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I have another song/artist recommendation. Lately I've been listening a lot to CHVRCHES, I know the band for quite a long time but since I heard their song Forever on the series Élite, I kind of rediscovered their music once again... They have a lot of great songs like The Mother We Share, Miracle and a lots more. But this particular song reminds me a lot of Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode – you surely remember Mika's cover of that song:
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I have honestly no idea but here the experts say it can take longer... It probably will calm down a bit but it will take some time till everything gets back to normal.- 63 replies
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To be honest, I think they are just trying to buy some time and waiting till the last minute... I have a ticket for a festival (not Mika) in the end of June and even though some festivals were already postponed, this one wasn't but I think it's just a matter of time. The music business has huge problems as well now, many shows and festivals are cancelled or postponed and they don't have the money to refund all people at once if they have to cancel so they are trying to reschedule or at least buy some time till they have to make the final decision. However, I really hope I'm wrong this time.
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CANCELLED: 2020 - Mika @ Arena di Verona, Italy, 10 August
giraffeandy replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
From the chef of the central crisis team here in Czechia, he is an epidemiologist and he said in an interview that this year it probably won't be possible to travel abroad in summer and maybe even next year... Of course it's just a prediction so far but if he thinks there's a chance it will last so long, I have my doubts they will open the borders in 3–4 months. And my family is already sure we won't be able to travel to Spain in the beginning of July. -
CANCELLED: 2020 - Mika @ Arena di Verona, Italy, 10 August
giraffeandy replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
I know nobody can predict the future but do you think Verona will be cancelled or postponed? The thing is, I already know I won't be able to come because I've heard the borders won't be open for a year or maybe even two (I can't even imagine, I live for travelling)... Also without bus and train lines, I won't be able to travel even if I could. On the other hand, under these circumstances I don't want to offer my ticket to anybody as nobody knows if the gig will happen at all. However, do you think I will get my money back if I can't travel due to restrictions made by my country? It's 100 euro and that's a lot for me now... Anyway, if the gig happens by some miracle, I have a ticket for seat 4 in the 4th row... I think you can change the name on the ticket for some extra fee. -
This is so heartwarming... And there are not enough nice news in these times.
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Don't make me cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
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I feel like you @giraffeandy I dont see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The things in Spain are getting worse every day with 15.000 infected and moore than 700 dead, and they say the hardest is yet to come.
In Catalonia where I live there're almost 3000 infected and 55 dead. We have to be locked up at home and go out just to buy food. I have to be careful with mom because is an old person. Moreover, Mika doesnt help me. It seems that for him only France and Italy are suffering. Today I wanted to cry. Right now, I'm down. Tomorrow I do not know but now, I regret having bought tickets for this summer. Right now I'm sad and annoyed.
When the year started, 2020 seemed nice to me and now all this.
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@Mikasister Exactly, I was so positive about 2020, Mika on tour, so many good things coming and now this...
It's so unreal, I feel like I have to wake up one day from this nightmare but I won't... And it's getting worse. I'm so sorry for Spain and Italy, this summer I was going to have a holiday with my family on Mallorca and also planning to go to Verona to see Mika and now it breaks my heart what's happening in both countries I love...
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I hope it doesn't matter it's more an artist recommendation but I tried to choose a representative song for each of them... Of course I listen to a bunch of other artists, this is just the starter pack. I think some of them have a similar style to Mika in some ways (they are also inspired by the 80s and the same artists as Mika) so I hope someone here will enjoy some of the songs and artists I posted above.
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Ok, so I'll start with some of my favourite artists besides (and far behind ) Mika. In no particular order: Rosalía (favourite album: El mal querer, even won a Grammy for that album this year) Lorde (favourite album: Melodrama) Janelle Monáe (favourite album: Dirty Computer) Troye Sivan (favourite album: Bloom) Sigrid (just released a few EPs and a debut album so far so I actually like all of it...) Carly Rae Jepsen (favourite album: Emotion, but I like Dedicated as well) Alice Merton (also released just one EP and a debut album so far...) And recently I've listened a lot to the EP La vita nuova by Christine and the Queens:
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Even though it's a bit sad, it's also very rare to see Prague without tourists so I kind of appreciate some of these pictures... https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/par-minut-do-karanteny-cele-zeme-tak-to-vypadalo-v-centru-prahy-93271?seq-no=1&dop-ab-variant=&source=clanky-home
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still so beautiful @giraffeandy
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@Lilyen Tbh, probably even more, most of the time it's overcrowded...
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As the schools are closed in many countries, let's begin with a lesson of geography...
(it's quite old so it's not really up-to-date anymore but I think it's still really catchy...)
