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Hi there, here a translation for you! Such a good piece of literature! It starts today, and it airs every Tuesday until November the 20th at 21:20 on Rai2, “Stasera Casa Mika”, the award winning Mika one man show. The Lebanese born, English based singer/songwriter, who came out as gay in 2012, is the author of a bold article, available on the November number of Vogue Italia, out November the 4th. Here is a brief anticipation. A cover, three kisses, a heterosexual and two gay ones. Why does the September edition of Vogue Italia, rose such a big amount of dust, ending up being seen and shared millions of times on thousands Instagram accounts worldwide? Wasn’t it “just a kiss”, at the end? The reason seems clear: the gay kiss. But if we look closer, maybe things are not really as they seem. If on one hand an act of love between two men (or two women) is still able to raise such a fuss, on the other, this reaction is the proof that the picture does work. Because it touches a deep spot of our being. And forces us to think. So: are we really sure, that what makes this picture so annoying is homosexuality? What if it was its visual composition, so full of subtexts, of delicate undertones and connections? The lips of two men which almost brush against each other, without getting to touch, suspended in the never-ending moment which follows or precedes the kiss: this is maybe, what makes it so special. Because if we browse the socials, we can find millions of gay kisses, even far more explicit than this. But they are nothing more than bits of stories, lacking emotions, interpretation, they are cold even if we add a “warm” tone to the picture. Technology got us used to a huge stream of images that we like and which we immediately forget. It’s a process which is killing empathy, it’s a huge peril. Provocation, on the other hand, is a discipline that needs an artistic and intellectual preparation. Without intelligence, sensitivity, and culture, it becomes sensationalism, or worse, trash. The “provocateur” is aware of his role, and assumes full and serious responsibility. And that’s what magazines have to do as well, especially those that have an authoritative and transversal voice, as Vogue Italia does, because they measure the emotional temperature of society. The image they put on the cover is therefore a visual statement, the equivalent of a written editorial: it forces you to take some time, the time you need to listen to a story, find its interpretation, examine it in depth, things that in the kaleidoscopic juke-box of the web, we don’t do anymore. That’s where the true provocation lays, on Vogue Italia’s cover. In the call to find such emotion again. The one enclosed in the wait for the imagined kiss, which is the most intense part of the kiss itself. Mika, Vogue Italia, November 2017, n.807

Thank you! It was just an hour work, not so much. I intended to do it since the first time I heard the monologue followed by Hurts. It was just pure magic, I couldn't miss the chance to have it among my songs in a playlist! Glad you liked it! ????

I've cut all the songs, duets and monologues of the 4 night of Stasera Casa Mika, converted in mp3 and gathered them all in a dropbox folder. Here you can dowload them if you wish https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tslnubh3gta5xfz/AAAwXPlKo3S7ATgZNnLiqwGla?dl=0

