A lot of you wrote some quite negative reviews, which I think is a bit sad.
This was my second time seeing a Mika concert and my boyfriend's first time and we both completely loved it. I met some great people in the queue and we were about the last 2 people to be given free light up candles. I thought that was a really great gesture, and its something I've never experienced at a concert before, so thank you to whoever that was! We didn't mind the wait and we got quite a good place to stand.
However, we really did not like the DJs that came on before Mika. Their act was hardly any different from the background music that was playing before they came on. They basically seemed to just be pressing play on various different songs, and it felt like they were on for a whole hour which seemed to last forever. We got so bored that we sat down, and when they finished we cheered loudly because they were leaving. I think Mika could have chosen a much better warm up act, maybe one with INSTRUMENTS??
But the dismal start definitely did not have any effect on our enjoyment of Mika. I thought that the french song that Mika begun with was very beautiful, and even though I had not heard it before, I really loved it. He started playing Grace Kelly very early on, my favourite, which although I totally adored listening to I think that I might have preferred to hear it later on in the concert.
He played pretty much all of the songs that I loved and it was great to hear his flawless singing voice in real life. People seem to be complaining that he had a sore throat and a weaker voice, but we honestly did not notice a thing.
To whoever posted that video of 'Underwater', THANK YOU! When Mika asked the audience to waltz my boyfriend and seemed to be the only ones on the bottom floor that did it. And then, Mika noticed us (its in the video)!!! He pointed at us, he looked right at me for a bit, said "You are so clearly not from around here!" and did an impression of our dancing. After getting used to seeing other bands from miles away like at the back of the O2 arena, having my favourite artist notice me and look right at me and MENTION me made my excitement levels go through the roof! If the amazing music hadn't been enough, it TOTALLY made the night for me!
All in all, an extremely, extremely fun night dancing and screaming along to all my most favourite songs in the world in the company of other people who thought the same is an event that I will never forget.
P.S
I forgot how perfect Mika's face is in real life, and I enjoyed it when he took his top off.
Boo to all your bad reviews!