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  • Birthday 12/14/1994

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    Made of Gold & Glitter

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  1. I'm coming as well! Looking forward to seeing and catching up with everyone
  2. Hi everyone, I was planning on going to the London show but have just seen that the Roundhouse sold out. Is anyone selling a spare ticket, I'd happily buy if possible? Thank you in advance and looking forward to hopefully seeing you all in London, Monika
  3. I am so so so excited to see everyone!!
  4. Hi everyone , I am looking for a ticket (STALLS) for Mika's show in London on the 5th of may - is anyone selling one? Please private message me with details! Thank you very much in advance!
  5. It was an absolutely brilliant experience and it is difficult to put it into words. I guess you can only fully feel it if you're there, but if the reviews help, it makes me ever more glad!
  6. What a fantastic show it was - my 8th, and definitely one of the best I've ever been to, despite the fact that it was a festival and many people were there for other artists. I've written a (way too LONG) report, hope you enjoy it. It was an absolutely magical night! One of my best friends from childhood and I decided very spontaneously to attend Colours of Ostrava and bought our tickets two weeks before the show. We arrived at the venue at around 1PM, hoping we'd still be able to get a good spot despite the thousands of people who were already there. To our surprise, we got middle front row view, which was amazing, and we spent our time chatting with security and a couple of Czech fans. It was one of the most relaxed and fun festivals I have ever been to. There were over 10 stages at COO, so instead of just staying in one place, fans were rotating and walking around from concert to concert, which enabled us to have a lot of space whilst waiting for Mika's gig. For once people were actually giving us space, weren't pushing or being rude, even when Mika came on stage. The three acts before him were all of quality, especially Rodrigo y Gabriella who were a duet of guitarists, setting the stage on fire. I have never, in my entire life, seen this level of expertise and passion whilst playing a musical instrument. It was absolutely breathtaking and spectacular and I am so happy I got to discover this gem of a group. When Mika arrived at 22:45 (for once he was on time!) , he sat at the piano in his beautiful Valentino suit covered with little hearts and started speaking Czech! He said several sentences, immediately melting the hearts of all the local fans. I am always surprised by the effort he makes to pay tribute to every new country that he visits and show the people who came to support him that he cares and respects them. He started with Grace Kelly that immediately put the crowd in the right ambience and followed with Relax that made everybody scream and jump. There was a podium coming into the crowd which he was using constantly to get closer to the fans. Throughout the whole show he was holding hands with people, giving high fives and generally having an incredible interaction with everyone. Even though not many people knew the words to Talk About You, which came right after, they were still dancing and clapping along. To introduce Big Girl, he took a cane, which he said someone's given him backstage. He joked that even though he's soon turning 32, he is not that old yet. Using the cane, he pointed towards the sky and he addressed God, saying that he's found a solution to happiness and that is simply to make everyone a bit bigger. The crowd cheered loudly but he told them to be quiet, awaited an answer, but when nothing came he just said: 'oh well, whatever!' and started singing. Elle Me Dit was the 'one song in French he could not resist to sing' and it was the Festival-defining song in so many ways. First of all, it started raining, but instead of hiding on the stage like any normal person with such an option would do, he chose instead to dance uncontrollably on the slippery podium, running around, turning in circles, even rolling on the wet floor! He 'stole' one fan's umbrella in order to stay on the podium and not get completely soaked, and then gave it to another fan, who was holding a little girl on her shoulders – it was a very heartwarming and nice gesture. He also started undressing, first from his jacket, then his tie, and never have I ever in my entire life been more glad that it was raining. It felt like an absolutely brilliant, beautiful and exciting summer night. It was perfect in every single way. He got so into the song, into the moment and into the sheer happiness of dancing in the rain that he decided to throw his Valentino tie to his fans. It flew right above my head and if I wasn't busy taking a picture, I would've caught it. A very nice Czech fan got it and I can only imagine how happy she must have been as it was the first time that she was attending a Mika show - what a brilliant souvenir to behold! Underwater came next, very conveniently, as it was still raining, but stopped soon enough. This song always gets me in tears and I was crying all throughout Billy Brown as well, from the aftermath of it. It has got to be my favourite song performed live. It has so much power and he puts his whole heart into it. When he told the technicians to turn all the lights off and to sign as if we were all alone in our room in our underwear, as if no one could hear us, and 20'000 people