Trieste, what might very likely be my last Mika concert for a while. I took it all quite smoothly from the beginning. I left at 8:30 in the morning and drove all the way to Trieste with our motorhome in a 6 hours’ trip. (Traffic jam on the highway hit us twice!) When me, my sister and a friend arrived in the city we met with two other friends of us who were having a quick gateway nearby. She joined us while he went having dinner with his friends living in the city. We spotted the golden circle pit queue just a few meters away from the seaboard and started wandering around to understand how the things were being arranged as they had just started fencing the early-arrived-fans. They set some barriers and as they ran out of them they started trying to tidy up the remaining fans who were scattered, in a bubble shape, right after the entry of the corridor they had just disposed. It was half past four but there weren’t the usual number of fans you would expect to see so late in the afternoon. Anyway we waited 3 hours among complaining and quieter fans until at seven thirty they let us in. Without too much running we spotted a good place on the left side of the stage just in front of the Mika-throne and gained a beautiful third row we would have never hoped for, after such a short queuing time. The view from there was just amazing. And I’m not just talking about the stage-view, which in any case was perfect in spite of a quite high stage, but also of the beautiful location this gig was in. Piazza Unità d’Italia is a jewel. There are elegant white-stone buildings all around and the fourth side opens up towards the gulf of Trieste. The sunset light coming from the sea resulted in the enchanting glittering of the golden mosaic tiles scattered all over the façade of Palazzo della Prefettura. I couldn’t help staring at it in complete awe. Before the Xylaroo performance, we experienced a nice and charming performance of some children playing and some others “dancing” on the songs played with their white-gloved-hands in the Sign Language. Then Coco and Holly walked on stage for (what they said) the last performance of their Mika supporting tour. They sang very well, I love their voices! Dozens of minutes later Mika appeared, waking up the over 6000 people waiting for him. He started wearing the same gloves the children were wearing before and shaping a heart for the crowd to see, then he tossed them away and approached the mic. I wholeheartedly begged he opened with No place in heaven and as he did I felt so good I can’t even express in words. This song acoustically is even more heart rending and moving. It really sounds like a prayer sung with the heart on his sleeve. The crowd was extremely quiet while he sang it and this detail made it even more powerful. After this tender moment the real vivacious show took over and so did the loud singing of the crowd. Never did I experience such a good feeling when hearing thousands of voices singing out loud together. There weren’t many people screaming nonsense things, we were a huge choir singing pretty much on tune every single word of his songs. As the first notes of Happy Ending and Stardust filled the air, everyone started singing the first lines spontaneously. He smiled proudly for a while letting us singing, then he started and everyone followed again. He cheered when in BBB he asked boys and girls to sing separately and heard such a responding choir coming from the boys, he couldn’t believe it; he laughed and said that never had he heard in his whole tour such a loud crowd of men screaming altogether, as they are usually very shy. He introduced BBB saying that as the square was “molto elegante” very elegant, he was going to sing a song in French, then thought twice and admitted the song was actually not so elegant, having the whole square to laugh. After Grace Kelly we heard the notes of the following song and understood that what he had previously listened to during the sound-check was really happening. He sang Kick Ass! Now I have to be honest: this song is far from being among my favs, I don’t like it, but the curly man managed to have me change my mind once again! Dancing and singing (I’d rather say screaming!) along it’s just pure energy, in particular in times like the one we’re currently living in. I lived the “We are young, we are STRONG” and the “WE ARE FREE” lines as freedom statements. We are free of doing whatever we want and being whoever we want, we are strong: fear will not win over, will not prevail, we won’t let it happen! Underwater was magic as always but this time I didn’t participate actively, I turned towards the crowd and enjoyed the charm of thousands of light popping up together in the beautiful scenario of the square with the buildings lit up in yellowish light and the blueish beams of light coming from the phones. I loved the balloons with confetti on Staring at the sun! So funny! I eventually listened to Beautiful Disaster live. In spite of many people saying they don’t like this song, I like it very much and I once again enjoyed the crowd singing the chorus out loud. Happy Ending and Stardust, as said before, were completely sang by the whole square, so I couldn’t really hear his voice very well but I loved how, during the last chorus, while we was singing the high notes going “And I feel as if I’m wasting” the crowd sang the lines the gospel choir sings in the studio version “This is the way you left me, I’m not pretending….”. It created a superimposition of voices which sounded just amazing. I was delighted by the a-cappella lines. Maybe this time I was closer and I could hear better, but he really overwhelmed me, more than the other times. I say it once again as in any other report I’ve written this year: the hard drumbeat of Last Party live is FREAKIN’ GOOD! On Stardust he kept switching from Italian to English lines so it was a mess to sing but felt really good anyway! Speaking about Italian, it seemed that night he couldn’t remember how to speak it! He was so hilarious. It took him three times to succeed and pronounce the word “ragazze” (girls), he didn’t’ remember how to say “rovinare” (to ruin) and ended up inventing some neologisms once again. We love our polyglot! On Lollipop we threw the paper-made candies on stage and Max, who was in a really good mood, started tossing them against Curtis and Tristan. He ended the show with Love Today and a sea of confetti. A beautiful show in an amazing venue with a perfect weather and temperature (Trieste is a wind city and wind feels so good when you wait and jump for hours among thousands of other people.) I enjoyed every second of it in the best way possible! I say it once again: I’m so proud of following such an amazing and human artist. My parents came along as well after visiting the city and dining in a restaurant nearby, and saw a big part of the concert from far away in the square. They had never seen him before but knew far too well who he is (two Mikafans daughters are enough). They said they were really pleased and enjoyed his voice, his songs and his show a lot. I thank again whoever experienced these moments with me and hope to be back someday! …. And even if I will never see him again, this was the best time I ever had…. (Here are some pictures of the square with the crowd, I'm a mess, I don't remember how to post them here so take a look at my tweet https://twitter.com/VvFreiheit/status/758815378780717058)