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@Anna Ko Kolkowska I have to say I still like the cartoon version better, he is even dancing...
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Ich hab auf Instagram gesehen, dass sie in Italien in einem Supermarkt Streifen aus Klebeband auf dem Boden haben, damit die Leute Abstand halten... Und angeblich darf man auch keine Schlange stehen, man muss warten, bis es an der Kasse frei ist damit sich nicht mehrere Leute zur Kasse anstellen. Also ich glaube es kann durchaus stimmen. So sieht es aus:
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Ich lese gern ab und zu dystopische Bücher aber jetzt hab ich das Gefühl, in einer Dystopie mittendrin zu sein und es fühlt sich echt wie ein Albtraum an... Noch vor kurzer Zeit könnte ich zur Uni, zur Arbeit, auf ein Konzert oder in die Bibliothek gehen, ausreisen usw. Jetzt darf ich nichts davon. Und ich will nur das es endlich aufhört, obwohl ich weiß, dass das nur der Anfang ist...
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I think the right translation is "a small country located to the east (?) of Germany" (em um hotel de Luxemburgo, um pequeno país localizado ao leste da Alemanha) but it still doesn't make sense but I found "leste" really means east in Portuguese...
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Some people say the warm weather will help and it won't be a problem anymore by summer, some people say it can last months or even a year what I've heard... It's so messed up that I don't know what to think anymore. I just hope it gets better soon...
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Today I had a dream. I got an email from a concert promoter with a link. And on the website I found out that there will be a concert of Mika in my country. But the weird thing was that the concert wasn't in Prague but in Pardubice... Which is strange because even though it's one of the bigger cities here (the 10th biggest apparently), it's still quite small for such a concert. And there's no music festival and I've actually never been there. So I guess this dream won't come true...
But it was a nice feeling for a moment.
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I can't see this book without hearing Mika sing...
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@Starlight Oh sorry, sometimes it's hard to recognize irony online...
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@giraffeandy no problem
it's really hard without hearing the voice of someone. 
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Thinking of all the Italian fans here. I don't know how many of you live in or near the affected area but as long as it's possible, try to stay high not low... Hope you and your families are safe! Wish you health.
Of course that applies to everybody who lives in a country that is affected (at this point I think most of us do...).
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@Lilyen It seems like Mika has read your comment...
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Mikasounds, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram updates - 2020
giraffeandy replied to Dominika's topic in Mika News and Press
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I'm considering this gig but as the ticket price is quite high (it's almost the same as I paid for the most expensive ticket in Verona...), I'll wait if there won't be any other new dates in June.
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My DIY project for today... Familiar colours, don't you think?
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Me too, but only a few weeks ago I didn't expect it will affect Europe as much... I couldn't imagine that travelling to Italy will become risky. So now I'm a bit more careful with my thoughts about it because I've been naive at the beginning, I was really too optimistic.
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Looks really interesting, I'm just a little bit worried about this... I've heard that for some concerts that have been postponed in Zürich you don't get the money back even if you want to... You have to wait for the rescheduling. It's such a mess right now, I really hope the situation will be different in 3 months but I'm afraid of making some travel plans now because you don't know what can happen.
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CANCELLED: 2020 - Mika @ Arena di Verona, Italy, 10 August
giraffeandy replied to mellody's topic in Before the Show
I tried to ask a girl I know who lives in Verona with her Italian boyfriend, she didn't know right away but promised to ask him as he is directly from Verona and knows the city pretty well... Today she answered me that unfortunately as the city center is all very historic, there aren't many suitable places near the center and only send me a site with places you can rent for meetings: https://www.meetingecongressi.com/it/struttura/verona/245/palazzo_verita_-_poeta.htm?fbclid=IwAR2KRbhBKKdW7kID-0FEnjn4wNnNVRUxq1iabfr4SmFSV31I64rSu56ut-A So I guess that's not really helpful as those places seem to be quite expensive. But she said that the more ordinary places are far away from the center. I don't know if that's an option.
In Catalonia where I live there're almost 3000 infected and 55 dead. We have to be locked up at home and go out just to buy food. I have to be careful with mom because is an old person. Moreover, Mika doesnt help me. It seems that for him only France and Italy are suffering. Today I wanted to cry. 
It's so unreal, I feel like I have to wake up one day from this nightmare but I won't... And it's getting worse. I'm so sorry for Spain and Italy, this summer I was going to have a holiday with my family on Mallorca and also planning to go to Verona to see Mika and now it breaks my heart what's happening in both countries I love...
Of course that applies to everybody who lives in a country that is affected (at this point I think most of us do...).
