Prisca

On 10/12/2023 at 3:42 PM, Prisca said:

Yes, the 12 tickets for Tours went on sale the night before yesterday (my time zone), there were no tickets there for days before that. Now are 5 tickets left for the moment.

0 tickets left again at the moment. 

Things are looking good for London. It was like that last night and it's still like that today: the standing room in the stalls seems to be sold out on eventim. 

On 8/31/2023 at 10:37 PM, Hero said:

 More likely excitement and adrenaline. 

And lack of sleep.

Well, my eyes shine like this if I haven't slept enough. 😅

14 hours ago, SusanT said:

When the presenter mentions England, is she teasing Mika about which team he is rooting for  ?

Yes, it seems so. But Mika says (in summary) that the heart is often where you spent your early childhood and for him that was Paris. So he keeps his fingers crossed for France.

I'm not quite sure if I made the thread in the right place (otherwise just move it please ). 

I recorded Mika's performance and the conversation with Mika after the performance with my mobile phone (I'm afraid that's the best I can offer you 😅).

58 minutes ago, Prisca said:

Mika is back! 

IG stories

 

 

 

 

The programme will be broadcast live tonight at 9.10pm on TF1.

On 10/8/2023 at 8:08 AM, lormare73 said:

I'm a bit confused. The first Gulf war started on the 2nd August of 1990 with Kuwait invasion by Saddam Hussein, the second Gulf war started on 2003. And these are certain dates. Why someone should say so? 

 

Edit: Maybe I've understood. The war in 1980-88 was between Iran and Iraq and it's also called Gulf war. But I found on several sites that when you refer to first Gulf war you talk about the Kuwait invasion by Iraq, while the second Gulf war started in 2003 between Usa and Iraq. 

On 10/8/2023 at 8:30 PM, dcdeb said:

Maybe because our military was involved with it. Whenever Mika refers to the Gulf War, I have always understood him to mean this event. (When the Iraq War started in 2003, people started to refer to the 1990 war as "the first Gulf War". )

On 10/8/2023 at 10:24 PM, mellody said:

Ah, so that one got lost in translation for me, because on German Wikipedia this is referred to as the second Gulf War, and the first one would be the 1980-88 one: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erster_Golfkrieg . I can see though that in the English as well as in the French articles it's different.

On 10/7/2023 at 4:06 PM, mellody said:

He always used to say that his father got stuck / kind of taken hostage in the American Embassy in Kuwait when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait - which was during the 2nd Golf War in 1990. I had been wondering where he would fit in those years in London if they only moved there in 1990 and he turned 8 in 1991. Now he says that his Dad got stuck there during the first Golf War (1980 - 1988)

Yes, I think it is clear that Mika's father was held hostage in the war between 1990 and 1991. Now the problem: not all countries count the "Gulf wars" in the same way. In German, the 1st Gulf War is called the 2nd Gulf War: Der Zweite Golfkrieg (auch Erster Irakkrieg genannt, englisch (First) Gulf War oder Gulf War I, arabisch حرب الخليج الثانية, DMG ḥarb al-ḫalīǧ aṯ-ṯāniya): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweiter_Golfkrieg

And in German, the war between Iran and Iraq from 22 September 1980 and until 20 August 1988 is called the 1st Gulf War.

2 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Prime example was in South Korea, when fans outside of the radio station would queue and stay in place. He came out and took his time for everyone. I think crowds should take an example to that. 

 

Yes, I agree 100%. I wish the fans were like that in Europe...

Mika is back! 

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2 minutes ago, Tori13 said:

If I met him, or any other famous person I would definitely try to be as polite as possible and not to make a bad impression - even if they don't remember me at all, but still 

Just as a side note: Mika can remember faces very well. 

Just now, dcdeb said:

Tours had just 12 left as of yesterday, haven't looked yet today.

Yes, the 12 tickets for Tours went on sale the night before yesterday (my time zone), there were no tickets there for days before that. Now are 5 tickets left for the moment.

On 10/5/2023 at 9:25 PM, mellody said:

 

Mika's website links to Seetickets, with the ticket buying link for Manchester. The last few days when I looked, the link led to Seetickets but to a page not found site, seems they've fixed that now and you get the overview of all the Mika shows on Seetickets. And actually Seetickets is a well-known ticket provider in the UK, I think. Mika actually did the 2010 tour MFC presales through Seetickets (which went a bit wrong, as international fans had to pick up those tickets at the box office at the time when the doors opened ... luckily times have changed and e-tickets are available everywhere now). So I think if someone really wants to find tickets, they should be able to.