This time I promised myself I would write a short report... Well... As you will see I didn't make it... After spending a funny day strolling around Paris with Sarah, Laura (Alyara), Berenike (DerMoment), Chrissie, my sister and a friend and after having had dinner at a Lebanese restaurant, at 7:30 we decided we should finally head to Bercy venue for the concert as the beginning was meant to be at 8:00 pm. We arrived at the venue and split as we had separate seats, spread all over the arena. Xylaroo started playing, we could clearly hear they were quite nervous of singing in front of such a huge crowd but their beautiful voices and their lovely songs kept us good company for almost half an hour before the break. After a few minutes waiting during the break, I headed to the loo with my sister and together we took a look at the merchandising. I saw the Mumu and its precious box on the counter and decided that, as I wanted it so bad, it would be wonderful to have it as a reminder of the beautiful concert I was sure I was about to experience. Therefore, we rushed inside to collect the purse and 2 minutes after I was proudly wearing it around my wrist. As we went back to our seats, we started spotting some butler-dressed men popping up on stage, with instruments in their hands strolling back and forward. After a few minutes, the small group of butlers increased to almost 40 (if I’m not wrong) and they started to gather on the sides of the long stage. Then we heard the overture of Mika’s tour and the lights were turned off… The magic began. He started with a cover of a French song I had never heard before, surrounded by that funny very old-style orchestra of butlers playing along, then Big Girl followed and the crowd started reacting. What I found amazing of the show: - the M white and red flags colouring the scene, they gave a parade atmosphere, really funny - the Heart-shaped little stage with wings from which he came out a couple times - the beautiful Napoleon hat he received from a fan. I loved it! - the video showing him in Paris, his expressions and the way he walked around Paris dressed in one of his most stylish suits were just hilarious. - the t-shirt exchange with Myriam and the “bastard” joke - the Sacre Coeur cake from where he came out - the throne where we was sitting: he looked a little boy on a big chair - I didn’t’ like the arch very much but I think it was just the way we saw it from above, it looked tiny and out of place (I know it’s really big and colourful…) On les Baisers Perdus I was totally fascinated by the atmosphere he created. The acrobat flying around on its red ribbon and the instrumental music at the beginning, just had the power to take our souls into another dimension, as they were flying around, suspended on the crowd for a moment. The way he sang it was just perfect. His sweet voice sounded enchanting, accompanying the smooth movements of the acrobat and the “wow” of the crowd on a couple acrobatics moves he made, was the perfect summary of it all. When the string quartet walked on stage, together with the director, I didn’t know what to expect from the song that would follow. I thought it would be another one of his covers showing his affection to Paris and I have to admit, I didn’t recognize it was Underwater since I heard the first few notes played at the piano by Curtis. At that point my jaw dropped. I was so stunned I couldn’t think about anything. I just wanted that moment to last as long as it possibly could and I focussed every single brain and body cell on such piece of magic. The ocean of lights multiplied for 15.000 people was just pure ecstasy. I loved the way he asked the baton to the director and tried to conduct the crowd but then gave it back to him saying it didn’t work and went back to his old technique of stealing a phone from a fan and using it as a guide light. It gave the impression of a statement: “I know how to have them react the way I want.” I loved it. The speech he made when asking us to hide or show our lights, calling us “mes jolies petites etoiles” almost got me emotional. I heard it other times in smaller venues, I heard it in Italian and in English and even though I’m Italian, I think these words in French sounded much sweeter and melodic than in any other language. (I know I’m weird!) Happy Ending a cappella surprised me a lot. I heard it already in other concerts, but I didn’t think we could really hear him well in such a big arena among more than 15.000 spectators. His voice is louder than I thought! Last Party is one of my favourite songs live. It starts out as an almost sad hymn and ends up as a huge party with the strong beat carrying your feelings away with it, in a never-ending dance. Elle me dit and his chatting were hilarious and funny. Everyone was jumping and dancing. As I understood it was beginning I called my best friend in Italy and let her enjoy her favourite song thousands of miles away from Paris. Mika thought it was the best moment to greet all Italian fans who were home and I could hear her laughing at the loud speaker. The new intro of Boum boum boum at the piano was even better than the one he’s been playing during the tour. I’m still wondering why he didn’t record it for the album version… Origin was awesome as always. I love when he changes the melody of some lyrics singing live, on this song more than many others. I didn’t expect he would add Stardust to the setlist and I was grateful he sang it completely in English. I like the Italian version but the original one is waaaay better. I didn’t know the last song he covered, but I liked it much better than the first one. I heard many people around me singing along and I guessed it must be a well-known hit in France. Love Today live for me is always a rush of joy, adrenaline and endorphins, mixed with a hint of sadness and nostalgia for the end I know is about to come. Anyway seeing the whole crowd jumping and dancing got me freaking cheerful and as stupid as I could possibly be… Amazing night. What more can I say?? After Love Today we headed outside where we met with Sarah, Laura and finally got to know Anne (crazyaboutmika), Luisa and other fans. We spent a couple hours waiting outside the venue together, chatting and laughing as if we were high on something… We then went to have a drink with a group of people and we met the Xylaroo girls as well. We had a nice chat with them and after another hour, we went back to the hotel together with Sarah and Laura. I can’t do without thanking Berenike and Chrissie but in particular Sarah and Laura for the amazing day and a half we spent together. I loved every minute, every laugh, every nonsense word, every stupid moment of our days. I really hope this might just be the first of many adventures together and I promise: next time I will wake up at the fire alarm

