Roxane

It sounds perfect, I can’t wait!! Thank you for organizing everything, Deb!! ☺️

Just now, FGA13 said:

I do! My flatmates had and they left me one paper of each colour! So I will bring four! 🤗

Ah we posted at the same time hahahaha 😆 So we are at least two people bringing more hearts haha 😊

9 hours ago, mellody said:

sorry, just 2 hearts per A4 sheet, not 4. I always take 2 sheets at the same time, that's why I get 4.

 

Are any of you bringing some more hearts? I have a stamp that can be individualized and I used it to stamp "Mika Origin of Love & C'est La Vie" on the hearts, so people know what artist & songs they are for. I could bring the stamp with me, so we can prepare more hearts with text, but only makes sense if someone's actually bringing more?

I’m going to bring some! 😊 I won’t be able to bring a lot because I don’t have much paper haha but I’ll bring a few…

But I won’t be queuing very early because I’m coming straight from Granada by car 😅 So if I’m the only one bringing more hearts, I don’t know if it’s worth you bringing the stamp, since I don’t know if we will be able to use it on my paper hearts because you will all probably already be in front of the stage when I get there, so it might be complicated 😅

But if you are going to bring your stamp for someone else, I’d gladly try to find you in the crowd to put a stamp on mine too hahaha 😉

11 hours ago, FGA13 said:

I had the same answer about half an hour ago 😅.

And I think it is possible to load less than 50€, since they said in one of the insta story question that you can recharge the wristband whenever you want... and also because according to the emails, "promo bebida" is not mandatory!

Yes they’ve just answered me, and they said that on Friday we will be able to load less than 50€!! 😊 That’s good news ahahah 😅

Well, they answered me on Instagram… apparently all drinks will have to be bought with the wristband, even water  (they didn’t directly answer my question, because I was specifically asking them about water, and they just said “you have to put money on the wristband and order your drink at the bar” 😐)

So I asked them if we will be able to load less than 50€ on the wristband, but they haven’t answered yet… 

1 hour ago, Prisca said:

I would be very surprised if he didn't sing C'est La Vie, as he wants to promote the song. After all, he still sings Elle Me Dit and also Boom Boom in Spain. 

That’s true!! I hope he will sing it, I really want to hear it live hehehe 😊🥰

1 hour ago, mellody said:

Maybe one of us should buy this drinks promo thing, where you get 60€ worth drinks for paying 50€, and the others would pay them in cash for getting drinks. 😅 But I also hope that maybe you can get water at the food stands as well, with cash/card. Maybe someone could ask them in Spanish? It's really not helpful that they don't even have a proper English version of their website. And on IG they publish many infos in pictures, which can't be translated by IG. A huge festival like that with lots of international artists should also take more care of the international guests, imo.  (tho maybe I only expect that because I understand much less Spanish than Italian or French  )

That might actually not be a bad idea! 😊 But I am going to ask them on Instagram, maybe water can be bought with cash since it’s not alcohol, we never know 😅

1 hour ago, mellody said:

 

That's the plan, but I have no idea yet where & when exactly. Right now I'm more worried about getting the yearbook in time before I'm leaving (there was a delay at the printer), or I might have to change my travel plans, to take it with me... which would cost a lot of money, so please fingers crossed that the estimated delivery on Wednesday will work out!

Ohh I hope everything will work out!!!

Oh @mellody, I forgot I wanted to ask you… I saw that you were going to give Mika the yearbook at the festival, are you going to give it to him in person? 😊

13 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

I agree with you here… also, it only seems to be for drinks at the bar? Food is paid with cash or card, as far as I could understand the email, did I understand this right?

Yes, you understood it right! 😉

2 hours ago, mellody said:

Btw, Brava Madrid had a Q&A on their Instagram, and they said the area is open air! I wasn't aware of that, thought it would be inside. They also mention that it can get chill in the evening, so it's recommended to dress accordingly. Doors open at 4pm.

 

And I think they also said something that drinks can only be bought with the wristband, and you somehow have to load money on it to use that? Maybe someone understood better what they mean? Of course I'd like to be able to get some water, but if it turns out complicated, I might just bring my foldable bottle and get tap water. Well, hopefully there IS tap water and not just Dixie toilets, as it's outside...  Or can we bring water, does it say that anywhere? It's not as hot anymore as in summer, but I still hope they don't make it too hard to get some water. Seeing how it was so far with their organization, I wouldn't be surprised if you can only load money on the wristbands from a Spanish bank account or something. 😒

Yes, drinks can only be bought with the wristband 😐 I have no idea how we are supposed to load money on it, all I know is that they already give us the possibility to put 50€ on it in advance (right now if we want to), but I know that I’m not going to spend 50€ on drinks, I’ll probably just want a bottle of water, so it doesn’t make any sense for me to load that much money on my wristband… I hope that over there we’ll be able to just put like 5€ on it, but unfortunately I’m not sure 😅

And I don’t think they’ll allow us to bring water, they said on their website that outside drinks are not allowed 😞 (though they haven’t said anything about water specifically, maybe water is fine…)

