Aaurora Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I checked on his Myspace but couldn't see the call for Lollipop girls - can someone help me out where to find it? Loved your review, Sari, and your pics!!!! EDIT: I just want to say that I REALLY love those pics....you guys are 'mature' like me, and seeing that I feel normal, not so childish for being obsessed by this singer. It makes me feel so much better to be old and know I am not the only one.....thank you........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Sariflor, loved your review but it scared me a bit. I know there's gonna be so many obnoxious people in New York like there was at Nokia..I hope it's not too bad. I worry too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I checked on his Myspace but couldn't see the call for Lollipop girls - can someone help me out where to find it? Loved your review, Sari, and your pics!!!! this is what it says.... 31 Jan 2008 5:46 Subject: Hello Chicago, Minneapolis, Vanouver and San Francisco.... Body: Hello! If you think you've got the energy, pizzazz and moves to be a Lollipop Girl then come show us your stuff. We're looking for 2 Lollipop girls to dance onstage with MIKA during the hit single "Lollipop" at his upcoming concerts in Chicago, Minneapolis, Vanouver and San Francisco for his sold out North American tour. Please send in a photo and/or a short video footage. Please make sure to add your contact information as we will be contacting the winners directly. Please e-mail all material to mika.lollipopgirls@gmail.com Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariposa Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Sara, I have to say: I am really impressed by your long report!! :punk: I loved all the details! THANK YOU!!! *waits patiently for the vids* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lana86 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Sara I'm glad to see you've made it home! can't wait to see the vids... great pics by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Ally Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thanks for your lovely report, Sara! And for amazing pics . I'm glad that you have so much fun! Can't wait to watch the videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nielo Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thanx for the report!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thank you so much Sariflor for your long and detailed and fun report. Happy to hear you made it back and forth to Canada without freezing too much, I think you all had just a big lucky day with the weather! And the concert! Amazing! I think Mika find support to see your, by now, familiar faces in the crowd, he knows you love him and whatever happens in the show, there are at least a group of people who he can trust appreciate what he does. And a quote from Sariflor: “…If it’s REALLY necessary to flash some flesh, get Mika to strip more, or give us Luke in swimming trunks….” This is just hilarious, made my night completely, and should count as historical words of the MFC! And a big, really big thank you to all of you who have posted the great reports, film clips and pictures, I don’t write all your names because I’m afraid to forget one. What amazes me every time is how the MFCers goes right to the cord of what is interesting to hear about! Thank you! Got the feeling I was there after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 The genius Mikey : http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zjRy2ajFRvc Thanks for the video! Sorry about the wands. I hope it wasn't too irritating at the concert because I loved them. Wish I could take one everywhere with me. Pics!!! That is an entry for Bab's photo album if I've ever seen one. I'm going to post it in her thread! The looks on their faces are priceless. I've got a similar shot but this one is just brilliant. he is... do you want me to copy the message here? I'm home now, but thanks for the offer. Now on a very serious note, I think that this is his best gig so far that I’ve been in. I mean it was AMAZING!! He was right there in front of us, spent 90 per cent of his time there, without moving, and looking at us most of the time. Seriously, the amount of eye contact that I got in this gig was unbelievable. When you see the vids you’ll know what I mean!! Someone was asking me today if I was going through withdrawal but at this point I don't know if I even want to go to another gig until his next album and tour. That show was just so amazing, London or even NYC would be totally anti-climactic. It just couldn't get any better. And just to finish this off, I want to thank again for the millionth time how much Christine and Suzy did for me, and of course Closetmikafan too. You guys are all amazing and made this experience possible, for which I can’t thank you enough!!! I'm really, really glad you came. And I'm so happy that things turned out as well as we'd hoped they would. Mika really brought it this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyGodiva Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 It is taking so long to write my whole review. I'm still working on it, i'm not quite don't with the show yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jennie- Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 omigoodness, it is taking so long to write my whole review. I'm still working on it, i'm not quite don't with the show yet... heres a pic of us lollies though! You two both made incredibly cute lollipop girls! They definitely made the right choice - looking forward to reading your report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 If it’s REALLY necessary to flash some flesh, get Mika to strip more, or give us Luke in swimming trunks, but Saranayde in a bikini just doesn’t do it for me, lol!! :mf_lustslow: :roftl: Aww... I planned to go to bed ages ago but I really had to read your review before going... And I LOVE it!! Thanks for sharing your experiences with us in such a long review Sara! So it was really worth the long trip to Canada! Will watch your pics tomorrow though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkly1 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 YEAH!!!!!! It took me like 3 hours to sew everything on!!But it was worth it, because outside after, he told me it was brilliant!! I wanted to hug him soooooo bad, but he had a sore