Hmmm.... I'm fancying it already!

Veeery smart thought! I do agree. And what about a fan meeting as the one of last October at the Smollensky in London before or after the gig?

i did it as well. It's not as nice as the original one, but you've got it in your hands straight away, so no waiting for the delivery and no waiting for the ticket outside any office. Pretty easy and sure.

Well done! I'm proud to be part of it!

Weeeeey! Welcome Lalli!! You're finally here as well. See you around!

Let's hope! I have dreamt twice in a week how this show could be like, my subconscious is just a little bit impatient....! Hahahaha

Thank you for adding the damaged parts video. Days ago I cut the new songs we don't have on any of his symphonic albums and made MP3 out of them. You can find Overrated, Make you happy, Drunk, Elle me dit (without the clapping and singing along of the Montreal version, that by the way I love) Origin of love (that I was asked to cut) and Stardust. The last one is damaged as it was taken by the damaged video. As soon as I have time I will download the new video and make a new MP3 available on my folder. Here's the link of my Dropbox. Feel free to download them. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sctl8fu2dvby635/AABXcdssv9mrSeA_gJPgbLTTa?dl=0 Bye!

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Mika + London: Heaven…. This could be pretty much the summary of that day! Arrived in London in the morning with a bunch of friends, walked through the city for some hours and was finally able to join the MFC party at the Smollensky’s later than I had planned. I arrived around 6pm and was looking forward to meet a few MFCers I had been chatting with for months! As I stepped into the pub I heard Good Guys playing and I felt I was home… I was warmly welcomed by Deb and then starting looking for people I knew. I finally met with DerMoment, our great Subtitlers Team teacher with whom I had been chatting for many months now and took a “team picture” together with Sylvie, I chatted with Maggie, Gabriella and a few other girls and saw many familiar faces. Sadly a boy and a girl part of my company, were minor and were asked to move to the other side of the pub, where alcoholics weren’t served. Therefore I had to go back and forward from their table, to the party, as I had promised them we would eat together. After dinner I had to run to the Adelphi as I had to collect my tickets and there was already a long queue, waiting outside the main door. Once I got them I entered the theatre and was overwhelmed by joy and pure happiness, I felt like a child in Wonderland. I had my seats in the stalls, 7th row, the view was just amazing. I expected the theatre to be bigger and as I realised it was a tiny elegant venue, I felt really pleased to be finally able to take part to such an intimate gig, compared to the others I had attended, that were held in big venues with thousands of people. I hoped I would have the chance to see the whole stunning set once again, and from a closer position, but I soon realised such a huge thing wouldn’t fit the tiny stage. The beginning was as blissful as it was in Florence, the only difference that made it even better, was the silence which surrounded his solo voice. I’m not describing every single song, otherwise my report would take ages to be read, I can say I particularly loved Good Guys, the music-box-like melody is just so sweet… It warmed my heart seeing his smile as he glimpsed at the buildings, clouds and stars during TAY, it was worth the work I did at midnight the night before, after coming out of work, and that left me trying to get rid of the little pieces of glitter from my body, for the following two days! Promiseland for me, will always be one of the best live songs ever! Rock style to dye for! Over My Shoulder, Hurts, Happy Ending, and Last Party in a row were a blast of emotions! I had watched some videos of him performing bits of Happy Ending unplugged but I have to admit, nothing compares to his pure voice live. Gosh, it gave me goosebumps! Let’s talk about Hurts. I so much love this song, the stripped way he’s recorded on the album, that I was really fearing I would hate the new version. It didn’t happen. The beat does make sense live…. Chapeau Mika! Proud to have been part of the Hell portion of theatre during Underwater, it suits me…. One thing I really enjoyed was him speaking English. I know it might sound weird, I’m Italian, I like him speaking Italian, of course I do, (in today’s interview at Corriere della Sera, I found his Italian really strong and consistent) but I think he can’t really express himself as he would like to and doesn’t have that freedom of speech he has in English, being it his mother tongue. No need to think about the use of the verb, the noun, the position of the adjective, he can just speak his mind in a sort of train of thoughts that I find extremely interesting. I adored the references to his teenage years - when he used to go and attend Sunset Boulevard show (for 5 times) – and him being nervous to play on the very same stage he had seen so many times a decade ago. I found it a sweet memory. The new lollipop version is just so fresh and rhythmic I truly fell in love with it! I adore the way he keeps finding new ways of revisiting old hits like that one. The flags at the end of the gig were another amazing idea. His stupefied smile said it all! He closed with one of my favourites tracks: Love Today. I don’t know if, being it the last show he just gave it all he could, but some high notes on this song were just as perfect as the ones he hit years ago. Just amazingly perfect! I couldn’t be happier. After the show I joined the big group waiting for him to come out from the stage door, and was pleased by the behaviour of the fans, you see… I’m used to Italian teenagers screaming and bad behaving…. I had the chance to chat with DerMoment whilst waiting. He luckily came out early, even though he couldn’t stop as crowd was quite huge. It’s been a pleasure nevertheless. Then he walked inside and exited from the main entrance. The best gig I’ve seen so far. Walking through the center and strolling among the lights of the Big Ben and the glowing bridges it’s been the perfect end of a magic night. Thank you to all the MFCers I got to know during this trip, especially to Berenike, I really had a great time with you!

http://video.corriere.it/mika-un-incontro-esclusivo-lettori-di/27e9dc5a-7727-11e5-be66-1fe1580f106c Link for the streaming here. Starting in a few minutes

Ok i think I will cut out some buildings from thick colored paper today. I prefer to do it in a hand-made way than to print it. I've got seats in the stalls so I will share them. Hope it will come out as nice as we all hope!

Amazing! I was just wondering when and where to eat before the show. Problem solved! Thank you Deb! There will probably be 6 of us. I always travel with a bunch of friends.... ????

