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1 minute ago, giraffeandy said:

 

I've been there too but the site logged me out and now I can't log in because it keeps refreshing the page before I can fill my password... I guess today is not my day to get the tickets. 

Yes now I am also in the waiting list

20 minutes ago, mellody said:

 

Here is a page where it offers me the option to buy a 2+ subscription: https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/practical-info/subscriptions-and-discounts - just when I try to click on the subscription offer, I get an error page. Do you see the 2+ option on this page?

I get exactly the same error

17 minutes ago, mellody said:

 

Google Translate:

 

MIKA told us about the difficult moment she is experiencing and, in general, the difficulty that each of us has to stay close to the people who love each other "at a distance" ...

 

The translation of the last part isn't clear to me - What did he say about it in the interview? Is it about Andy, that it's difficult to be together all the time when usually Mika is on tour and they're not always together? I see that with my kids, having them around all day is lots more difficult than when they're in kindergarten half of the day, or I can be away to a Mika gig for a weekend.

He is saying it is hard to be together remotely, so it is not about Andy but his family that is not physically with him ....he did not complain about Andy at all...but he complained a bit about the apartment that is "nothing special "    Very nice interview. Funny to hear him speaking in venitian dialect. I did not know Mara Venier was from Venice. Or is she one of those who claim to be from Venice but then they are not really?  

3 hours ago, valerria said:

Ragazzi!!! Mi è piaciuto un sacco!!!!! Mille volte meglio dello scorso anno!! Interviste più veloci e più stravaganti! Momenti seri intervallati da veri e propri momenti nonsense! Bello, bello, bello! E lo sapete che io son sempre molto critica! Peccato per la serata che non era tra le più adatte per debuttare, ma sui social ha spopolato!!

Anche a me e' piaciuto moltissimo. Ti ho anche vista in prima fila molto concentrata

6 minutes ago, LadyGatta said:

Certo che sarebbe stato carino premiare anche chi non ha mai partecipato ad una registrazione, invece c'è chi viene "sorteggiato" più di una volta e chi non viene mai chiamato.

Bah! Che delusione che il "sistema Italia" vinca anche qui

Io non ho mai partecipato e sono stata premiata. In ogni caso prima di criticare il sistema magari sarebbe giusto informarsi su come funziona....

soprattutto non mi sembra giusto offendere le ragazze MFC che lavorano cosi' tanto senza mai chiedere niente in cambio.

Ok I am much better with numbers than words, but I feel that those who were not there deserve some sort of report so here we go.

Both concerts were absolutely amazing. Mika was in full form and expressing all sort of emotions. Ida is such an amazing soprano and her voice complemented Mika's so well. She was part of it without taking the scene, although she could have done it several times I actually did not notice Max too much to be honest.

The orchestra and the choir were amazing too. Great job to put all together in such few days. I especially loved the first violin. He had one of those Santa Claus faces that just look very friendly, and Mika was joking in several occasions with him.

The large choir was especially powerful. I loved them especially during Heroes and Origin.

The audience was great and luckily very few interfered with unappropriate screaming and such. The first night a couple behind us started chatting, but me and other fans immediately told them to shut up and luckily they got it The second night I was sitting in the first row towards the right side. It was a great spot. I had Ida in front and could see Mika very well, plus I was surrounded by all the hard core fans...thanks Gabriella and Roberta for this opportunity

Especially the second night there was a standing ovation pretty much after every song. I noticed that only Relax did not have a very strong reaction from the audience. Maybe because the slow version, at least in my opinion, is not as effective as the classic one.

The setlist was very similar in both nights. He also added an interpretation of his monologue from the Casa Mika show, the one starting with his numbers. It was very nice to see how the orchestra added a musical interpretation to it. I was also impressed by his almost perfect italian and his ability to put so much expressivity also in a foreign language. A very powerful monologue.

During the first night for the encore he played Grace Kelly, and the audience was allowed to come closer to the stage and encouraged to sing along. In the second night he asked us to sing Underwater. Mika+orchestra+choir+audience+perfect acoustics =grand finale. Then he asked us to make as much noise as we could and he left.

I am sure I forgot so many more meaningful and magical details, but overall the two evenings were just perfect. Both parties (MFC party and new years' eve post-concert party) were a lot of fun, with beautiful people having a good time. Thank you everyone especially the italian fans for such an amazing way of starting 2017.

Thanks so much! Do they go directly to the airport? No changing busses on the way? 

Yes they do. From Firenze central station to the airport in Bologna

Anyone a ticket left for Florence. I'd love to go.

