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Soooo... After all these years, we finally found out who Billy Brown fell in love with. It was... *Le drumroll* please... President Putin. Well, honestly, I didn't see that one coming.

I have a ticket for Colmar tomorrow (NO express pass). Please PM me if interested

Any idea if they ship to France? And if they don't is there anyone of you very kind, amazing Belgium-based fans with whom I can make an arrangement, send money and the person would send me the clothes? I'd be greateful for life

+1 I think that'd be money well spent on a cinema ticket for that one. Anybody intersted in suggesting the idea to the man himself and then when he admits it's BRILLIANT, let him take all the credit for it? I think Mika would go along with Burton very well since they both created their own "worlds" be it musically or cinematographically speaking. And Mika's not only lollipops and sugar we all know it. i would definitely like to see them both in a movie, and Johnny Depp it's not bad looking, I mean really. Throw in Russell Brand (since Mika and him already know each other) and we get the best bizzare comedy/horror in the history of cinema

Let me breathe.... The video is amazing. Completely different from what he's done before although we can still find some old Mika - like the outfits. The burton-esque atmosphere and the b&w - ish effects make it unique and help the story line. Ariana is so beautiful (but soooo young, I though she was barely 16 when I first saw her) and they look like sister & brother, don't you think? I think Mika REALLY TRULY enjoys playing the bad guy and it's kind of scary how good he is at being a "double-faced" hypocrit (makes you wonder if he could be like that in real life) And can I just highlight the fact that he is A F***ING GREAT actor? I mean, seriously, I know he said he never wanted to do cinema, but he's really, really good and has so many mimics and such an expressive face he'd be a great actor Now on the down side, I hate the product placement. I mean Sony, Swatch and Mini Cooper in one video? What I used to love about his videos and what made him different from other artists was the fact that he never did product placement and his videos had that "home-made" feel. Yes, he needed sponsoring for that one, obviously, but still, I just hate advertising when I come to listen to some good music. It kind of feels like we're taken for brainless consumerists. Ah well, guess it's the way the industry works nowadays. And.... let me just add: That being said, I really loved the video, Mika's perfect as always and let's hope it makes some noise in the US.

Oh THANK YOU, the quality is not important, if you have it, I'd be very glad if you can share it with me And I'm happy you enjoyed reading the report, I had a fantastic time writing it and remembering it all! Thanks Thanks for your amazing report! Stephanie and I had so much fun, although before we did the soundcheck with Tim we were all joking that they'd throw us out as none of us could really sing and we were wondering how did it happen that we were chosen for the choir

I'm glad you liked it, Deb! And yes, I feel so blessed to be able to have this great experience! I still hope there is someone here on MFC that took a video or a picture of Mika & me during Elle Me Dit cause I'd love to have it!

