Gatagordinha Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Old news now (after the latest stonking gigs in Newcastle and Bournemouth) but GOOD review: The Dome - Saturday, November 24, 2007 Mika THE audience is young, distinctly female and there's more glitter, feather boas and flashing bunny ears than in Elton John's wardrobe. It's clear this is not going to be your usual night out at The Dome. Entering to the strains of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 as an angel-winged dancing girl bursts from a huge blue balloon, its clear that this sell-out show is going to be high on spectacle. And you wouldn't expect anything else but glamour, glitz and high camp from Mika, a man who bounds around with endless smiles and energy. Beneath streams of Blackpool illumination lights and against a cartoon backdrop, he kicks off with a spirited rendition of Relax, Take It Easy. A huge inflatable woman cues in a stomping version of Big Girls (You Are Beautiful) and from then on its one headlong, colourful trip through the crazy world of Mika. Want huge lumbering skeleton puppets, glitter cannons, balloons bobbing through the audience and a bloke dressed as a vicar for new track Holy Johnny? No problem. Want a deranged puppet show set to the Teddy Bears Picnic, grown men running around the balcony in bunny costumes, a huge fake snowstorm, a stage bedecked with flowers and a stripped to the waist Mika beating the hell out of a dustbin? Yep, we can do that too. Fortunately, amidst all the kitsch madness and mayhem, the tunes rise head and shoulders above it all. Love Today bops and bounces around, Billy Brown floats around on Beatles melodies and there's even a rocked out version of the Eurthymics' Sweet Dreams. But five week number one Grace Kelly and encore Lollipop are met with the biggest cheers of the night as one, night of happy day-glo pop partying comes to an end. For the scores of kids in attendance, its a show they won't forget in a hurry. But that said, neither will the adults. Mika was magic. * Darren Burke http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/reviews/Mike--Live-Review.3521851.jp :punk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Cool thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 {=I read it=> I'm happy} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Sky Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 That should cheer the Donnie folks!! Great gig review!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Yay!!!!!!! A nice reporter who has taste for once!!! Thanks for posting!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Thanks for posting! Great review:biggrin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatagordinha Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 ROFLMAO I've just clicked on the link, and realised they called him MIKE in the headline! I don't remember editing it when I copied-and-pasted it !!??? Proof that no-one in South Yorkshire had heard of Mika before last Saturday night (and some still haven't...) - as I suspected all along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 That should cheer the Donnie folks!! Great gig review!! It was still pants in comparison to others , sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatagordinha Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 It was still pants in comparison to others , sadly Why? Was there some 'attitude' there or something? Or just lack of atmosphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabelle Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Thanks for posting! Great review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karimah Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Cool, I went to school with Darren Burke who wrote that, wished i'd have remembered he was a reporter before I might have been able to get a ticket then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Thanks for posting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxmika-maddo-joxx Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE! i had some flashing pink bunny ears on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 (edited) Old news now (after the latest stonking gigs in Newcastle and Bournemouth)but GOOD review: The Dome - Saturday, November 24, 2007 Mika THE audience is young, distinctly female and there's more glitter, feather boas and flashing bunny ears than in Elton John's wardrobe. It's clear this is not going to be your usual night out at The Dome. Entering to the strains of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 as an angel-winged dancing girl bursts from a huge blue balloon, its clear that this sell-out show is going to be high on spectacle. And you wouldn't expect anything else but glamour, glitz and high camp from Mika, a man who bounds around with endless smiles and energy. Beneath streams of Blackpool illumination lights and against a cartoon backdrop, he kicks off with a spirited rendition of Relax, Take It Easy. A huge inflatable woman cues in a stomping version of Big Girls (You Are Beautiful) and from then on its one headlong, colourful trip through the crazy world of Mika. Want huge lumbering skeleton puppets, glitter cannons, balloons bobbing through the audience and a bloke dressed as a vicar for new track Holy Johnny? No problem. Want a deranged puppet show set to the Teddy Bears Picnic, grown men running around the balcony in bunny costumes, a huge fake snowstorm, a stage bedecked with flowers and a stripped to the waist Mika beating the hell out of a dustbin? Yep, we can do that too. Fortunately, amidst all the kitsch madness and mayhem, the tunes rise head and shoulders above it all. Love Today bops and bounces around, Billy Brown floats around on Beatles melodies and there's even a rocked out version of the Eurthymics' Sweet Dreams. But five week number one Grace Kelly and encore Lollipop are met with the biggest cheers of the night as one, night of happy day-glo pop partying comes to an end. For the scores of kids in attendance, its a show they won't forget in a hurry. But that said, neither will the adults. Mika was magic. * Darren Burke http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/reviews/Mike--Live-Review.3521851.jp :punk: Thanks!! Hadn't read it <<endless smiles and energy. >> <<its a show they won't forget in a hurry. But that said, neither will the adults. Mika was magic. >> Edited January 24, 2009 by mari62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sariflor Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I particularly like the bit where they say: 'THE audience is young' :roftl:Looks like we fooled them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 that's a very nice review... thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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