitter. I'd no idea how far back he reads and he must get thousands of tweets , so I gently repeated the invitation till I'd asked heim 3 times. So he must have read at least one. I will have to stay over night now!!!! Where????

 

 

If he's in a car it'll be a long journey, especially with the wet roads. Miserable.

omg well done for inviting him thats so cool!! are you in blackpool now?? when do u think we will have fish n chips... while we r queing?

Have a brilliant day everyone!!!

Thankyou

Does anyone know where we'll be able to hear/watch this Alan Carr interview?

well its on BBC Radio 2 so try and go on the bbc website then onto radio 2 or the bbc iplayer

I saw his blog ... and thought you lot would be going into meltdown ... you're all quite calm ... well the ones who posted after his blog

 

Hope you have a fantastic day today .... I wanna hear all about it when I get home ... I shall be cooking chickens today ..... all day

i am lol have been since got the tix never mind having our tea with mika lol have a good day:biggrin2:

I have tweeted Mika about the chippie - I'm a local....

 

angehp@mikasounds best in town seems to be Yorkshire Fisheries http://bit.ly/qytJM

 

He reckoned after his interview with Alan Carr but need to make sure we get in for the gig too ! I don't have a smart phone - anyone in the queue have one and we can still tweet and arrange with Mika from there ??

i do my iphone i have been constantly tweeting him... its now on charge

ITS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG :roftl: WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO

Have you read his new blog on myspace ?? OMFG he says he likes the idea of having fish n chips with us !!! Ahhhhhhh lol he says to sort it out on Twitter! Also he seems to be getting here in the morning, do u think he will be doing rehearsals at the venue in the day and if it's worth hanging around in the morning??

better get some sleep or i wont get up yeah like thats going to happen

I don't think I can sleep I'm too excited anyways night

2 but going b&b 1st to put bags in. be in the Q 4 3. well thats the plan.

Ok see you there... Safe journey =)

thats really funny :naughty:

Thanks lol what time u getting here tomorrow??

Mikalove=) just text me, she is at the switch on and they have a secret guest !! She said she hopes its not Mika coz she'd not near the front

It was Ricky hatton but mika wag vid came on and I was the only one screaming at the top of my lungs... Everyone was staring at me lol can't wait for tomorrow

do you think mika will be selling some of his merch??

Right peeps two days to go omg :roftl: so do we have a meeting time??? well we know where we are gonna meet lol. Are people coming / starting to quue at different times or???????? im up for anytime really lol. i so excited i want to make sure i am at the front or near the front so i dont know what time to start queing

Cherisse will be gutted!!!

 

 

I'm staying on Southshore, near the pleasure beach.

Apparently the Pepsi Max ride will be hurtling through my window every morning, so can't wait for that!!!:roftl:

Are you staying at the big blue hotel??

Personally, I'd rather Mika be on last, otherwise it might be a case of him going early, and no chance of a chat after.

Will and Mika are the two most likely to be headlining, so I'll be surprised if the others would be higher on the bill than either of them.

Me too Rose =) that way he can really give us a show with GLITTER lol, I can't see the other acts putting on as much as show as mika does with props and glitter etc.