Finally home and rested! Now it's time for the loooooooooong report of my experience at Mika's show in Roubaix, which was truly one of a kind I got chosen for the choir on Monday and received a confirmation mail later that day, I showed up at the venue at about 3:50PM cause we were scheduled to go inside at 4. There were already some fans waiting outside for Mika, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Man when he arrives (he was late, as always ). I met the other four choir girls at the backstage entrance and Mika staff made us wait for about twenty-five minutes (it was quite cold outside...). We were supposed to be ten but some people didn't show up (who the **** doesn't show up for Mika, especially when they're about to perform with him on stage ? ), so there was only five of us. When they let us in, one of the girls who was waiting for an autograph asked Tim if she could be part of the choir as well and did a mini-audition. It must've been her lucky day, cause she was accepted and we ended up being six choir members, all girls. We were then led to the lodges by a very nice, young staff lady who got us to sign some documents and then introduced us to band members. Tim, Joy, Curtis and Felix are about the coolest and funniest people I've ever met! We can say lots of things about Mika and his taste () but choosing the wrong band members is most definitely NOT one of them! They spent an entire hour with us teaching us different songs (or rather how we were to sing them cause we already knew the words ^.^) We started with Big Girl, then did Celebrate, Underwater, Origin of Love, Popular (which initially wasn't even on the setlist for the choir - and I was dying to sing that song on stage so I literally jumped with joy when Tim told us we were doing it as well!), Happy Ending, Grace Kelly and We Are Golden (Mika was supposed it to sing it for the encore but he finally didn't). We didn't practice Lollipop or Elle Me Dit at all cause we didn't have to be on stage for these at first, but then someone decided that we would be there, so we ended up doing 9 songs instead of 7 that were indicated in the confirmation mail we all received on Monday. Then from 5 to 6PM we had some spare time - the lovely staff lady brought us water and asked if we were ok and then left us on our own as the entire crew would go on stage to do the soundcheck with Mika who'd just arrived. As there was no one else on the 2nd floor, we took sometime to snoop around We walked through the hallways and realized that Mika's changing room was right next to ours, on the opposite side. We then came back to our lodge, did some make up and sang different songs. At 6:05PM we were told that the MAN himself was waiting for us to do the soundcheck on stage. We were led to the sidedoor and entered the venue - it was quite something to see it from the stage level - all empty seats, the technicians at the back and Mika and his musicians doing Popular. We started singing with him and then he came to us to listen to each one of us sing. He didn't like the placement of the microphones so he changed it himself and then got a look at the final result with a big smile on his face, saying: "There! Now people can SEE you!". He greeted us and then continued to do the soundcheck while we listened. I talked to Felix about the earplugs but we didn't need them as the sound wasn't as loud as I'd imagined it would be. Mika did Stuck In The Middle (on the piano, working on the intro) and Karen (he was quite worried about singing it and made Curtis play it at least seven times cause he didn't like some notes. Poor Curtis. I asked him about that later on and he just said with a sarcastic expression on his face that "Mika'll be ok" ). Finally he did Blame It On The Girls (my hands hurt from clapping xD ) and then came and told us to go back to our lodge - he'd meet us there to work some more on our parts. Well, he never did, but knowing how charged his schedule is, who can blame him? We had half an hour from 7 to 7:30PM to have diner so we went outside to a nearby shop. The queue to enter the venue was very long by that time and we talked briefly to some of the fans we knew. Once we came back to our lodge, we heard Mika and the band repeating in the room right next to ours. We also talked to Doriand quite alot - he was passing through the hallway all the time and stopped to chat. He's super nice, smiling all the time. I asked him about which version of "Blame it on the weather" was first and he told that the english one was the original but he said he worked differently on the french one - they used the music but wrote brand new lyrics - the message of "L'Amour dans le mauvais temps" is quite different from BIOTW. We saw Mika pass many times, he looked quite stressed and then once they finished repeating, we rushed to Tim to ask him to coach us again for We Are Golden cause singing what we were told to sing was quite confusing. So he came with his guitar and patiently explained over and over again how to do it. He's an angel! At about 8PM everyone started rushing to put their costumes on and we saw Mama P and Yasmine running from one room to another to help everyone get ready. I remember one funny moment when Yasmine came out of Mika's room and passed trough her mum, who wanted to come in, and she just said to her with an alarming tone in her voice: "I wouldn't do that if I were you, he's putting his pants on right now". Anyway, a few minutes later Mama P came to see us and helped us put on the green dot costumes (which made us awfully sweaty and hot during the gig) and told us to not pay attention to the smell (I wonder how often they wash them... ). She then gave us some directions about dancing all together at the beginning of The Origin Of Love. She said we had to be united cause we would be stronger and have more impact over the songs moving the same way at the same time. She smiled at us and wished us luck and then left. After 20 minutes we were told that it was show time so we got ready. Mika came again to see us, shook hands with each one of us, asked us our names and told us that we sounded great during the soundcheck and that the most important thing was to have fun. We then took the stairs all together and entered the backstage area. I helped Mika with the collar of his shirt who wasn't done correctly. He shook hands with every member of his band and hugged Yasmine (who told him to have fun) and his mom. And then the show begun... We were told that we could watch from the side of the venue (about the 7th-8th row on the left side - "jardin") so we were singing and dancing in the crowd for the first four songs and then had to leave during Lola to put on our costumes (cause Mama P told us to take them off before we went down with Mika at the beginning of the show). Once we were ready we watched Rain from backstage and then made our first entrance for Popular. It was really something to see the venue filled with people, so many eyes staring in the stage direction. We could clearly see all faces in the first three rows which could've been quite intimidating if we weren't so drowned into the songs. During Big Girl, Mika came towards us a few times, guess he was checking if we were OK and having fun ^.^ Then we went off while he performed Stuck In The Middle and rushed back in for Underwater as he changed the setlist while performing - normally it should've been Stardust and Karen before Underwater. Singing it was magical, deep and moving. This song was made to be performed live, Mika excels at it! We watched the next four songs from the side of the stage, having a real blast to Love Today and Love You When I'm Drunk (one of my personal favorites), singing and dancing along (you don't want to know the strange looks we've got from the technicians, but Doriand who was with us all the time seemed to rather enjoy our little "backstage show". Haha - with Mika fans you must always expect the unexpected!) The accoustic version of Stardust was MAGICAL, it almost made me cry - he seemed so sincere, so into this song while performing it.... I loved every second of it! When the first notes of Elle Me Dit started, Mika did us a sign to join him - we were completely unprepared, but of course we came and started improvising the chorus. This song will forever remain amongst my fondest memories for one obvious reason - while singing it, Mika came to me and pulled me to the middle of the stage to dance with him and then sing the 2nd chorus together to his mic. I'm surprised I didn't faint... *.* It was a real dream coming true and even now, writing it after a few days, I still have troubles believing it actually happened. Mika... always full of surprises. I take a chance now and ask all of you who were there that night: does any one of you has a full recorded version of EMD (and not only the short 40s video that's been posted here before) ? Or maybe pictures of that moment? Cause I'd really REALLY love to have a souvenir of it, so if you have something, would you please be kind enough to share it? Thanks in advance! Now, back to the report. Singing Origin of Love was powerful and Amelie was great at doing the sign language during the whole song, next to Mika! I found it quite stunning when he sang at the beginning "the origin is you, and it's you, and it's you" looking at her to invite her to join him. It took us a moment to understand, cause at first we thought maybe the person he was looking at so directly was his boyfriend, but it appears we were wrong, haha. Baloons were amazing and it was so funny when he read all the phone numbers written on them! Happy Ending was very moving - I think it was the song I enjoyed singing the most, it's genious and very beautiful live. Dancing to Celebrate at the end was funny and the public seemed very happy so it made us even more excited. Singing the legendary Grace Kelly was envigorating and the premiere of Un Soleil Mal Lune live was beautiful - Mika was very nervous about it and as you can see on the videos he even kicked Doriand out (who was watching him from the side of the stage, with us). For the encore, he only sang Lollipop and again, we improvised the chorus, but guess we did ok cause after the final bow the musicians as well as the Man himself came to tell us we did a very good job ! We went back upstairs to change and took pictures with Doriand, Tim, Felix, Max, Curtis and Joy. Max put a read bucket on his head (that was just randomly hanged to a wall in the corridor next to our lodge) and we tapped on it with our hands, making it look as if we were playing drums. It was really fun xD Joy was really happy and talked with Stephanie (steph2222) for a while, telling her to stay in touch and that she enjoyed tweeting with her. After half an hour, Mika showed up, dressed all in orange (Pumpkin... Halloween... rings a bell? ) and took pictures with each one of us, signed whatever we handed him and talked to Amelie for a bit about the sign language - he asked her to show him how to sign his name. I gave him a bracelet with small lollipops I did myself and he seemed to really like it : D . He thanked us again for singing with him and we told him that the show was amazing and the opportunity we had was great! He left shortly after and it was our turn to say "goodbye" to one another and leave. It truly was one of the best days I've had in my life so far ! I want to THANK all of the Mika's crew, people in Roubaix but also people in London who selected us to be part of the choir (I guess I can never thank you enough!!), all of the musicians who spent so much time with us, singing, laughing and bonding, Mama P and Yasmine for helping out with the costumes and making sure everything goes as planned, my amazing co-choirists who were the sweetest and most interesting fans - it's been a pleasure and an honor to spend time and sing with you - and finally, to Mika, who, isn't it obvious, is the only artist/singer/performer who is kind enough and faithful enough to leave such an important task as back up singing to random fans whom he only meets on the day of the show. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You make our deepest dreams come true and we will always love you!