MIKA official ‏@mikasounds 24 min24 minuti fa Dopo 3 giorni di essere malato a letto, mi sveglio con la notizia che #BeautifulDisaster e subito #1!!!!! (After three days of being sick in bed, I wake up to the news that #BeautifulDisaster is #1 rigth away!!!) MIKA official ‏@mikasounds 21 min21 minuti fa È una canzone che ho scritto con @Fedez e Skyler Stonestreet, con chi ho scroto Good Guys (It's a song I wrote with Fedez and Skyler Stonestreet with whom I wrote* Good Guys) MIKA official ‏@mikasounds 15 min15 minuti fa Questa notizia è molto più efficace che gli antibiotici #BeautifulDisaster (This news is much more effective than antibiotics ) MIKA official ‏@mikasounds 3 min3 minuti fa Merda merda merda scritto non scrotto PERDONATE MI!!!!! (s**t s**t s**t, written not "scrotto" Forgive me!!!) *scroto in Italian means scrotum.... big typo..!

Ooooh that's great! I have three friends coming to the gig, Mikafans who're not MFCers. Do you mind them coming?

That's my report! It's long... I know but whatever...! Mika in Florence. My first concert of this Heaven Tour. I arrived in the city by high speed train at 9:30, together with my two friends, we visited Florence, spent a few our lingering among the beauties and the arts of some churches and museums. We spent a couple hours in Santa Maria Novella and found out later that Mika was probably there not long after we had left! We met with Chy, Alyara and Sarik31 in the early evening not far from the centre, together we strolled to the Mandela Forum chatting and giggling. Alyara handed me the flower headband that she so eagerly wanted me to wear, we took a few pics, we entered the forum and separated. Alyara and Sarik31 walked to their seats, Chy stayed with us, even though she had a better seat in another place of the venue, and happily enjoyed the gig with me and my friends. The Citizens appeared when the forum was still half empty, so they played with still the lights on. I liked their sound even if I found some parts of their songs a little bit repetitive. I didn’t know what I should expect from Mika’s show I had already seen him in Milan in June but I knew the fall tour had nothing to do with what he had done so far. Since the beginning of this new project I made a point of not watching any video of any of his shows around Europe, I didn’t want to spoil the beauty and the surprise of the new set and arrangements of the songs. It was hard but I did it, and I can finally say it was totally worth it! I knew from some pictures I couldn’t help seeing on the socials, that there were a huge “Heaven” sign, a caravan, a huge stained glass door, a sparkling globe, the sinking Titanic and some other stuff behind, but I had no idea how the scene would appear and change. He suddenly appeared on stage, and started singing No Place In Heaven standing near the caravan, and he did the first verse a cappella. I wasn’t prepared, it got me emotional, I kept smiling like I was the happiest person on Earth, almost everyone was silent, his voice was the only thing filling the air, it was a moment of pure magic. Then the music started and it got even better. I was in awe when it finished, the intro of Big Girl began and the caravan turned into an amazing pipe organ, my jaw dropped, it was just wonderful. The sign “Heaven” was so perfect, it described the moment… I wasn’t in parterre as I had been in Milan, so I had to refrain my dance a little bit, but I could definitely listen to Mika’s voice in a much better way, without many people singing badly and loudly in my ears for the whole gig, and I can say he was in great shape. I don’t remember the setlist so I can’t name all the songs, but I can surely say I loved