throat, and I bet that everyone would've jumped on him, or the security would've jumped on me, if I did get to hug him!! Were you there last night Suzy?? YEEY another bear, we gave him one too in Newcastle, (its in my pic) he must be able to open his own shop by now lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 You two both made incredibly cute lollipop girls! They definitely made the right choice - looking forward to reading your report! I know! Don't they look like professionals that were hired for the part? And their performances were great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satya82 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Hello everyone! This is my first post, but I've been lurking for awhile. I was at the Toronto show, and wrote a REALLY long review and thought you might like to read some of it. I'll edit out the parts that people have already said, or that are really boring (like our drive from Michigan to Toronto, or our walk to the venue) and get to the good stuff. Now, my sister is LadyGodiva (aka Toronto Lollipop Girl!), and she's still writing her review. Mine will pale in comparison to the awesomeness you will read about when she posts but still...it was an amazing night. Also, before my long review, I just want to say that it was nice to briefly meet some of you before the show. I was the girl in the red hat who didn't know what a took was, lol (and am still not sure how to spell it). Sooo...here we go... At 6:00pm, it was time for my sister to go inside and get all decked out in her Lollipop costume. My mom and I went with her (of course) and pretty much right on time we were allowed in the venue. We walked through the venue, and to the catering area where we were told to wait. A few minutes later, we met Vero, who was really nice and told us all about the Montreal show the night before. Then it was time to go backstage. We hurried behind the stage and through a doorway to the real “backstage” area. We were led down a hall and into a very small, cluttered room full of costumes and props, and miscellaneous stuff. In the room were the two professional dancers who would be the Big Girls onstage during the show. They were both really nice and we talked about dancing, yoga, shoes, and all sorts of random stuff. Vero and my sister started to apply their makeup, because we were told as soon as the stylist arrived (Yasmine) she would show them their costumes and they could start getting ready. As we waited for Yasmine, and were sitting around discussing random stuff, I recognized a familiar person walk past our door. I stopped talking and looked up, and when I realized it was Mika, I think I gasped really loud. He looked really good, and just as fast as he appeared, he glanced in and walked away. It was wild. I sort of looked at my mom and my sister like “Whoa, he really is here, and this is really happening.” It was amazing; my first glimpse of Mika in-person. Then my mom and I were told it was time for us to go out into the venue and we were no longer allowed to be backstage. We had been given backstage passes which we stuck to our pants, but they weren’t as helpful as I had hoped they’d be. As we packed up to leave, the Big Girls (I wish I could remember their names!) came in and one of them said something like “Oh my God, our costumes are really intense.” She didn’t know they’d be as tight as they were. I said goodbye to my sister, and my mom and I walked out into the venue. By this time, everyone in line had been allowed inside, and the stage area was packed with people. My mom and I had been in the venue before anyone else, and we could have easily been front row center, but I guess I had been hoping something exciting would happen backstage, or that we would be allowed to stay back there longer. No such luck, but finally we ended up approximately second row on the FAR FAR left of the stage. (And now is intermission in my review, so I'll post in a few minutes with the concert and after-concert experience.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Now this kind of sucked because by this time, everyone in line had been allowed inside, and the stage area was packed with people. My mom and I had been in the venue before anyone else, and we could have easily been front row center, but I guess I had been hoping something exciting would happen backstage, or that we would be allowed to stay back there longer. No such luck, and now we were in the back of the audience with no way to get to the stage. (Thank God some of you took amazing pictures and filmed Lollipop because my pictures turned out so bad!) We bought some merch, and then slowly made our way through the crowd (pissing off a lot of people in the process), where we finally ended up approximately second row on the FAR FAR left of the stage. (And now is intermission in my review, so I'll post in a few minutes with the concert and after-concert experience.) Aw that's too bad about having to go to the back of the crowd, but I'm sure your sister appreciated having you both back there with her while she got ready. Looking forward to the rest of your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyGodiva Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Hello everyone! This is my first post, but I've been lurking for awhile. I was at the Toronto show, and wrote a REALLY long review and thought you might like to read some of it. I'll edit out the parts that people have already said, or that are really boring (like our drive from Michigan to Toronto, or our walk to the venue) and get to the good stuff.