Being part of the Choir was such an amazing experience! Met amazing fans, Tim, Joy and Curtis were real sweethearts and we got to see the MAN himself doing soundcheck for half an hour - almost as a private gig! the show itself was amazing, very emotional, Mika at his best! I feel so blessed to be given the opportunity to be a part of it. More details to come as soon as I get home!

Thanks!! I'm so so so happy! I look pretty much like my profile picture - long blond hair, blue eyes, guess I'll be the one to smile ALL THE TIME while on stage even after all my facial muscles hurt Congrats! Looking forward to see you there tomorrow!

Actually, I applied and won! Got a confirmation mail at 7PM, I'm very very very happy! Wonder if any other MFC-er will be there as no one else signaled here to be part of the choir.

Hey! I PM - ed you a while ago - my best friend who loves Mika would love to go but she couldn't cause there were no more sits in the jardin section and she wanted to be close to me (since I have a jardin ticket). It would be her first Mika gig, she'd be the happiest person ever!

Hey Another question: do you know if Mika still invites people on stage during his new performances to dance to Big Girl / Lollipop?

Hey, does anyone know is there a paper version of this interview and if so, in which Figaro is it? Since there's a new magazine everyday I wonder if it's still possible to buy it today, or was it in the one from yesterday?

Thank you v much for your Long anwer. Do you think a Nikon p 510 as in the attached file is good or no? It's the only think I have.

By the way, do You know what kind od cameras can we bring to this show? Ford anybody know whom could we write to ask about it? Thanks a lot

Thanks, I had a look and there were the same last sits as on infoconcert.com - only two left in the "orchestra" section and one in "cour" section, no more available in "jardin" section cause I bought the last one . Thanks very much anyways

Hi guys, I think about buying tickets for this gig real soon, and since i'm ordering them from a french page infoconcert.com could anyone please help me and tell me which category is closest to the stage? I know it's category 1, but is it the orchestra, side "cour" side "jardin" or something else? please help Thanks in advance EDIT: Never mind, I just got the very LAST sit in the first category - "jardin", quite close to the stage, actually. Feel very lucky

Hi guys I know I haven't been around MFC much lately, but I'm going to Paris to see Mika's gig and I was wondering if any of you guys know already where are you staying the night after the show (on the 12th), because I'm coming on my own and wouldn't mind to share a room as well as its fees, of course. So please let me know if any one is interested. and also even if you don't want to share a room, just let me know if you know any hotel close to the venue. Thanks in advance and looking forward to meeting all of you before the show:D