2 hours ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

I like the Idea of two colours: pink and pale green. Pink suits to the festival colour. And if you add a bit of green hearts (less than pink ones)  it will be our "secret sign" related to C'est la vie and to Mika 😜

Oh sorry I hadn’t seen your answer before posting mine 😅 but I agree hahahaha ☺️😉

4 hours ago, mellody said:

I was thinking of a fanaction that includes the pink and green colours from Mika's C'est La Vie artwork. I suppose the easiest would be paper hearts like @Anna Ko Kolkowska made them for several shows in 2019/2020 and also for London last year. But only in these 2 colours, not all rainbow colours. Or do you think we should only make them pink, because of the pink dresscode? I still have several sheets of light pink paper, so I could definitely bring some. We could write on them what songs they are for, I'd suggest it for C'est La Vie and another song (OOL? Tiny Love?), in case he doesn't sing C'est La Vie.

Opinions? Ideas?

Ooh yes, that’s a great idea!! 😊
I personally think it would be really nice with both green and pink hearts, never mind about the dresscode hahaha 😉 But it’s true he might not sing C’est La Vie since we’re in Spain… so if we can’t use them on that song, maybe the green makes less sense ahah so actually I don’t know 😅

14 hours ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Does anyone know how many stages there will be? The line up is enough for 2 stages, I would say (at the least).

They said on Instagram that there will be 3 “areas/stages”, one for “hits”, one for “pop” and one for “electronic” music 😊 

This is the map they posted:

1 hour ago, mellody said:

Just booked my flights.  Found one for half the price that I saw the last few weeks, I just need to fly from Frankfurt instead of Munich on the way to Madrid.

 

Are you all staying near the venue, or rather near the city centre?

That’s so great!! And I’ll be glad to see you again! ☺️ 

I actually didn’t book my hotel yet, but I think I’ll probably look for something close to the venue… but I’m not sure yet to be honest ahah 😅

1 hour ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Really?? Finally!! I can’t wait! 

Yess!! Hahah me neither!! 😆☺️☺️

14 hours ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Oh boy, I guess I am going to Madrid 

Really? Then we’ll be able to meet there!! 😁😊

I know it was nearly a week ago, but I finally have some time to write just a little something here ahah 😊 

It was, as usual, a great concert!! ☺️ Mika was full of energy and seemed to be in a really good mood, and even if the audience didn’t seem to know him very well and didn’t dance much at the beginning, by the end of the concert everyone was standing up and dancing (even though it’s true most people sat back down between each song 😅)

I was really happy because I heard “Overrated”, “Boum boum boum” and “Good guys” live for the first time 🥰 And seeing the flower piano with the little “May your head always bloom” sign in real life made me cry 🥲

After the concert, we waited for Mika until 3am, unsuccessfully… I had brought a drawing for him to sign and a present for him, but I’ll have to wait until next time haha 😅 But at least I got to meet many MFCers and talk a lot while we were waiting, which was very nice! 😊

Is anyone else going to the concert tonight? 😊

14 hours ago, silver said:

Thanks Roxane - it's always worth looking at sites other than eBay for Mika items

No problem! 😊 Yes it definitely is 😊 

Hi! 😊 I don’t know if anyone has already mentioned this, but I thought it this link could interest some of you:

https://www.vinted.es/catalog?search_text=Mika+swatch

It’s the results for Mika swatch watches on Vinted. I used to search on eBay every now and then, hoping I would find one that didn’t cost 200, or even 1000 euros 😂😂 But I never did, so I recently had the idea to check on Vinted instead, and there are actually a few that are kinda affordable (at least compared with the eBay prices 😅). And I know many people are still looking for one of these watches, so I thought I’d share this here in case anyone is interested! 😊😉

@mellody I asked them on instagram, and they said that what is important is that the name and surname are correct! They confirmed you can fill in the “DNI” with your identity card or passport number 😊

3 hours ago, mellody said:

So, has anyone figured out how to do this registration thing if you don't live in Spain? They want a "D.N.I." ...  I'd ask them, but not sure they understand English, as their website is all in Spanish, without an option to switch to another language. So I thought I'd ask here first, maybe someone has figured it out...

I’m not sure because I live in Spain, so I do have a NIE (which is the same as a DNI but for foreigners who live in Spain), and just filled it in with that… But normally you should be able to put your passport number, I guess, because I think all they want is to check your identity… But it’s better to ask them, to be sure about it 😅 Or if anyone else is in the same situation and has figured it out, it’s also better hahah 😆 Otherwise, if you want me to, I can write to them in Spanish 😊

1 hour ago, Mikasister said:

 

Ohhhh sorrryyyy. Yesss it was me  When I read your post I was thinking about a recent concert in France and the one I told you  took place in 2015. I just got back from vacation and I'm a little confused  You know whart? I don't remember your face now

Ahh okayy hahahah that’s alright 😂 

2 hours ago, Mikasister said:

 

No, it wasn't me. 

Ah okay then we probably didn’t talk haha 😅