Vicki

Hi, you asked for a British fans take on the wording for the messages on the hearts and "We've missed you" signs. The following is how I had thought of wording it, if that is any help.

If you wish to write either, "just" after the first song or "right" after the first song, both mean the same in this context and will be understood perfectly. You all have awesome abilities with the English language. 

My friend and I plan to do a few hearts and missed you signs Tomorrow.

I would just like to wish everybody a very happy weekend. Those of us lucky enough to be going to London, may I wish you all safe and easy journeys and an incredibly fun time at Mika's concert. 

Please hold up this heart

and back light with your phone

during the song "Tiny Love".

Thank you.

Please hold up "We've Missed You"

at the end of the first song.

Thank you.

2 hours ago, mellody said:

I also would wait to see what others think, before printing a lot of sheets. I can't bring any additional ones anyway in my hand luggage.  If we do it, I wouldn't do more than about 120 and give them only to MFCers. We could also write "MFC has missed you" (maybe with our web address in small print in a corner, so if there are press pictures of it, we might get some new members ) - that stands for all MFCers worldwide who are happy about the new album & tour. And it would fit to the yearbook, which we hopefully can get to him in London.  

I'd prefer to hold it up right after the first song, when he talks for the first time, I think it gives a bigger effect than during the first song. And I'd just use black text on white paper, it's easier to read... and we'll have the colours for TL.

 

Just my opinion though. We shouldn't forget to enjoy Mika's new show, instead of planning too much. The balloons and heart confetti are mostly to throw from the balconies, I think.

Or we could keep it to "We've missed you", print as many as people manage to print, hand them out to whoever would like to hold them up, and print the MFC website on the back. The hearts could also have MFC on the back. It makes it look more official. Could we get some more members from that maybe??

Though I like the idea of representing the international fan base too.

I also think you are right that we should not forget to enjoy the show that Mika has prepared for us, it's kinda what we have paid to see  😂

10 hours ago, Emily2b said:

is it worth us printing out a load of signs that say 'we've missed you' for everyone to hold up, like the hearts? we could hold them up at the very beginning of the show, i know I would be able to print off a load

I think this is a great idea. I think for Mika to look out on a sea of signs all saying "We've missed you", on the opening song, of the opening gig of his European tour, would be incredibly moving for him. Being in London where his career began, but knowing full well what an amazingly international audience he is playing to, would make it all the more poignant and symbolic. We already know what it means to him that people travel to his gigs. I love this idea.

However, the list of "stuff" we are going to have to try to get into the venue is becoming a little daunting??!! 2000 sheets of paper is quite a stack. Though I guess if everyone going to the party on Saturday takes some plus a few more of us, it's only 20 sheets each?? Wish I was going to meet you guys on Saturday. Sorry. But I could come and say hello when I get up to London early afternoon, if you are queuing then. Before we go to check into our hotel and find some food. 

Were you thinking that these signs would have an instruction on the back like "Please hold up during the first song" ?

There was talk of putting a simple instruction on the back of the hearts, are we still doing that?

5 minutes ago, silver said:

I tried contacting Metropole Music and Alex Hardee, but neither has bothered to reply

Not entirely surprising, but still disappointing. Good on you for trying though. Perhaps more of us should try, maybe they would have to notice then?? 🤔

2 minutes ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

 

 

Thank you Mellody!!!! They look really good! Our LGBT hearts 

 

I made some white hearts as well (but not too much) - it's a color too

And from leftovers (as @carafon proposed) I cut some smaller hearts and I put stamps on them.

 

For other actions - as I will be on a balcony, I would like to spread soap bubbles during Underwater. Well, we'll see if it works  

I have a small container of liquid soap so I hope they will let me bring it to the venue.

 

 

I love the bubbles idea. I'm sure my friend Carole would add to that on the first balcony. However you could well be right that security won't allow them in. Worth a try though, they are cheap and cheerful 😍

21 hours ago, crazyaboutmika said:

Get well soon Vicki 😘😘😘😘😘😘

Thank you. 🥰🥰🥰

6 hours ago, RAK1 said:

With the amount of colds doing the rounds at the moment, I wouldn't be surprised to see more on there later in the week. I've just got over one myself.

I have a stinking cold and a week to get better! Lets hope people do stay away if they are ill. The cold virus is not a pleasant gift to bestow upon Mika and his band 🤒😟

10 minutes ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

Great. Anyway we need to distribute hearts all over the venue. Me and Zlata from Czech Republic we will be on the first balcony too. So we are already 3 😁

4 of you! My friend Carole will have her friend Suzie with her! 😄

I'm getting Sooo excited 🥰

3 hours ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

Wow! Wonderful! Great job, Emily!

