Anna Ko Kolkowska

From Mika's Facebook account: https://fb.watch/e8i0uIAv1e/ Summer Hits. Piazza del Popolo, Roma. Solo un assaggio di quello che sarà il Magic Piano tour ! Ci vediamo a settembre. Friends and Partners - Concerti ed eventi MIKA - Summer Hits.mp4

On Mika's Facebook account: Summer Hits. Piazza del Popolo, Roma. Solo un assaggio di quello che sarà il Magic Piano tour ! Ci vediamo a settembre. Friends and Partners - Concerti ed eventi https://fb.watch/e8i0uIAv1e/ MIKA - Summer Hits.mp4

Oh I forgot to add this part of the video with some MFC er dancing to Yo-yo!!! I didn't uploaded it on YouTube. Karin, Andrea, Nina and Monika 😃 YouCut_20220705_223734157.mp4

I needed time to put my story in words... A lot of words Actually this is a text I put on my website for Polish readers. Now I can translate it for you. This concert was special in many ways. Among other things, because I was there in person. This was my second concert in London. This city has a special place in Mika's heart. And it shows on stage as well. But let's start from the beginning. First, on Saturday, I attended a party on a double occasion: the 15th anniversary of Mika Fan Club and the fact that fans from all over the world came to Mika's concert in London again! We had a great time. I met people I already knew. But I also got to know new faces. Mika sent us some bottles of Champagne and Prosecco. We also had a delicious on-site pizza made at the Lansdowne Pub. And one of the fans prepared a beautiful, double-deck birthday cake. There were dances and even a raffle. Some were lucky enough to win Mika's merchs! And now the concert. Of course, at the beginning there was a long line in front of the Roundhouse and numbers. Then there was the stress because we didn't get any e-mails from the organizers with a link to the tickets. Only around 3 p.m. the fans started getting e-mails. We immediately felt a great relief :-) The staff of the facility was very nice and accepted our "queuing system". Of course, there were a few people who didn't like it, but I won't write about it. We were let in around 6:30 pm. I was able to take my place in the third row. Although there was a tall boy in front of me and I had to "maneuver" a bit to see the scene well. Behind me there was a group of three female fans from England - I don't know them, so I don't know if they belong to the Fan Club. They were talking very loudly among themselves. And during the show made by DJ Bestley they sang songs. But I must admit that they did it very well. They even sang in harmony, and you could see that they practiced together a lot. Maybe in a karaoke club? In every of my videos you can hear them clearly. Of course when Mika entered the stage they started screaming so hard that my ears hurt. From the very first moment, this electrifying relationship with the audience was created on stage. This is London - English fans sing loud and very well. Watch the video recorded by @Romy04 from Switzerland. I put llinks to her videos because of a bad sound on mine (singing girls!) The second song was Origin Of Love. I took some balloons with me and asked the people next to me to inflate them and throw them at the audience. It's a pity I only took 4 because the audience and Mika had a lot of fun with them. And Mika managed to destroy two of them personally. But that's what I was counting on. We know that Mika is a real "balloon terror" :-) Mika was wearing a black suit from which he was tearing off fragments showing the painted anatomical parts. But the audience went into ecstasy when Mika took off his jacket and showed his naked torso !!!! Probably the first time he undressed so quickly on stage :-) And at the end, when Mika sings "thank God that you found me" pointing at us ... That was a moment!!! Then there was a moment for Max who played (and danced!) an intro to Big Girl. And all this for give time to Mika to change into his pink suit .... And it started !!!! Mika quickly noticed a place where he could jump over the barrier and entered the audience. Which of course caused an outburst of ecstasy, and one of the girls standing next to me (of that singing group) almost passed out! I even touched her arm to calm her down a little. The next song was Tiny Love. A very important moment for me, because with @Romy04 again, I prepared almost 1000 paper hearts, which we distributed to people before the concert. Some of them also ended up on the balcony. During the intro to the song, Mika said that he arrived in London after a 7-hour journey, which should take an hour and 15 minutes. But he made it to the city at the best moment. And instead of the crowd of businessmen rushing through the city, he found "rainbow warriors". Mika referred to the Pride Parade that took place on Saturday. Mika said to the taxi driver, "It's much better this way." At one point, Mika noticed our colored hearts lit up even on the balcony and added, "I have to say you guys are equally beautiful. Thank you so much. " Of course, this was a reference to the Pride parade. And that we are all beautiful. And just like three years ago in 2019, Mika took one heart from the person in the front row and sang while holding it in his hand. I arrived in town on Saturday, and rainbow flags were fluttering everywhere, and the square in front of the station on King's Cross was filled with a colorful crowd of people. I even managed to get a little rainbow flag, which is now a souvenir from the trip to Mika's concert ... In general, all of London really did celebrate "equality" and a lot of shops, restaurants had rainbow flags and other rainbow decorations. In Poland, I cannot imagine such an open manifestation of equality. Here is a view from my perspective. Mika talked a lot with the audience. Sometimes he talked to us as if he were old friends and shared some very intimate moments of his life. This referred to the meaning of the song Yo-Yo. And he started it in a beautiful acoustic version. And the audience knew how to join ... Then Mika sang Tomorrow. I have a great fondness for it. I heard it live for the first time at my first Mika's concert in Paris in 2019. During this song, Mika took a colorful wreath with lamps from one Dutch fan. Eric melted with happiness even when he failed to regain his property :-) Mika also "killed" the heart-shaped balloon. But that was to be expected. The balloon slayer has shown its power :-) The surprise was Popular Song. Mika rarely sings