Manchester now seems to be sold out on Seetickets as well (there is now a waiting list). 

Just now, Tori13 said:

Brussels

I wouldn't consider it a huge venue, but definitely more people than in Tarvisio

It doesn't necessarily depend on how big the venue is, but whether Mika feels like coming out that day or not. In Amsterdam and Berlin he will probably come out because he hasn't been there for so long. In Brussels he might come out and maybe not, as @mellody wrote, you can never be sure. 

7 minutes ago, Tori13 said:

But only 5 months from now, we'll get the chance to see him again!! I'm asking everyone who usually stays after a concert: what are the odds of seeing him? I mean does he come out to greet fans or to sign things after almost every event (even if it's only a few minutes) or is it a rare occasion? Based on your stories, he does this most of the time, but I'm not sure

So, "experienced Mika fans", what do you think?

It depends on which concert you are planning to go to? At some places there will be a higher chance that he will greet the fans and sign things after the concert. Where are you planning to go? 

On 12/19/2021 at 5:21 PM, Péhl Tamás said:

but it's one of my biggest goals on my bucket list to attend one of his shows.

I guess you can cross that off your bucket list. 

1 minute ago, holdingyourdrink said:

This is what I had in my mind, but I couldn’t word it as eloquently as you just did, so thank you! It’s for a non-French speaker quite easy to make mistakes with the liaisons. Especially when they are not consonant dependent but pronunciation dependent 

Yes, and I also wondered for a long time why they are called "aspiré" and "muet", because I don't hear aspiration in the "aspiré" either. Today I finally looked it up and the h "aspiré" is not pronounced by most French people. I'm glad I'm not deaf. 

Then I will also add my two cents:

7 hours ago, carafon said:

This is not an exeption ....because "H" is a consonant, not a vowel.

Yes, H is a consonant, but there is the "h aspiré" and the "h muet". 

In modern French, the initial "h" is generally aspirated for words of Germanic origin and silent for words of Latin origin. 

7 hours ago, carafon said:

Btw for the same reason " L 'harcèlement , DE L ' harcèlement "or "D'harcelement" are wrong 

We have to say  " LE harcèlement " or " DU harcèlement "

Yes, but when the h is silent, it is written "l'", so "l'homme", "l'heure", "l'histoire" or "l'hopital". So, for example, it's also "les hommes" and that's where the liaison is made and it sounds like "lezomme".

But "héros" has an aspirated h, so no liaison is made, so "mes héros" is pronounced as "me ero". No wonder Mika made this mistake.

And I'm going to hell for correcting a French. 

For siblings, I also found "fratrie", which is also used, but perhaps in writing rather than verbally. 

And would also be too short for the line in the song and not very nice either, if you ask me.

2 hours ago, mellody said:

There probably will be some more mistakes in French on the album, as Mika says he didn't want to pretend to be French but write the songs the way he writes them in French, with mistakes and all.

Yes, but as far as I know, Doriand helps him and then the lyrics should be right in the end and Mika also sings it correctly. But careless mistakes always happen...

5 hours ago, CharlotteL said:

Well thank you all for the french lesson, I am now more confused than ever!

At least we're going to know where he is going to be on Thursday. 

10 hours ago, Kumazzz said:

TOUS AVEC LES BLEUS LE CONCERT ÉVÈNEMENT

https://www.emissions-tv.com/emissions/682/tous_avec_les_bleus_le_concert_EvEnement

 

Inscrivez-vous au concert événement "Tous avec les Bleus" du 12 octobre 2023

Register for the “Tous avec les Bleus” concert event on October 12, 2023

• Par Gaelle BILLON | Écrit pour TF1
• Le 07/10/23 à 22:40, mis à jour le 07 octobre 2023 à 23:21
• Voir le site de Tous avec les Bleus, le concert événement

Venez vivre le concert évènement de l’année pour fêter l’entrée du Quinze de France dans les quarts de finale de la plus prestigieuse compétition de Rugby:

Au coeur du VILLAGE RUGBY PLACE DE LA CONCORDE A PARIS

Animé par Nikos Aliagas avec la participation de Isabelle Ithurburu

Avec : Gala, Mika, Christophe Maé, Calogero, Patrick Bruel, Chimène Badi, Tayc, Santa, Patrick Fiori, Collecif Métissé, Hyphen Hyphen, Aurélien Vivos, Black M, Bigflo & Oli, Naps, la troupe de la comédie musicale Molière...

Et bien d’autres SURPRISES.