Origin of love, it gave me goose bumps, I adored Underwater and his way of directing the lights, the new version of Boum boum boum was funny and catchy. The globe descending from the ceiling on the delicate sound of a music box-like instrument created a dreamy and fairy tale atmosphere, Good Guys played in this way was such a sweet lullaby! I enjoyed Staring at the sun, Stardust, Rain, Grace Kelly because of all the people singing together. Another song I had the chance to listen for the first time live was Good Wife. Very good vibes. I adored how he entered the stage through the huge door at a certain point. The whole colourful set, the light tricks and the scene transforming and changing. I liked Chiara even if I prefer Stardust to be sung by Mika alone, I particularly love his voice in that song. Happy Ending happened, I was very pleased to listen to it. Chy had just expressed her wish about that song when it began, it gave me chills. Promiseland live was THE song I had been waiting for, since the first time I saw the setlist of the new tour. It was pure energy. You just couldn’t help dancing and jumping, even when you’re not in the middle of the parterre. The little variations he did were absolutely charming and amazing, the way he screamed some parts of the song were really an injection of adrenaline and power, straight to your body and brain. His voice went from the bass lines to the high notes, with a perfection that really left me jaw-dropped. The best live song, hands down… Almost at the end of the gig he pronounced a sentence in which he thanked us for supporting him and saying that we helped him having a stronger and a more tolerant heart. That was quite moving and I could hear many people applauding. Last Party and its live beat is one of the best changes from the album versions ever. I grew fond of it in Milan in June, and I loved it even better in Florence. The conclusion of the gig was a completely unexpected Over my shoulder. I must admit that’s not one of my favourite songs, but when you listen to it live, you can’t help opening your ears and your heart and listening carefully in silence, being delighted by his pure and crystalline voice. I exited the venue with a heart full of joy and pride. We met with Alyara and Sarah outside the venue; we walked together to the gate from where Mika was supposedly going to leave and where I saw Saskia, Robertina, Myriam and a few other people from MFC. We waited very shortly and were then told that Mika would come out in a few minutes. There were many people waiting for him, many teenagers and young girls. As soon as they saw the car arriving, they packed just in front of the gate, preventing it to be opened. The security guys told us to form two lines so that the car could pass. I heard Alyara telling them to keep the rows and Myriam warning them to behave, but as soon as the car with Mika inside crossed the gate, everyone gathered around it, someone bumped the car windows and many of them started screaming his name. I saw him waving and smiling from the rear seats, with his mobile light turned on, and then the car slowly went forward. When it stopped for a few seconds to avoid people crossing the road, a group of fans tried to chase it but fortunately his driver managed to drive away from there. It was an amazing night, there hasn’t been the cherry on top but I don’t care too much. I’m very happy with what that day gave to me: a blissful concert, a lovely meeting with some MFCers, especially with Chy and Alyara, with whom I constantly chat in our Translating team group, and who I had been looking forward to see for months. Thanks girls, thanks Mika, thanks MFC for another great experience!