Thanks

I have one left for the 31st, 59 euros, platea row V.

Ok, I'm back again with more question (yay!)

I did get some help with the trains already but even so, I must say I'm still a little confused, so here are a few more... Feel free to answer if you think you know something abou it, I'd greatly appreciate it

 

1. I was sure I'd seen a train route that leaves from S. M Novella to Bologna airport, but now I can't find that anywhere anymore, most of the train websites have also been misbehaving très badly with me...

But so, here's my question, are there no direct routes to Bologna airport? (I could swear I had a link to one of the train sites but really can't find it anywhere now and don't remember exactly which one it was, that would help, too)

2. Is there anyone leaving Florence by train to Bologna by any chance (on the 2nd preferably ) then we might be able to go at the same time, or you could give me tips...(I avoid trains if at all possible, and have managed to do so for quite some time lol))

 

 

AND!

3. I saw some talk on my stalking missions around here (hehehe), about doing something, like a meet up somewhere after the 2nd, 31st show, was there anything that's been decided on that yet? Thanks in advance!

 

Think that's it for now, getting a bit nervous...

I have a flight on the 1st at 10AM from Bologna airport and I found a bus from Firenze train station (Santa Maria Novella to the airport) http://www.appenninoshuttle.it/ 

Cheers

Stefania

I have one ticket for the 31st, platea 3, row V, seat 21. PM me if interested.

Cheers

Stefania

Hi everyone!

I've got one spare ticket to sell for Sinfonia Pop on 31st Dec.

(The person who was supposed to come with me cannot make it. I really don't want a vacant seat nor wasting food.)

So, PM me if interested!

 

280.00 EURO

Fila B Posto 39 (row B, 39)

concert + dinner

 

FYI, Gala dinner menue is here.

http://www.operadifirenze.it/events/mika-sinfonia-pop-2/

Hi! I have a seat in the back and I would not mind to change it with this one. I send you a PM

Maybe the best way is to take the "frecciarossa" train from Milan's central station that goes directly to the Florence train station very quickly. But I advise you to book it in advance.

Thank you Roby!

I hope to make it. I will land at Malpensa at 12.15. By the way would you know the best way to get from Malpensa to Firenze? See you soon! Stefania

Nice concert. Maybe not my favourite, but Mika's voice was on top form in my opinion. I arrived quite late (8.30) since I was there with my daughter and a friend. There were still some free spots on the far side first row which was ideal for my daughter since the stage was soooooooo high.

We catched the very beginning of Xylaroo. I really like those girls, and their voice was very clean and strong yesterday.

The venue was gorgeous: a beautiful italian "piazza", where some of the light effects were mapped projected to the buildings.

As it was mentioned many times before, Mika has really some skilled light designers working for him. The lighting of each concert of this tour I have seen works extremely well.

Mika was speaking quite a lot (too much according to my friend ) and trying to involve also the people watching from the windows of the nearby palaces and from a cafe' on the side of the venue. He mentioned that he was sitting two years ago in the same cafe' with his sister, and never would have tought he would have sang there in two years.

He also praised the audience saying they were the ones singing more on tune during this tour, especially the males.

Concerning the audience, I had a very annoying lady close to me who kept screaming "I Love you, ti amo, marry me" at every possible occasion. I do not understand what these ladies think they can get by doing this. Of course he will jump from the stage towards them and propose

I can hardly justify teenagers, but older ladies????  She was just so annoying.

I also hated those that kept chatting during the unplugged version of Happy Ending.....this time it did not work for me as well as other times. It is really chilling in small venues with respectful audiences.....it wasn't this time.

The main surprise of the night was likely Kickass. Beside that I also liked Staring at the Sun with lots of baloons thrown to the audience. I had not seen that before and of course it was great fun for my daughter.

The other songs (underwater with the light / stars.....lollipop with tapping on the piano...etc...) were pretty much as in the recent concerts of the tour. I still enjoy them though. Too bad it is over for me now.

Hello everyone

This was one of my best Mika gigs ever.

I feel heart felt sorry for those that queued for hours, particularly those that had a really bad entry experience, and then chose to go right down to the front. Having been at PDP all those years ago i didn't think that going to the front was the best option. I queued with Blue Sky but didn't stay with her when we got in as three or four back is no good for me.... I feel claustrophobic..... I need to be either on the barrier or at the back. So i went around from the end of the runway and just managed to get 'half a spot' on the barrier just around the corner. Turned out to be just where the piano popped up and where Mika Spent the majority of his time. It was an amazing spot and in a venue of that size, with that amount of people and only having queued about three hours I felt amazingly privileged.

