Péhl Tamás

So I know that the chances of the his happening are pretty small, but seeing that the last live album was released 5 (!) years ago and it was about the previous tour (well, not Revelation, but Tiny Love Tiny Tour was pretty much the same), I think it would be a great idea to release an Apocalypse Calypso album. It doesn't have to be just one show, Bercy is recorded, so we'll get a full show released anyways (btw it should get a DVD release, I was really sad last time as well, that only the french tv played it ://), but it could be a compilation album from the whole tour (like Live Killer/Live Magic/Live Around The World by Queen). And if maybe MIKA's team really would release an album from the tour, I think the best MIKA live album ever would be an album that combines the french and the UK setlist and includes every song played on the tour. 

So maybe something similar as this:

Main Set

0. Intro

1. Bougez

2. Apocalypse Calypso

3. Origin Of Love

4. Talk About You

5. Sweety Banana

6. Lollipop

7. Feels Like Fire

8. Underwater

9. Relax (Take It Easy)

10. Yo Yo (R3HAB remix)

11. Jane Birkin 

12. Moi, Andy et Paris

13. Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)

14. Popular Song

15. Elle Me Dit

16. 30 Secondes

17. Good Guys 

18. Billy Brown

19. Grace Kelly

Encore 1

20. C'est La Vie

21. Rain

22. Happy Ending

Encore 2

23. Love Today

Encore 3

24. Any Other World

25. We Are Golden

25 +1. Tehu's Theme

It was really hard to write just around 20 songs, so I actually had to think really hard about this setlist and I'm not even sure that I'd be completely satisfied with it 5 minutes later, but here it is:

1. Toy Boy (Origin tour version with that mysterious sounding Glockenspiel (?) intro and outro)

2. Relax (with the Apocalypse Calypso tour intro, with piano and sing-along at the end)

3. My Interpretation (with piano)

4. Tiny Love (with piano)

5. Step With Me (Heaven Tour version)

6. Talk About You

7. Big Girl (in the crowd)

8. Rain (Heaven version with more or less acoustic first verse)

9. Jane Birkin (with the Apocalypse intro)

10. Popular (Apocalypse Calypso version)

11. Moi, Andy et Paris

12. 30 Secondes (with piano; maybe in English)

12. Origin Of Love (with the latin intro used on several tours)

13. Apocalypse Calypso (with the Apocalypse intro)

14. Good Guys

15. Billy Brown (with piano; Heaven Tour version with the sax intro)

16. Grace Kelly (with piano; Heaven version with acoustic first verse)

17. Happy Ending (Apocalypse Version)

Encore 1

18. Love Today (Apocalypse version)

Encore 2

19. Promiseland (the original, not the Beirut version)

20. We Are Golden (Imaginariun version with the intro)

Bonus (in his pajamas 😂)

20 +1: Last Party 

20 +2: Over My Shoulder (with piano)

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In conclusion, I don't speak french, so I'll always prefer his english songs, but I had to include some french songs as well, because I wanted to represent all the albums and these french songs are the best IMO (and if he really wants to include french songs on the festival/UK setlists as well, then it really shouldn't be EMD or BBB... 😒 or maybe the non-official 'She Tells Me' to change it up a little /wich is much better than Emily/). And I'd (clearly 😂) prefer if he played the piano more.

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And my dream band for this show would be:

MIKA - vocals, piano 

Tim Van Der Kuil - musical director, guitar, backing vocals

Max Taylor - bass, keyboard, backing vocals

Wouter Van Tornhout - drums

Curtis Stansfield - piano, keyboard, saxophone, backing vocals

On 4/2/2024 at 11:48 PM, Péhl Tamás said:

Tonight's setlist: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/mika/2024/tempodrom-berlin-germany-13aa4101.html

The show was incredible, we got the UK setlist but with Jane Birkin instead of Rain and everyone was really happy to hear a new song outside France as well 🤩 In addition, Tim was there at the sound mixing desk watching and overviewing the show as the musical director and Andy was there watching the show as well. I'll write more later.