Thank you very much for your effort. It will be a great fan action.

I have a confirmation from Italy about 200 hears. So for sure we will have much much more than 1'000 hearts to distribute. I would say close to 1'500 . Yeeeeeeeessssssssss!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

My friend Carole (British Mika fan but not on MFC) and I plan to try and make some hearts on Friday afternoon. So we will hopefully have a few more. Carole will be on the first balcony and I am in the standing area (dancing ... badly, but having fun 😂🤣). We don't plan to queue for long so will be further back in the standing area, so we can help to instigate fan action from further back. (My nephew prefers to be nearer the bar 😀 "Chainsaw Boy" from the Ice Cream fan video!! and a beer dude! 😂)

Hello!

I really hope that this will be great news for somebody 😃         :

I have a spare ticket for London on the 10th November

It's in the standing area, available at the same price as I paid for it. Please message me privately. 

Thank you   🥰

13 minutes ago, carafon said:

 

 

If we get enough papers hearts to fill the venue it's maybe not necessary to add balloons ?

The tour is long enough to save some ideas and stuff for further gigs 

 

@Sweetieval good luck for the end of your "holidays" 

 

Yes that's a good point. I get to go to a couple more gigs (soooo excited!!!) We do need to save some ideas.

Maybe I will buy a pack of the light up balloons and see if they are any good, for possible future use.

3 hours ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

 

Thank you Mellody. Any contribution counts!!!! There are already 100 registered MFC members declaring to come to London.

If each of them brings 50 hearts it will make 5'000!!!!!!! 

And we need "only" about 2'000 to give them to ALL  in the audience 

We can probably do some 💙💚💛

Have you seen that you can get heart shaped balloons with LED lights in them?

10 hours ago, carafon said:

Well ,if English fans are not keen on actions during the show ,what about doing something at the exit ?

The tour is going to last some months so we can keep ideas for further shows (like Strasbourg that will be the last European one for example)

Maybe Anna's hearts would fit perfectly in the darkness and things could be explained during the pre show meeting party ?

I'm not that enthousiastic about the "we've missed you" ,in any case not for the whole crowd  because many fans will come from France and Italy …….and obviously we were lucky enough to have Mika by our sides many times  

Also because I don't see any connection to "Tiny Love" 

 

 

 

This English fan and her English friends coming to the gig with her, is up for participating in a fan action ..... sounds fun 🥰

6 hours ago, carafon said:

We also could mix the message on the sheets : half saying "I'm giant" and half saying "I'll stay high" 

With the  hearts on the balcony it could have a good effect if only people are better than me 

I Don't know if I don't have a good light ,but I've tried at home and if I put the heart closed to the phone ,I can't see the heart ,only a coloured light…...

I can print some if only you let me know till next friday

(And tell me the explanations to be printed on the back for people to understand what to do)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh my goodness, I'm so confused 😂 

I'd love to be involved in the fan action though. Whatever it finally is. I will be with four others both balcony and standing. They are not MFCers but would join in to increase the effect I'm sure.

Well done for getting something organised though. Fantastic. 😍

Is it too late to contribute to Mika's flowers? Sadly I won't be in London till Sunday so will miss the fan get together 😕

Mika has asked us to do it, so we have to! 😃

Yes let's message every contact we can, as much as we can!

I've mentioned Mika to so many people in the UK this year, friends, family, people visiting my campsite, random people I've met anywhere!  (yes they definitely think I'm a bit nuts!). 

But seriously I have only had one person say they didn't like his music. If I had a pound for every person who has said to me this year "Oh yes Mika, I really liked him. Why did he retire? What happened to him?" I would be rich enough to follow Mika on your everywhere 😂😂

I emailed a venue earlier this year where I saw Mika in 2010, I got quite a positive response.

Anything is worth a try isn't it?

We should get contacting the BBC Two Ken Bruce show I guess. Let them know that we are delighted that Mika is on the show this Thursday. 

I'd love to meet up with you guys, but I wasn't planning to come up till Sunday 10th and being dozy, I've only just found this!!

Haven't booked my train yet and not sure how my family/friends who are going to the gig with me will feel if I go up ahead of them 🤔

But if I can come and you still have space for me to join in, I think £20 would be ok.

How early will fans start queuing on Sunday!? 😲😕 

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Thank you, thank you once again crazyaboutmika for your time and love put into your translation skills. Very much appreciated  😘😘😘