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To paraphrase Mellody, it is good to see this gig again but this time with a view on his face instead of his back xd. I went with my mum, it was a perfect occasion as she's been loving him for years but is not healthy enough to go to a real gig. She found it far, far too short, was amazed by the amount of jackets and couldn't understand how he didn't drop dead right after the 3d song. I would say he won a fan for life but truth is she already was And as for me, I have to say I really loved it too. Those who were there in May can remember how strong his voice was - he really worked as hell to prepare - and it is still as impressive with a cinema sound system. Good guys is a pure gem, last party gave me the chills, relax's highest notes hit the stratosphere... I really had fun on sats, which surprised me as it's really not my fave song at all xd And as a bonus he really looks gorgeous on a giant screen *yep*

A very nice day at St Cloud under a beautiful weather - it rained a bit after the run but only for like five minutes and that was just a few drops, really, and most importantly the run itself took place under a lovely sun. We laughed, we shared some tears, we danced, we supported for some, ran for others... I am really happy to have been there and will definitely be there next year. before the run: Every member of the family is requested Here they go! ... and they're back Very moving tribute to the little fighters who saddly lost their battle this year . A quick picnic to get their strengh back French singer Vianney who took place in the run and ended up on stage in his running outfit, not really at ease but he did it anyway

As said above Mika was in top form and seemed really happy to be there and to share some time with everyone. He was in a very shatty mood - which I like very much, I don't think the Swatch staff like it as much though as they kept telling us to be quicker when it wasn't our fault . He was really kind and sweet and smiling and it was a real pleasure as always to share a moment with him A few pics, taken in agent secret mode as they weren't allowing us to take any *meh*

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Oh, late late late... I was lost in translation actually, but you know how's life when you waste it doing useless things like sleeping and working "Don't you worry, everything's gonna be all right" Okay, where do I start now… I was wondering, but I think never in a gig I've felt such a big emotional wave as the one I was drown into on this Saturday night. Which keeps me on track with my "every time I go to a gig in this arena something happens" stuff. Except that this time, the something gave me a massive headache because of how much I cried, but I won't blame him for it, quite the contrary: it was therapeutic tears (yes, I know, I always cry but oh how I needed to let those ones out) . I was far, faaar from crying before it starts though. If by any chance Mika had the good idea of spying a bit on the audience before coming on stage he must have had quite an original vision: the whole audience turning their back to the stage to be able to see this guy in the bleachers who had improvised himself master of choreography and who was making 5000 people dance. And how we were dancing, and how we were laughing, we were like 5000 friends spending some good time together, and it was so great you would have almost wished (almost) the gig wouldn't start yet (all this under the eyes of the police guys who were standing on top of the wall, it was pretty impressive I have to say - everything else in the city has been cancelled except for this gig so the security was all here, and it was... weird and scary). But the lights go off and we think it might be more polite to turn and face the stage. And then Mika is here. With no introduction, no music, nothing, just him standing behind his mic. Who begins to talk about the tragedy we've just been through, who thinks about the victims and their kin and of those who were there and saw that happen under their eyes... I know someone who was there and who had just time to put herself out of the way before seeing everything happening right in front of her, and I am quite moved that he thinks of them too. We start a minute of silence during which you could have heard a bug flying, and, yes, obviously I cry. I know I am not the only one. When one minute later Mika speaks again, I raise my eyes and the first thing I see is Ed wiping tears out of his face... 2 minutes earlier we were dancing like monkeys and now we're all completely overwhelmed, maybe the biggest rollercoaster I've ever taken at a gig, which will put all of us in quite a unique state and which will give an incredible intensity to this show. He then opens the gig with a "long version" of no place in heaven, a superb version, in which he put all his soul, for them. And then it is time to keep on paying our homage, but differently : now we must dance and sing and shout with all our lungs....and live. We are not allowed to be there as simple spectators tonight, and everybody understands that well and will do their best to put the place on fire. Which is easy, because we receive so much energy from him! He never stops for a minute, jumps everywhere, twists like a worm, and I'll say it again : I don't understand how the body of this man works xd. His voice is close to perfect too, much more stronger than when I saw him 15 days before - let's assume he used his 2 days off to have a massive nap . The setlist won't be exactly as it should have been, as Billy Brown will pop in where blue eyes should have been (it was blue eyes written on the setlist). Rain will do a hello too, and Origin will be lost in the battle. Last Party went out too, and in the context of the night I am not sure I would have been able to deal with it. Also Staring at the sun and its giant balloons - okay, balloons have the same effect on me than confettis: I am 4 years old when they come. Balloons which will keep on coming back on stage instead of going away, and Mika to throw them again and again but more and more badly as his arm was getting tired XD. I ended up in a strange position by the way, with a balloon stuck in my face on one side when Mika's hand was on the other side... so when he gave the push I ended up falling backward and almost finished sitting on the knees of the lovely lady behind me (where a civilised balloon would simply have exploded and covered me of confettis, really those balloons have no respect at all). Sats ends, Underwater starts, Curtis concentrates on his lovely piano introduction… up 'till he discovers a giant guy armed with a huge balloon standing in front of him. As good supporters of the musician ( ), we all begin to shout "make it explode !"… and he will,of course, covering Curtis and his keyboard under a pack of confettis (and himself thanks to the wind,as we’re in the south of France and so, as he’ll say himself « thank you the mistral ! »). Anyway,the keyboard has now disappeared under confettis, and so he starts cleaning up his mess, happily pressing every touch in the process while Curtis keeps on trying to play his intro, which ends up in a giant cacophony with somewhere in the background something that vaguely sounds like Underwater’s introduction... and he actually seems very proud of the mess he've made, I have to say And talking about underwater, of course in such a place and with such an atmosphere it could only be superb « oh f*ck you’re so beautiful ! » he will say to his stars... Same for happy ending, of course. Again in this time and place it had to be overwhelming.. Lollipop again will be with all the gang around the piano but the accompaniment will be slightly different. He’ll end it by telling us the story of the so called lollipop girl who had been cast away from her village because she was too colourful for all those dull people and who now apparently lives in a flat,old and alone in her pink clothes, poor thing. Of course he’ll talk a few times about all those tragedies we keep on having in the country, especially the one 2 days before, and remembering how often he used to go in Nice on 14th of July when he was a kid. How many national days he spent on the exact place we now see endlessly on our television… he’ll move me a lot with his speech about music "music is not a privilege . Music is a communion, it is for everyone. It is liberty. And yes: liberty, equality, fraternity." And then comes We Are Golden and that’s when things became complicated for me. As the song is about to end, he gets out of stage to go and grab a French flag he had stolen in the bleachers during elle me dit, jumps on the piano and brandish the flag while shouting with all the conviction he can put in it « WE ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE, WE ARE GOLDEN !" . He is so involved at this moment, it’s like he is shouting the the world « look at us, we are standing, we are dancing and singing. We may be scared but we’ll keep on standing. » and this flag he is holding so hard, up there in his piano… I know I tend to cry all the time but on this one I wasn’t alone. It was so important and so… needed. I needed him and he was there, finding the only perfect way for him to help and support. And for one I didn’t mind crying my eyes out in front of everyone. ...And then continues by again finding the perfect words for his little speech introducing J'ai 2 amours, that he will sing with the flag attached to his mic. A soft wind will make the flag and some confettis fly slowly in front of him during the song, and it is so, so beautiful. I liked the song at Bercy but nothing special happened for me I have to say - but here, oh, it really had a meaning. While I am still crying all I can comes Love Today with its new-old-new introduction that I love to bits. "So, there’s literally only 2 minutes left before we are legally not allowed to make any noise anymore, what do we do, we shut up ? No hey,we don’t care ! " But comes a time when you really must end, and now is the moment to say goodbye… but what a funny goodbye! Mika and the gang all sending hearts to the audience,that’s lovely… and then it goes a bit mad and begins to look like this He runs out of stage with this huge smile on his face, and then and all of a sudden here comes my headache due to too much crying. I am a bit stunned and I feel like I am in some sort of cotton for a while but I am quite aware that I’ve just lived something quite special... and that I needed excactly what he has given me.

