Since the first Mika show I ever saw, 6 years ago in Brussels with Jim Mobile, I am a loyal and huge fan. Within the last 6 years I have visitied +/- 20 gigs and what I really love about it is the energy he spreads every time.
So I ordered my tickets for the show in Forest National via de presales link of MFC. To collect my tickets I had to be at the box office as from 7 PM ... which I find a bit strange: I pre-order tickets and can only collect them last minute ... while people who bought their tickets via Sherpa can simply print them and queue when they want to. Well, however ...
First the good things: I really love the stage decoration, all the playfull elements (good job, Joost Smits! ;-) )
There was a very good mix of older songs and new songs ... although I don't like all of his new songs.
He played my favorite of the new CD: Good Guys ... as well as my all time favorite: Happy Ending.
I don't remember the entire setlist.
During Underwater his "ears" didn't work anymore, so he sang without ... and that was really great!
However, I found his musical performance much weaker than usually ... and I felt less energy than I usually feel.
All comments I read so far are very positive, so maybe I am the only one who felt that ...
What I really loved was the end: He told about a guy, Joost Smits, who helped him to design the stage decoration "while driniking several bottles of wine in his kitchen in London" ... the only thing that guy asked was to play an instrument on a stage, so he gave him his five minutes of fame ... so that guy came on stage and performed Lollipop with him ... I absolutely loved that!
After the show, when leaving the venue, I saw a black-haired woman with a white dress and a photo camera on the stairs to the inner circle ... I thought it was his mom. Did anyone else see her there?