it in Europe. But maybe lyrics are so closely related to his life in London that it had to be performed here? In 2019 Mika also sang it. Mika also surprised us with the song Billy Brown. Someone in the audience had a cardboard box with the inscription asking them to sing this song. And there you go. By the way, Mika performed a crazy dance :-) Underwater. One of my favorite songs. Mika always engages the audience in singing it. This time there was no division between Heaven and Hell. Mika alluded to the circular shape of the building that was used to rotate locomotives in the 19th century. The building is crowned with a dome and if you stand in the right place, special vibrations are created when listening to music. Mika once felt it himself. And now he wanted us to feel it too. At the beginning of the song Who's Gonna Love Me Now, Mika said that he is currently writing a lot of new music! Among other things, an hour and a half of symphonic music for a film that tells the story of the friendship between a young camel and the 11-year-old boy who saved him. It's a movie that is a mixture of Never Ending Story and Bambi movies :-) Mika immediately agreed to participate in this project. But only then did he realize that the camels do not speak and he, with his music, must make the camel speak :-) Meanwhile, he got a message from Billy Porter asking him to write a song for the movie Anything's Possible. The song was supposed to be so sad that you'll want to lock up in your room for five years and cry. It was supposed to be the point of view of a man who had a great time in life and now feels that the wings that once carried him are gone. The co-creator of the song, Wayne Hector, was also present in the audience. Mika said he only sang the song about twice ... and yet the audience joined in and sang along with him. You really get goosebumps by listening to this track live. And you want to cry with sadness ... Happy Ending - I only recorded the ending part of the song. This time Mika did not sing without a microphone. He was accompanied by Clement de Witt on the guitar. Considering that two days earlier Mika had a sore throat and at the concert in Hauterives he could not sing high notes, this time he sang really well. It was a very special version of Happy Ending. Rain - just listen to the audience singing !!!! I love such moments!!!! Grace Kelly - one of the most touching moments of the evening. Mika has opened his heart again. And he told the story of his London house with its pink doors, which had become a dead place since his mother's illness. He didn't like going back there. Two years ago, however, he and his brother decided that they would save this house .... And today he went there with tea and a sandwich, sat on the roof and felt for the first time in many years that he was happy again ... And the song Grace Kelly is dedicates to a woman in a pink dress who is no longer with him ... I was in front of the house with the pink door. The building is under renovation. But no matter how long the works take I, too, feel so happy to know that Mika is back in London again. In a house where he lived for over 25 years and where he wrote more than half of his songs ... Mika changed the order of the concert ending. It used to be We Are Golden tofinish the concert and Mika was putting on his beautiful RESIST cape and wicker crown. There was no cape this time. But Mika took the LGBT flag from the audience and tied it around his hips. Some sequin blouse also landed on the stage :-) I liked the new ending very much. Mika dragged us into his game again. After We Are Golden, Mika disappeared from the scene. After a while we heard the introduction to Love Today and Mika appeared in his light blue suit. And he started BBC Shipping Forecast, which we heard for the first time at a concert in Versailles! Halfway through the song, the cape and crown finally appeared and Mika began to spin on the piano. Illumination from the bottom made the cape all white and transparent! In addition, smoke began to rise from the piano. Well, that was the real Rite Of Spring !!!!!! Romy didn't post the ending on YouTube, so here is my video. It took a long time to say goodbye. It was evident that Mika would like to stay on stage ... He was very touched ... We too ... At one point the remix of Yo-Yo's song was turned on, but Mika signaled to the sound engineer to stop. It was our time to say thank you. After a while, Mika made a sign and we heard the remix of Yo-Yo. This version is perfect to forget about sadness, break up and start dancing. And it was just like that. Mika walked to the backstage and the audience continued dancing and dancing .... We slowly started to leave the Roundhouse. I talked for a moment more with Monika Wilczyńska, whom I helped arrange a ticket for the concert. Monika is from Poland but she lives in London (MFC member for a long time @Elaire14) and is a colorful bird with a wide artistic spectrum: she is a model, takes pictures at concerts (Mika posted like two of her photos in his post after the concert in London), she travels, shoots films. Check out her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/elairecreates/ I left the Roundhouse and slowly made my way towards the artists exit. We know that Mika usually leaves the concert venue very late. So I had time ... I thought so. Security barely got us in line when I noticed the phones in the air filming something at the beginning of the line. That could only mean one thing: Mika! Yes, it was Mika. Dressed in black jeans and a black lace shirt (Valentino?), With smoothly combed, still wet hair. A broad smile did not leave his face. He tried to give as many autographs as possible. He was about to get in the car when he spotted another group of fans and walked over to them. Then he could safely drive away. And we started to say goodbye to each other. It was hard to say goodbye. It was almost midnight. Unfortunately, the entrance to the subway was already closed. Chiara from Italy ordered a taxi for us as the four of us had hotels in the King's Cross area. The girls had planes early in the morning. Mine was only the next day. I was planning to spend a day walking around London. It was wonderful to take your time, sit on a bench by the Thames, look at the London Eye and eat an egg and mayonnaise sandwich :-) But before all this I had to check that the pink door was still on it's place. It was. Half open. Alive again

