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Thanks for the report! Noooooo, I am not jealous at all. It sounds great: Ben talked! What did he say? Are you sure it wasn't playback? Ohhh, that's really very interesting about The Handshake, trying new material out? I love it that they were full of energy and not tired after touring Europe... Or perhaps they were enjoying the smokeout festival... Great setlist, even without Siberian Breaks. They have so many great songs to choose from, don't they? I would even be interested to hear Lady Dada live even if it's not my favorite song on the album They sure would make something quite interesting out of it on stage. About the mobbing - I really hope they don't stop meeting fans after gigs because of that. It must be unpleasant for them at some point... EDIT: Did you read this one: a good review with lots of pics: http://bit.ly/9kukiJ

In fact I haven't seen it, thanks! At first I was like ????? But then: 66 55 red battleships 40 earthlike planets 3 holes 2 tits 1 fork in its side zero tears in their eyes.... How cool. Pity we can't use it here on MFC, pple will go mad looking at it

They sure had the other stuff removed before the picture was taken, look at those full bags on the floor.... Thank you! And I know I am repeating my own words but: the media should go to hell! Every time I read interviews about it, I hate to hear how they've been handling Congratulations.

What, Empire of the Sun? Pah. (I love "Walking on a dream" ) Yes, you're welcome! Yay, cool for those tics. I hope you get the ones you want! I am afraid I can only go to a gig in Munich, so I can't help you with buying them from you, sorry! Just saw the gif - hehe, I must say I am not really sorry that Ben shaved those whiskers.

Girls, we should quickly start a "serious music discussion" on this thread, since me and Rachel try to get new members and have bragged about not drooling over the guys on this thread. So.....ehmmmm.....do you know what really fascinates me? The fact that Andrew always remembers the lyrics to the songs & never forgets them at gigs even though they are really difficult to memorize since no rhymes and stuff. I mean, I know he writes them, but hey, Mika does this as well.... I still don't know most of them, have to learn a few by heart so I can sing along (quietly!) at the gig in December. Btw. as far as I could see there is a new message on Spotify about the gig - I am not quite sure if I understood it, since my French is bad, but I think you could watch the gig from tonight on - will try it later.

I know, me too! Because Andrew is a weirdo Noooo, because he's more the frontman/hippie/rockstar/somewhat dreamy poet who writes all those lovely but strange lyrics. Ben is more the type of guy who a girl could bring home to her parents, if you know what I mean. But, hey who knows that really, we Bulgarians have a saying: "Beware! The calm water is always the deepest." Perhaps it's just the other way around...

I googled him and he seems to be a famous football player? http://www.officialbrettfavre.com/home/ But I don't get those tweets either. Apparently some kind of US joke we foreigners don't understand... I liked your dream But why Andrew and not Ben? I thought Ben is your fave...

So now we know at last: YOU are the OTR (Mika's Official Thread Reader)! You know, the one who reads threads all the time and writes those summaries for him to read in the evening, so he knows what's going on on MFC. Right?

Yeah, don't they count? Well, the quality and quantity of his merch could really be better. He could be more creative here. I would buy a red striped t-shirt like his f.e., it's unisex so it really would be a good idea. Apparently the "Rolling Stones" have some good ideas for merchies - learn from the best. I dunno if he writes stuff for TV and what is the average age of his fanbase. Of course there is a difference if a musician makes heaps of money OR is famous. Or both. There are lots of obscure musicians who are very wealthy but somehow totaly unknown to the masses. Don't ask me how this works. So he can be wealthy doing things even we don't know about (is this possible???), I don't know that. But it is sure he could be way more popular and those sales numbers would really help here. Cause even some stupid journalists can't ignore popstars they don't really care about but who have a big fanbase.

So, summary is, if Mika wants to get really rich & well known he should: 1. increase tickets prizes, cause pple are willing to pay 2. make more (AND BETTER) merch 3. have an own clothing label 4. write jingles & melodies for TV 5. get more 40+ esp. 60+ fans cause they have the money & buy pop albums 6. spend half the year touring through Japan 7. sell CDs in supermarkets.....

YES! I saw this too (hehe I suppose we're all following the same Twitter fan account, aren't we?)! I was told it's true! And also Will said somewhere that they already have new material, are going to work on it Jan-Feb and they don't need to take a break, cause they are never sick and tired of doing what they are doing now... Aren't we lucky, lucky fans?

A really interesting & understandable article from The Economist on how the music industry makes money. Didn't know where else to post this. http://econ.st/bixwDf

I think it's funny! Of course they are pro, 'cause it means more divorces and this means more money.... I am surrounded by lawyers in the family... But hey, no matter why they are pro, it's still a good thing, isn't it? I am a practical person, so I think as long as someone's pro, no matter why, that's good. I somehow missed the decision about the thread - is there going to be a new one opened for the new Mika column so pple can go on discussing these scary topics on this one? Didn't understand what was the agreement on that?

Same here! And yesterday I could watch it... Could it be that we must sign in first? I didn't sign in, because I went on Spotify few days ago and read it's still not available for Germany. So I didn't plan to watch yesterday evening, but then I gave it a try in the last minute and it worked! Perhaps they must upload it yet? I dunno, I am very bad at those technical things... I am sure someone will upload it on the forum! Just give them a few days.... I know, it's really frustrating, isn't it? This happened to me at my Mika gig, because I didn't prepare at all for the M&G cause I didn't really think I would meet Mika in person (and I didn't want to prepare myself in order not to be dissappointed if nothing happens) so as it happened I was like: and I just managed to hold out my cover for him to sign and a Thank you, but nothing more. I could so kick my own ass afterwards for not thinking of anything to say to him.... So I swore it'll never happen again! I am going to prepare my little speech for the guys and if I didn't meet them, well ... I am sure Andrew acknowledged the fact that you have the album. He said this in an interview I saw again today: "The pple who understand our music are pple who listen to whole albums...." But if you really want to ease your mind, why not write to Mr. VW senior a short note? He's so nice, I am sure he won't mind hearing this (thousand times better than those stupid "Can I marry your son?" messages ) and passing it to the boys?

+1 The only moment that really saddened me was when Andrew asked: "How many pple have heard of our album "Congratulations"? and as few screamed he was like: Yay! and put his fist in the air. I was really sad, because it felt like he is/they are still unsure that pple come because of that to gigs and like they are still playing only to a "Kids" audience... Grrrrrr, it makes me mad, because this really isn't true and I don't want them to get insecure about their music. But perhaps this is only me overinterpreting again

I just died watching the live stream. They were amazing.... At the end I cried as they played "I found a whistle". How do they do this? They only play their songs without any show and still it's so emotional... Very good crowd tonight! Some girl sang on to all the lyrics of The Handshake... It was just brilliant...

He's just too cool to wash his socks.... What a good looking guy.

Could it be that Andrew is like that because he's a Southern guy? You know, the pple from the Southern States are relaxed and "soft" on the outside like that and they take their time for things. But they can also get really emotional if something is important to them. I like that a lot if someone's cool on the surface and hot inside. Really, you love him? It has never ever crossed my mind till now! I like Ben a lot too! Always have the feeling I could feel at ease with him but not so much with Andrew, so I can't decide who I like more. They are so different, I can't really compare them. But in his own way Ben is as charming as Andrew. Btw. do MGMT have any live DVDs? I haven't found any so far. And do they have merch at concerts? I would love a MGMT T-shirt! And if some of you still want to watch that live stream gig from Brussels - here's a link to the thread on the forum where some pple are working on a upload: http://mgmtforum.com/index.php?topic=7579.0