Anche se ancora non sono andato in vacanza, non potrei stare meglio, a casa con i miei cani, ascoltando musica e cucinando(male ma va benne) = even if i haven't left for holidays yet, i couldn't feel better, being home with my dogs, listening to music and cooking (badly but who cares)

Even though i think Mika speaks a good Italian, I would bet he wrote it in English and got then translated...

Well, quoting a little bit everyone here. I think the real thing started in the moment when his manager tweeted the first pic and showed his point of view about it, saying that being silent wasn't the right way to deal with it. I don't believe Mika HAD to step in. I believe it was his own choice not to keep silent anymore, but to speak his mind loud and clear and show some sort of gratitude, towards the bunch of people that had been tweeting with the hashtag #RompiamoIlSilenzio for the last few hours. I think he appreciated the way the image and the message in it, could start such a big reaction and, at that point, I believe he did a good job in supporting this spontaneously-born campaign stepping in himself. I think he had been in contact with his manager throughout the whole thing, firstly because he was having a private gig in Italy at that time, and his manager is often at his side when Mika's here, secondly because the tweets he sent, are absolutely Italian-mistakes-free, and as they contain a few tricky grammatical rules, I would bet he co-wrote them with his manager checking on them. What I'm trying to say is that I don't think he reacted the way he did, completely out of the blue, but neither do I think he was pushed by someone in doing the deed. The massive thing that came out as a reaction of Mika's tweets, I think has a deep meaning. It shows how people are willing to sustain this sort of causes and how the power of people working together can move the press and the media in a strong way. I also believe that, it not only did help Mika himself, but it did also help people suffering from this kind of bullyism and discrimination, as it might have shown them that if there's a person who thinks gay are against nature, there are thousands of other people supporting their way of being. And for a teenager facing this sort of problems, this can be heart-warming and reassuring. I’m proud of Mika’s reaction and I think it perfectly follows his way of thinking and the way he’s been always dealing with this topic. PS. I can gladly notice we see things through the same eyes!

. You can find the translation of this funny video in our subtitling team thread