So, a little more. (I didn't record much, I wanted to enjoy every second. What I did record are ig stories on my Instagram profile saved in the "music" highlight from a few songs.)
This was my second MIKA gig ever (the first one being Arena di Verona), but I feel like this was my first true MIKA experience. In Verona, there was this big arena with the huge stage, two pianos, the giant heart, etc... But Tempodrom was an intimate venue, where MIKA is always truly in his element. In addition, I finally understood everything he said and last but not least, Apocalypse Calypso is the first tour I attended and I hope there will be many more to come  
Doors opened at 18:30, me and my gf got there around 19:30 and I immediately rushed to the merch stand to buy a tour book (mine's 891/1000). After that we bought some sweet popcorn, 2 beers and went to our seats. We were sitting in sector 21, so we had an excellent view. SYREETA was on stage 20:00 - 20:30, she did a nice gig and the pre-show playlist was nice as well. During the pre-show things I looked around and noticed Tim with the sound engineer and I immediately knew, that the sound will be amazing (he was there in Verona too and I imagine, that him being the musical director, he knows what's best when it comes to the sound). I also saw Andy and Adam walking towards sector 13 and then taking a seat.
Then at 21:00 everything went dark; Max, Wouter, Clément and Alban took the stage and while everyone was focusing on them, MIKA sneaked into the cage and started singing Bougez in English. After Bougez I heard the Origin intro (used on the Origin and on the Heaven tour) for the first time and then came the song itself, followed by Talk About You, which I heard live for the first time and it was amazing. During Lollipop many people were dancing instead of sitting in sector 13 and security made all of them take a seat, so as the guys finished the song, MIKA signaled to Alban to continue playing the keys and encouraged everyone to not listen to the security guys and dance as much as they want to, as it's a MIKA show. Feels Like Fire was nice, I especially liked that they played the orchestral version as the intro, Underwater was magical with the whole venue singing along and using the phone flashlights. Relax and Yo Yo were really energetic performances, literally everyone was dancing. Then came the biggest surprise of the night. MIKA started speaking about QTTFT and talking about the tour in France, he said that he changed up the setlist outside France, but because he hasn't been to Berlin in 12 years, he wants to sing a new song to us. And then came Jane Birkin, my favourite song from the album  At the end of Jane Birkin the band kept on playing as MIKA invited a German fan to the stage, to help him translate everything, he's trying to say. He said it to the girl in English, the girl translated it to German and then MIKA tried to tell the German translation into the mic as well, it was a quite funny intermission  During Big Girl MIKA literally walked through the whole venue (first the standing area, then the seating sectors), took a sip from a fans beer, let a young boy count in for the outro of the song and once again, everyone was dancing. During Elle Me Dit, he told a story about himself, where he was dancing in his underwear in his room (was I the only one, who couldn't stop thinking about the WAG mv? ). Then came Good Guys, a beautiful performance of a beautiful song. Then the wing piano took the stage, MIKA sat down and said while playing the familiar chords "I guess Billy was a good guy", everyone was freaking out. This was my first Billy Brown and it was an incredible one, with MIKA nailing everything with ease and even singing the sax solo. One of the funniest moments was before Billy Brown as well, when MIKA said "this is a song about my sister's ex-boyfriend" I briefly looked at the sound desk, where the sound engineer and Tim where laughing their asses off and the sound engineer asked Tim "Is that true?" and he just said "Yeah it's true, it's true", while nodding and laughing, it was a really pure moment (if I read their lips correctly ). Then came huge classics like Grace Kelly, Happy Ending and Love Today. All 3 of them had excellent performances. My first Any Other World was just beautiful, I was lost for words. And We Are Golden is always the perfect set closer, it was really energetic that night as well.
This was my favourite MIKA gig (out of the 2 I attended ) and I think he was really grateful as well, because after 12 years, he still got so much love that night from the audience in an almost sold out Tempodrom.
I was a bit bummed first, that we didn't get Rain like Amsterdam (as it's one of my favourite songs), but hearing such songs like Jane Birkin, Billy Brown, Talk About You and Any Other World live for the first time was worth everything

9 hours ago, Lilla said:

@Péhl Tamás

Where did Andy sat? I was looking for him, but didn't saw.

Andy sat in the top ring (sector 13) with Adam, then they disappeared and Andy came back after a few songs; and Tim was with the sound enginieers in the middle of the standing area (wearing his signature hat as always).

