madame blanche

I love this outfit! Where/when was this picture taken?

Hm, I really like the sound of the name 'Lola' for the puppy! But 'knowing' Mika, chances are quite big he just blurted that name because it popped in his head at that moment, and that he wasn't serious, right? Can't believe we'll probably have to wait until September for more news about his dog! I'm so curious!

Oh I had forgotten about that part! That was so funny!

No idea if I should post this here, but does anyone know if there will be a DVD of 'The boy who knew to much', like the one they made for 'Life in cartoon motion'? And if so, does anyone have any idea yet when it will be published?

So we arrived at the festivalterrain around 16u30. We couldn't be there much earlier and that wasn't so bad, after all, jumping around and dancing from one pm until midnight is hard to keep up with for a 25-year-old like me . We had our raincoats with us, but luckily, we ended up only having to use them to sit on during the breaks. Good thing we had lot's of beverages with us, because singing and dancing in that weather makes you really really thirsty! We saw Daan perform, which was pretty good. I saw him a few times before for free, but didn't really like his performance back then, so I was pleasantly surprised. The atmosphere around the festival-goers was great, but the skin of some of them was so red - purple, that you could have sworn you would smell burned meat if you passed them by.. After that, Amy Macdonald came on stage, who - besides a funny Scottish accent - has a great voice. It was pretty good but personally I think lot's of her songs sound alike, maybe not ideal for a festival (although many others seem to disagree). So much more festival worthy were the Scissor Sisters in my opinion, what an energy flew from those two! Even though we didn't know many of their songs, we were dragged into the performance and really enjoyed it. An then of course, there was the long awaited Mika! By that time we had managed to get to the first rows behind the VIP part, so had a very good view of the stage. It was the second performance of him I got to see since I was blown away by his concert in Antwerp earlier this year. I feared it would be a poor imitation of that concert, but boy, was I wrong!! It started off with an acoustic version of Grace Kelly, which sounded fantastic. Mika looked a little nervous at that time. Suddenly the whole band joined in, the effect of that made my heart beat even ten times faster! The whole time I couldn't get the huge smile off my face, it was utterly amazing! The whole crowd went wild, and the sturdy security guy who tried so hard to look like he didn't care, couldn't keep his eyes off the stage after a while! I loved Mika's funny dance moves, the way he was hugging the beautiful huge doll with a shirt just like his, and how his voice gave me goosebumps at that moment, I loved the moment he was sitting down with his knees up which made him look so vulnerable, etc. etc. We danced and smiled during the whole show, enjoying every part of it. The only downsides to his performance were that he didn't sing "I see you", oh, and maybe that he didn't take his shirt of.. After Mika, the Black Eyes Peas showed up. After dancing for a while, we decided - with heavy harts - to go home a bit earlier to avoid the traffic jams in the parking lot; after all my friend had to go to work very early the next morning. Sadly that made us miss the part where Mika came back on stage , so I'm impatiently looking forward to see that on video! When I woke up this morning, I still had that fantastic dreamy feeling, again only leaving me wanting more!! :aah:

I felt exactly the same way afterwards!

My sister was like: "Omg, stop cheering, he's saying he's dead! :blink:"

Okay, so this was my first Mika gig! My friend and I rushed home from work and jumped in the car, just to end up from one traffic jam after another, it drove me insane! After a very long drive, we finally arrived somewhere before 17pm. Quite a few friendly looking Mika fans were already there waiting to get in. I was warning my poor friend a few times that he would better be real fast so we would be close to the stage . A bit after 18:30pm the doors opened. When they finally removed the bins away, the crowd pushed so hard that my sleeve got stuck behind the bars, so I stood there, with my body close to the doors and one arm behind me. Luckily the guys from Sportpaleis asked them to calm down and I got my sleeve back! We ran to the stage, slowing down just a bit every time a coworker from Sportpaleis appeared, and we ended up in the middle of the stage, second or third row! When the clock hit 20:30pm, I was impatiently waiting for the warm-up to start, so it would be over soon and Mika could come up! The time just went by so slowly, at 21pm the guys for the warm-up still were nowhere to be seen and I cursed them for being so incredibly late, having to wait so much longer for Mika. So when one of Mika's band members showed up at stage, it took me a few moments to realize it! After hearing so much about Mika's gigs, I expected so much of it that I was so worried I would be rather disappointed after finally seeing it. BOY was I wrong!! I was completely overwhelmed by everything going on around and on stage, didn't know where to look first! It has left me feeling that, even though I saw so much, I still missed a lot of it! I just want to see it over and over again, not to miss ANY detail of those fantastic costumes and backgrounds!! I loved his special trumpet solo , and how not only he but also his band members were so fantastic!! It was only afterwards that I realized I didn't watch Chareese a lot, I could hit myself the head for that! Some curly boy on stage was drawing my attention too much, shame on him! After being part of the magical world of Mika, it was hard waking up in the real world this morning, with a soar throat and no voice left. Now there's only one thing left that I want: MORE Mika gigs!!!!

Well, I sure do hope mine don't! Wednesday is my first Mika gig, and so far (and I am keeping long dreams real short here): - I forgot my tickets at home - We arrived way too late for the gig - I found out I bought tickets for places way in the back, where nothing can be seen - Mika was only singing a few lines, the rest was sung by unknown people who couldn't sing - Almost no one showed up for the Mika gig, so we had to move to a much smaller place leaving Mika with a very bad feeling and a horrible gig - We choose places way in the back, thinking we were right in front of him when in fact the opposite was true - etc. etc. etc. etc. Everything that could possibly go wrong already did go wrong in my dreams, let's hope dreams truly are an illusion!!

The closer we get to the day of the gig, the more dreams I get about everything going horribly wrong! On the positive side, it will have to be pretty bad not to be way better than in my dreams! I'm so nervous already! Reading this, I believe you guys will be there hours before me and my friend, we have to work until short in the afternoon and drive real far... I do look forward to meeting you all!

When you go spinning and feel like there's no way you can go on any longer. Then suddenly a Mika song pops up and all energy seems to be back at once!

:aah:

Nu is 't een kwestie van minuten voor hij zich een gat door de zak en vervolgens de vuilnisbak gebeten heeft, op weg naar de vrijheid!

Oei, is ie dood?