ATTENTION:

L’ACCES AU CONCERT NE SERA POSSIBLE QU’APRES INSCRIPTION ET RECEPTION DE VOTRE INVITATION NOMINATIVE. N’ATTENDEZ PAS POUR VOUS INSCRIRE LE NOMBRE DE PLACE ETANT LIMITÉ.

 

Google translator

Come and experience the concert event of the year to celebrate the entry of the Quinze de France into the quarter-finals of the most prestigious Rugby competition:

In the heart of the RUGBY VILLAGE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE IN PARIS

Hosted by Nikos Aliagas with the participation of Isabelle Ithurburu

With: Gala, Mika, Christophe Maé, Calogero, Patrick Bruel, Chimène Badi, Tayc, Santa, Patrick Fiori, Collecif Métissé, Hyphen Hyphen, Aurélien Vivos, Black M, Bigflo & Oli, Naps, the troupe of the musical Molière. ..

And many other SURPRISES.

ATTENTION:

ACCESS TO THE CONCERT WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE AFTER REGISTRATION AND RECEIPT OF YOUR NAMED INVITATION. DON’T WAIT TO REGISTER AS THE NUMBER OF PLACES IS LIMITED.

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, mellody said:

I keep seeing the same 2 seats for Manchester since Monday.  Has anyone tried buying them? Maybe they're like the ghost tickets for Bercy, that kept showing up but you couldn't buy them.

I see 1 ticket right now. I clicked on it. It seems to be possible to buy the ticket. Most people probably don't think to look for tickets at Seetickets? 

5 hours ago, mellody said:

He's probably busy rehearsing his Rugby final performance (that's some time in October, isn't it?), I suppose it'll be another HUGE thing like his previous Rugby performance with the heart shaped stage. Will the stage be blooming this time, maybe?  Anyway, I miss him... just a little "Yo" or something?

 

Or maybe he's in the UK, filming for The Piano and that's why he can't post, to keep it secret. Pfft, we really need an alternative to Twitter, where you can just write a little text, without an image or video. Not that that'd mean Mika would actually do it, but at least then he COULD.  I can relate that he's not using Twitter much anymore. If Meta doesn't make Threads available in Europe anytime soon, maybe we'll have to go back to Facebook.  Or write text in IG stories - tho that always looks a bit cheap, with the backgrounds and fonts they offer. Anyway I've started to get used to the thought that I'll eventually leave Twitter. Elon is just unbearable.

In recent years, The Voice has always had two live shows (semi-final and final) in May. If it's going to be the same next year, Mika will have a few more weeks to do something else in April/May. If I have to guess, I guess Mika will continue his tour after Dublin and before The Voice. But where? Italy, Spain, would he go as far as Quebec before the Voice? If so, I guess Mika will be in touch soon and then again with a flood of stories and posts. 😅

12 hours ago, Kumazzz said:

The Voice 2024

 

 

Can't believe that I didn't visit this tread for so long.  🩵💙

4 minutes ago, mellody said:

 

For Manchester I still saw a few tickets on Seetickets today. The only one that I saw officially confirmed as sold out by the venue so far is Dublin. But it surely is only a matter of time til more are confirmed.

Honestly, I get lost with all these ticket providers. 😅

1 hour ago, Sabine64 said:

Let's start a new thread for all sold-out shows of the new Tour with the show we know for sure

 

- Dublin on 11th April 2024

- Manchester 7th April 2024

- Lyon 19th Mars 2024

- Tours 13th Mars 2024 (not completely sure, there might still appear tickets)

Mika Instagram story

Mika Instagram Reel

1 hour ago, emilynxlan said:

Hello from Belfast!! 
 

My name is Emily and I am a MASSIVE Mika fan who hails from Northern Ireland. 
 

I have been a Mika fan for so long that I can't even remember when I became one! 🙈 I do remember sitting on my kitchen counter listening to Life in a Cartoon Motion for the first time. It became a favourite to listen to in the car when I was heading to primary school. 

I have searched high and low for a mailing list or somewhere to mingle with Mika fans and I am so happy I found this place!! I have been welcomed with open arms and I feel like I have finally found a home. 
 

I saw Mika in Belfast all those years ago (if anyone even remembers when it was 😅) and ever since I've waited for him to come back. I can't wait to share this experience again with my sister! 
 

I cannot wait for the years of memories and fun I am about to have here!! 
 

Peace and love,

Emily x

Welcome Emily 

Really happy for you that you found this place. 

Because I know from my own experience that it is not so easy to find your way around the website in the beginning, I am posting a link below that should help you:

It did help me a lot.