I am very happy to have spent this evening with everybody And here is Deb's speech . YouCut_20220706_222803470.mp4

😍😍😍😍😍 So sweet! I hope they gave it to Mika after the concert.

Don't listen to "Who's gonna love me now". Please, don't listen.

So during the gig in London I understood this as : Who needs wings when feathers fall.... This makes sens. Especially when Mika explained that this is a song describing an older man who could have any woman and now he is staring at a mirror thinking about who will love him when he becomes older and not handsome anymore...

So now if we make a birthday gift to Mika ( camel adoption) we should find a talking camel toy. You know, real camels don't talk 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Well, I brought only 4 or 5 balloons. I thought others will bring some too. But no. I gave them to fans next to me to blow them up at the beginning of Origin Of Love. Mika loves squishing them and destroying them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I had a similar information when I had my VPN on (in Poland). When I switched it of the account was valid.

I am on a train from Hitchin - yes, Hitchin. This is where the shuttle bus took us from Luton airport. Today no trains from Luton 😉 I hope I will arrive at King's Cross in about 20 minutes. It's the longest travel from Cracow I ever had. The line to security check for 1 hour! It's the first time it happened to me. Then the flight 30 minutes later than scheduled. Then 20 minutes to passport check at Luton airport. And then one shuttle bus. Than another one. So now I am on a train . Good I am traveling in the morning 👍 See you tonight.

Marzia Brini stories with the soundcheck of Origin Of Love in the background. YouCut_20220701_204913613.mp4

Ad I've learned Italian fans will bring some hearts as well. So we will have more than 1000. For more than a half of the venue capacity!!!! As for the outfit I don't know if my shirt can be called as a dress up, but I made it last year. As it has long sleeves it will be ok with the weather. It can refer to many different Mika's outfits. At last it's not so hot as it was in Geneva and now in South and eastern Europe 😃 And for our party I will wear my "Miramikati" style shirt I was wearing at Caribana festival. VID_20220701_110233641.mp4

I think even a soap can be used to write or draw. Toothpaste... I will do something for sure

Ladies, news of the day: we have 900 paper hearts!!!!!! Thank you @Romy04 for your help

I am sure you can do a beautiful quick sketch 👍

I have an idea connected with Mika's story. #showerchallenge I propose to make something funny in our hotel bathrooms (if you are from UK and not staying at a hotel, you can do it at home). A heart drawn on a steamed mirror. Or if you are more talented in drawing you can use a lipstick or any other make up products to create a message to Mika. The idea is not about the quality but about massive postings with the hashtag #showerart. When done you take a photo and post a story tagging Mika, MFC and adding the hashtag of course. 1656597067878.mp4

Weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday by BBC Weather. But remember.... everybody's gonna love today, love today, love today...

Well, they say "usually"...

Well, I think there was two options: you order your tickets via Roundhouse website or via Ticketmaster. Everything is so complicated - we have already used Ticketmaster or TicketOne platforms and we never had this sort of issue... I've learned that people having a membership at Roundhouse have an option of quick entry into the venue. But it cost a lot so I don't know how many membership owners will come for Mika.

As he mentioned - masked faces made the dancers almost blind. So an accident would be quite possible. Bump other dancer, fall from the round stage or I don't know what else.... Mika always cares about people around him. Only he was lost when he had to play his part: "Where do I go"? Ha ha ha.... do like a yo-yo, Mika

OMG! And can you imagine the stress for people who bought tickets from other fans? Who receive an information? Will the email be resent to a new buyer on time? For the first time I hear about this sort of tickets distribution. And what if I have internet connection problems as I had in Switzerland? This is what I see on my account: it sais: details sent not later than 5 days before the event. Maybe Deb should contact Mika Team to anticipate any problems on Sunday?

Perfect!!!! Me too. I checked on Wizzair website - you can still buy tickets for my flight. So I hope it's a good sign.