9 hours ago, Lilla said:

@Péhl Tamás

Hi! It's good too see other Hungarians there! The show was amaaaazing! Mika mentioned that mad, jumping man. Was it a specific person, or he was just aimed at the whole audience? I loved the songs. It was weird, because he just sang two songs from Que ta téte fleurisse tojours, and Apocalypse Calypso, (the tour's name) wasn't there. I love Mika, and that communications with the fans was brilliant. It was my first concert, and I adored every minute.

 

(I'm gonna upload all the pics in the morning, if they're not really blurred) 

 

Where did Andy sat? I was looking for him, but didn't saw.

szia, Lilla 😊 tbf, I expected the UK setlist like it was in Amsterdam, without any new french songs, so hearing Jane Birkin was a nice surprise (which is also my favourite song on the new album) 🤩 the mad jumping man was - if I saw that correctly - a young boy in the standing area, who really was jumping 😂😂

Tonight's setlist: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/mika/2024/tempodrom-berlin-germany-13aa4101.html

The show was incredible, we got the UK setlist but with Jane Birkin instead of Rain and everyone was really happy to hear a new song outside France as well 🤩 In addition, Tim was there at the sound mixing desk watching and overviewing the show as the musical director and Andy was there watching the show as well. I'll write more later.

5 hours ago, EzPz_german_squeezy said:

Have you actually booked a hotel close to the venue or more offside?

When the show was announced for Huxleys, I immediately bought 2 tickets for the show and after checking out hotels online, I decided for the ibis Budget Potsdamer Platz; and we our extremely lucky, because it's literally one street from Tempodrom (like a 5 minute walk), so when the new venue was announced I was thrilled. I took this photo today, on the 2nd day of our 5-day-holiday in Berlin and I'm beyond excited for the show 🤩 and the hotel's just great, we are satisfied with the room, with the breakfast, it's literally in the middle of the city and the price's reasonable as well

It's written everywhere that doors open at 18:30 and the beginning is at 20:00. Do you think that it's MIKA who starts at 20:00 or is the support act // SYREETA starting then?

15 hours ago, mellody said:

 

For just being in the front area (and not necessarily frontrow) I *think* it should be enough to be there maybe 2-3 hours before the doors open. But I'm really unsure about this gig, as he hasn't been in Germany for so long and I don't know where people are coming from for this gig. I can tell you that at the first Berlin gig I saw of Mika, in autumn 2007, there was no queue at all an hour before the doors opened - I already thought I was in the wrong place!  While on the same tour in Munich and Frankfurt people have started queueing at 3 or 4pm. And in London it was already early morning queueing. So I would think that Germany is more relaxed with queueing than other places. Also in 2010 and 2012 it was just a few superfans queueing all day, it never was as bad here as in France or Italy - Germans are too impatient to queue for long. Now we have 39 fans on the RSVP list here, which I suppose would be the first row and the center area of the 2nd row (tho probably not all of them want to queue for ages), and I don't know how many more are coming from other countries, like Poland, Czechia etc., and how early they would be queueing. So I really have no idea what time you'd need to be there for frontrow center, but as I said, front area should be relaxed. (Of course I also have no idea what the entrance at the Tempodrom is like - at some venues it doesn't matter when you arrive, when the doors open everything gets mixed up and it's a lottery)

 

As a reminder to everyone, no bags are allowed that are bigger than an A4 sheet - and they are strict about that! You'd have to throw away your bag if you want to get in fast and have no time to bring it back to your hotel / car. 

When I think about my situation; I'm Hungarian and I can neither speak French, nor Italian (just English and German) and Germany is also closer to Central/Eastern Europe, so Berlin is the most ideal gig for me and I think there would be people in the same shoes as me. But I prefer seats on concerts, so I know that I won't be queuing 😂😂😂 But us Hungarians are also too impatient to queue that long, so I think that would be a common mentality in this part of Europe😂😂

Is it possible to pay by card at the merch stand?

Is this confirmed? I haven't heard of her before, what do you think will she be a pre-show act? 