I found the show to be fantastic. I thought his voice was in brilliant form and came across fantastically. To go off mic even briefly in a venue of that size was awesome. He played to the crowd really well and had a lot of interaction. I was happy with the set list. I know that us purists would probably like a bit more variety but that's unlikely to happen. I was even lucky enough to get a special moment in Stardust when Mika spotted me and sang to me. always a massive bonus and totally unexpected in a venue of that size.

It's a while since I have been to a 'proper' Mika gig, one that wasn't a festival/ theatre or orchestral gig. I didn't get to any on the Heaven tour other than the Adelphi where I was seated in the balcony so it's quite some time since I have had this sort of experience. I didn't know if i was going to be able to make it to the gig this time, and on Thursday with the travel problems and rioting in Paris I was having serious doubts. But I am SO glad that I went.

As ever it was lovely to meet up with MFCers.

I do hope that there is a DVD of this show eventually.

Such a nice read Kath! Very happy it turned out so well. 

Let me try to fill what is missing from the reports for those that were not there.

I did not queue that long since I am not very patient, so I will go directly to Mika's performance.

At the beginning there were lots of guys and few girls in red uniform wandering around. They looked like musicians holding their horn, but they were actually not since when "their" actual music started to play, they faked playing their instruments. They were actually dancers it turned out afterwards.

What made this show a "Wonderland", compared to other gigs? In my opinion: a string quarter that appeared from the ground during Underwater. It was funny because Mika stole the stick from the conductor, and tried to direct the audience. Since the audience was not super-responsive, he said something like "ton truc marche pa" (your thing does not work), to the conductor, referring to his "conductor's stick". Then he took a mobile phone from a fan, and the "usual" Underwater light show started.

I was wondering why he was speaking so much italian, and why he asked to say hi to Italian fans and RAI 1 (one of the main italian TV channels). I did not really like that some french fans in front of me refused to say hi when he asked to do so. I could really see that in their expressions. I really find this competition so stupid.  It turned out afterwards that the show will be broadcasted both in italian and french TV.

Anyway the scenography was quite impressive, although I could not completely experience it since I was standing in the middle of the catwalk. I believe a good seated spot would have been much better for this concert.

The videos that were shown were a quite nice interruption to the usual gig. They expressed Mika's love for Paris. What else? I loved his choice of jackets, and it was funny when he was waiting quite long to switch  Miryam's t-shirt with his. I did not realise it was hers until I met her outside the venue and she asked me if I wanted to smell Mika's sweat  

Overall I am glad I enjoyed this special experience, with a very nice korean fan who made me in the mood of experiencing gigs in Korea. 

Hello! I am selling tickets to  Arena Riga May 22nd and Kaunas May 23rd.
I cannot go so anyone who wants them can have them for cheap. You can PM me.

Cheers

Stefania
 

I bought tickets for fan zone. That's is the right one? Nearest the stage? So happy he is doing Baltic countries again!   I didn't expect it at all. 

I also bought fan zone for this one and sit place for Riga. Is anyone else doing both shows? Did you decide how to go from one place to the other?

For whoever asked about age restrictions, I saw this on the theater's site for this show:

 

"Please note that U14's must be accompanied by an adult for this event." So it doesn't sound like under 14 will be turned away, they just need to be with a parent/guardian who's of age.

Thanks for checking Deb it was me who asked. I am taking my daughter who is 7.

Aw, bummer. I am sure I'll see you at some point though. I think we met in...Brooklyn...earlier this year?

 

 Yes we did And I will certainly come to the meetup this time. I had bought tickets to Paris before the Adelphi concert was announced, so I missed the previous one.

I'd like to plan another meet-up, but it's a bit early -- need to get through the holidays first! I'll think on it and revisit the idea sometime after the first of the year. Where is the Palladium? I need to look it up!

Great idea Deb Looks like it is very close to Oxford Circus.

Christine is talking about the stalls. I think you said earlier that you're in the royal circle.

Ah ok cool thanks for clarifying....for a moment I panicked So Christine we are not next to each others afterall....

Which seats? We have taken more than half of row B.

ok now I am confused...if you have 9-23 and we have 8-10....isn't that overbooking? or did i misunderstand?

Which seats? We have taken more than half of row B.

Seat 8-10....so we will be next to each others...cool

Sorry to hear that Rose. I must have been lucky to get Row A on Gigs & Tours.

I got row B in gigs and tours and I am very happy about it, especially since for once it was really not stressful  and everything worked very smoothly