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here are my pic, I'll try to come back with words if I find time to translate my report part 1/6

I have far too many pictures for the forum's limit (I think I was stuck in burst mode ) so I'll just put the link to the FB album -> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1429178393774441.1073741835.100000468824091&type=1&l=2b585c9f28

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Just one vid before going to bed (How long a day of work can be after a master gig ) Sorry for the 10 sec megazoom somewhere in the middle, I just wanted to check what was on his head

Got my blu ray this morning (lucky it left amazon's French storage just before they block it for the strike). The booklet is lovely (I guess it's gonna be the same but smaller in the cd/dvd combo). Subtitles are in English, German, French and Italian, both for the show and the bonuses. Bonuses are a 10 minutes itv with Mika and a 4 minutes itv with Simon Leclerc. I won't watch it now but couldn't keep on putting it in the player (currently playing with the blu Ray's pop up menus xd) but oh God, full HD and DTS HD audio in a giant screen surrounded by home cinema is gonna be the death of me...

Je pense pas que ton train sera concerné , mais au cas où essaye de les appeler/envoyer un mail peut être ?

No idea, you should check that on the day before, really :/ Non mais en ce moment c'est un peu la galère, selon les régions y a plus d'essence non plus on va revenir à la trottinette

It is supposed to be only on Wednesday/Thirsday, every week for a month; so it should be ok for the 28th. But just in case, check on the link I gave on friday morning, so you'll be completely sure

Pour ceux qui viennent à Bercy en train et qui arrivent la veille ou l'avant veille, pensez que la SNCF est en grève tous les mercredi et jeudi jusqu'à juin! Vous pourrez vérifier dès mardi si votre train est annulé/perturbé sur ce site -> http://www.sncf.com/fr/horaires-info-trafic Si votre train est annulé, vous pouvez aller en gare et échanger votre ticket gratuitement contre un autre train

To those who are coming by train the day before, beware the strike announced for the 25/26 (yes I know, we love our strikes ) You'll be able to check if your train is cancelled or not here -> http://www.sncf.com/fr/horaires-info-trafic Trains for the 26 will probably be accessible on this site from tuesday evening. Don't worry, if yours is announced as cancelled, you're allowed to go and change your ticket for another train for free