sang all together, it was earth shattering. Such unity despite all our differences, language barriers, opinions, prejudice... It's one of the reasons why I love Mika so much. He makes us all One, he makes us all happy, he makes us all eternally present. In a way, his concerts are the essence of life because they teach us the most important lessons. And he does it in this utterly perfect, innocent and adorable way that melts all of our hearts. Last Party was a very important song for my friend and I as we are both huge fans of Freddie and we held our intertwined hands up high and sang at the top of our lungs throughout the whole song. It is also a very powerful one as it celebrates life in the face of death, in the face of our own finiteness. It teaches you to be glad for what you had, while you had it, because eventually it all ends and becomes meaningless so you might as well enjoy yourself while you're here. We Are Golden came next, and as usual, I was jumping up and down and singing at Mika, who let his face be painted in gold glitter by one of the fans. He truly did look like a teenager in his own bubble. I feel so alive every time I get the chance to hear that song live – there is nothing quite like having your whole adolescence condensed into 5 minutes of pure, ecstatic joy which reminds you of all the battles won and the long way that you came to be where you are today. The Origin of Love got Mika grinding on the floor – he was literally laying down the wet podium and thrusting his hips towards the sky whilst he was singing 'I need to medicate myself' which was quite funny to watch . Lollipop was absolutely fabulous – the big balloons were released and the crowd got insanely excited. It was supposed to be the last song but Mika came back for the encore because of how loudly the public was cheering. He got changed backstage and was wearing a black t-shirt with shiny silver dots all over it, and a black, glittery jacket. He joked that with this outfit, even people at the very back of the crowd could see him without the big screens. Love Today was the finale and rainbow-like confetti popped from both sides of the stage. Mika was wilder than ever, he even played drums with Joy, just like he used to do with Cherisse during his previous tours. The whole band came to the front of the podium to bow down and Mika was smiling like a child and was truly amazed. He said that Ostrava 'can ####ing sing' and he thanked the crowd again in Czech. In the 5 years that I have been attending his shows, it was definitely one of the best, especially because of how supportive the audience was and the energy that he put into every single song!
  7. Dear All, As I am now unable to attend this show, i am selling two tickets (stalls) for this show. Please PM if interested and I hope you have a phenomenal show!
  8. Update: I am selling two tickets for the sold out show in Paris on the 17th of October as I can no longer attend and I would be very happy if some other fans were able to enjoy this fantastic show! Please PM me for details.
  9. Got a ticket in stalls row E ! My first gig in London, so happy and excited for the beautiful venue as well! The pre-sale was insane and I was stressed as it wouldn't accept my credit card as well, but it finally did, after nearly 3 minutes of freezing on the same page. Hopefully all of the MFC'ers who didn't get theirs will get the chance on Friday, all the best of luck!!! And cannot wait to see you all in October!
  10. Hey! Incidentally, I am selling two tickets for this show. I have just PM'ed you!
  11. Currently on a train, so cannot write a full report or post pictures, but the gig was incredible *_* Mika was extremely happy, very chatty and a bit crazy (as usual hehe) - he ATE a mosquito because they were flying all around him and annoying him and then he said he had no idea why he did that, but that he's probably become a vampire then as he had ingested someone's blood :-D Go figure! His voice is back and he seemed very happy to be back in France, was very talkative. He did some new songs - Good Guys, Talk About You, Last Party (which was absolutely incredible to hear live - it had even more power than the studio version, he put his whole soul into it)! He had an incredibly sober and surprising start with Toy Boy, instead of the usual "dancing" songs, which put the public in a different atmosphere. He also did his usual "goldens" - WAG, Lollipop, Relax, Big Girl, Billy Brown, Elle Me Dit. I was surprised however that he did not do any French songs from his new album other than Boum Boum Boum - you'd think he'd try some with a French public. Oh well! All in all, the gig was fantastic, the public warm and receptive and it was such a pleasure seeing him all happy and child-like and very much like his good, old self
  12. I'm attending as well! First gig since 2013, I am beyond excited!! I have a qustion for all of you lovely attendees, how is your accomodation looking? Is there any good hotels near the site of the festival? Any help would be appreciated. So excited to see all of you! x
  13. Cannot wait for this gig!! First time at Zenith de Paris - should be incredible
  14. Here are my pictures from the show and the afterparty. Sorry it took forever to upload but I was away. You can repost them wherever you like, just don't remove my name from them while doing so! Enjoy!!
  15. I would like to take part of it. I love the idea of the project. What's the mail address for sending in the pictures?
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