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Translation:

We have news for you! SYREETA will be a special guest at the MIKA show. You can check out her music on Spotify. *and then the link to his Spotify page*

Végül ki lesz még ott a turné valamelyik állomásán? 😁

I check regularly on Eventims website how many tickets are left for Berlin and in the last weeks I've noticed that tickets are selling slower, but now I know why. On yomika.com it says, that Berlin's already sold out, so if somebody doesn't check Eventim's website, they won't know that there are still available tickets for the show :// 

Do you think that there would be some copies left for Berlin as well? I only have tickets to Berlin and I really want to own a copy of this photobook, but I'm not sure if I can, when there's only a 1000 copies alltogether. Neither can I buy them online, because it's sold out in the webshop.  

There's already a setlist posted on setlist.fm: seems like Origin is back 🤩

2 minutes ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

Hey, it's 20 - TWENTY - songs on the setlist! Are you really unhappy?

noo, don't get me wrong, it's a loooong setlist and I'm really happy for it. it was just strange that he dropped Origin 

Just now, PabloMena said:

Yeahhhh what about Apocalypse Calypso, Jane Birkin, Doucement, etc ? … or Origin of love  

wait, you're right. the french songs are on there, but I can't see Origin on the setlist. is this the first show in 12 years, where he hasn't played it? that's sad, it's an iconic song

4 minutes ago, mellody said:

 

 

Found the setlist on Twitter:

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Wow, some unusual choices?!  seems he wanted to make sure no one got the first 5 right for the competition?

seeing Talk About You on the setlist again warms my heart, it's a great song 🤩 but you're right, I never would have guessed it on the setlist😂😂

2 minutes ago, mellody said:

Elle me dit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C30w7DONWDV/?igsh=NW43NDBja3FsbHV2 

I'm glad that he already messed up the lyrics of EMD on the first show, now it's a proper MIKA tour 😂😂 But jokes aside the stage is magnificent, now I'm hoping even more that he'll bring the whole arena stage to Berlin as well, now that the venue is bigger 😍

On 12/3/2023 at 12:47 PM, Svampsoppa said:

@Péhl Tamás Can you just hear the higher key? wow I noticed it when I tried to play along. 

But the reason???? Maybe Mika and the band thought (the same as you did) that the higher version sounds better.

yes, I can  I'm a musician as a hobby, I play the piano and the guitar and also attended music school when I was younger to learn music theory as well (although I've forgotten a lot ). I love music and it's my life and that's why I adore MIKA as much as I do because he's an exceptional artist who can perform completely live as well and still composes music (with singing and instruments and not just mumbled words and a lot of electronic whatnots, that is not music imho )

So after the 20h30, the L'invit and the Star Academy performances I've noticed a strange pattern: he performs the song live 1 semitone higher. It's strange for me because most of the time singers (MIKA as well) perform their harder songs in lower keys to make it easier to sing (like nowadays Grace Kelly, Love Today, Happy Ending...) so it's uncommon to sing a song higher in live performances but I have to say, I prefer the higher key, so it's a really good choice by MIKA. But it's still uncommon 

38 minutes ago, mellody said:

Ugh, sounds like eventim isn't any better than ticketone in Italy. Glad you managed to sort it out @Péhl Tamás. 

 

Btw, there doesn't seem to be the fanticket option anymore now, and neither the e-ticket option. At least I didn't notice either of it when I ordered seats for my family.

Fantickets are still not an option, but e-tickets are

43 minutes ago, krysady said:

Another problem it is the fansale option. You can use that only if you're from Germany, having a German bank account. So you can buy tickets from all over the world with your country's bank account, but they won't accept you to resale the same tickets on their site 

Yes, this was one of my main problems as well, because I'm from Hungary, so I couldn't just sell my tickets

Update if anyone's interested. After fighting with Eventim for 8 days straight and getting either automatic answers, or answers that aren't helpful at all, they finally answered that I should contact Trinity Music. Again. They were super friendly and helpful like last time (also they didn't understand why  Eventim's so unhelpful and unfriendly) and they managed to cancel my tickets and get me my money back, so I can buy two seats for the show. Trinity Music did in one day that Eventim couldn't in a week. So in my opinion Trinity Music is the goat and I absolutely love their costumer service.

33 minutes ago, krysady said:

I recorded the song: Jane Birkin

 

 

omg, this is still so beautiful. I absolutely prefer the acoustic version 🥺