(And now is intermission in my review, so I'll post in a few minutes with the concert and after-concert experience.) haha you got me all excited when i saw that it was someone else from Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satya82 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 (Continuation of my review...and I hope I remembered all of this correctly. The concert was a really incredible blur.) The lights finally went down, and screams erupted from the audience. (Me being one of them.) The opening notes of “Relax” began, and people really started to scream. Mika appeared from the back of the stage, I went crazy, and started singing my heart out and waving my hands in the air. “Big Girl” was the second song, and that was so cool because I had actually hung out with the Big Girl dancers before the show, and here they were onstage in their bright blue corsets! That was awesome. When Mika sang “Holy Johnny” he introduced the song as something that wasn’t on the album, but a song he’s been singing a lot on tour. At the end of the song, he added a little “now Johnny prays for me,” and then kept going singing “and prays and prays and prays and prays and…” and Cherisse (sp?), and Martin, Luke, and Mikey, were all trying to keep up with him singing background vocals, but he was teasing them and stopped singing, and then started again and kept dragging it out. Cherisse started laughing, hit him, and he just laughed. Of course you've heard about "Stuck In The Middle" by now. It really did turn out to be an awesome redition, and there didn’t seem to be any further uh…hiccups in the show after that. Ah, except “Love Today.” They had some major tech issues during that one, and there was a lot of feedback that seemed to hurt Mika’s ears, because he took his earpiece out. His mic kept dying off and on too, but then I later found out (I was oblivious at the time) that Martin changed guitars, and that seemed to help. Before he sang "Billy Brown", he mentioned a record guy from the US (Jeremy, or Tommy something? I don’t remember) who said that song would “Never be played in the United States.” And Mika went on to say that he’s played it at every show since then, and of course we screamed and sang along. He was really into crowd interaction, and had us sing along quite a lot! During the end of “Stuck In The Middle” he had us repeat the scatting (sp?) part at the end of it, and he kept making it harder until the audience couldn’t copy him exactly right, and he laughed and kept going. “Lollipop” was such an amazing ending with my sister onstage! I knew she was coming up after he sang “Grace Kelly” and when the “Lollipop” intro started, I freaked out. It was so amazing to see her come skipping out onstage with Vero, all dressed up in her pink ruffly dress and blonde wig. She did such an awesome job at the part where her and Vero go out into the front stage area and do their little dance. They were coordinated and it was so cute, and I just screamed and screamed I was so excited! There were balloons all over the place, and she kept hitting them out into the audience. Then the rainbow confetti was shooting up into the air and I was surrounded by balloons and confetti, and Mika was taking a bow with his band, and a bow with the Big Girls and Lollipop Girls, and then it was over. Right away, my mom and I headed toward the other side of the stage where we would meet my sister. I texted her and told her she did an amazing job. When we got to the backstage entrance, I showed the (rather young and not-at-all-intimidating) security guard our passes, and explained my sister was a Lollipop Girl, and he let us back. Other girls (and guys) saw this, and ran over to start begging him to let them back. We didn’t go back out onto the floor, but waited behind the stage, where there was a little open area. The crew immediately started taking everything apart and putting it away, and we decided to try to wait there but stay out of the way as much as we could. We were afraid if we went all the way out on the floor that security wouldn’t let us back again since the other fans were being annoying. The young security guy soon got a bigger security guard to help him, and I heard him say, “Can you help me? They won’t leave me alone.” Poor guy. Now began the waiting. My sister text me to say that she had to stay backstage because if she left she wouldn’t be allowed back again, and she wanted to meet Mika. We couldn’t go backstage where she was, so we kept texting back and forth, but stayed in our respective areas. The two Big Girl dancers came out, and we hugged and I told them how great they did. They were so glad to get out of their costumes, and said they could actually breathe again now, and the corsets were so tight they couldn’t do any of the dance moves they had planned. Luke walked by as we waited, but I didn’t know what to say. I got really shy. Then I saw Yasmine and again, I couldn’t think of anything to say. She walked by a couple of times, I think showing the press where to go one of those times, but I could never work up the courage to say hi. Mikey walked by too, and I actually did say “Happy Birthday” to him. At some point, the Big Girls came out again to let us know there was a cake, and they were all singing Happy Birthday to Mikey. (I need to pause and type a Part 3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satya82 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Finally, my sister called me and said she’d be right out. She started to tell me everything that had happened (and I'll let her tell you this--it's amazing!) but she didn’t think I’d be allowed backstage. I was so disappointed, and asked how I’d be able to meet Mika. She asked Vero what she thought, and Vero said that maybe we’d meet him if we waited outside by the tour buses. Then she asked me, “Do you want me to see if I can find Mika and ask him if you can come back really quick?” I said yes (!!!), that I would be so grateful, so she ran backstage. What happened next totally threw me off-guard. I was expecting my sister to come back on her own and say either yes, I could walk backstage, or no, I couldn’t, but I was standing by my mom, when Mika appeared in the doorway to the backstage area with my sister beside him. I was so surprised to see him there that I actually stood there with my mouth open for a few seconds while he looked at me probably wondering what the heck I was doing. Then I snapped out of it, and I kind of ran over to him, stuck my hand out and said, “Thank you for the best show EVER!” He shook my hand and said, “You’re welcome.” I asked him, “Could I get a picture with you, or is this not a good time?” He looked at me and said, “Well, I don’t think so, I’m not really feeling very well right now.” So after he said no to the picture I said, “Oh, okay". I didn’t want to push it, but I was sad that he wasn’t feeling well. Then my mom walked up to him and handed him some art she had drawn and made into bookmarks. He asked her some questions about them, and thanked her, and then said something like "Okay, who has the camera?” I looked up at him and said “Really?” And he said something to the affect of, “Yes, but real quick; I’m really not feeling well.” So he put his arm around me and I put my arm around him, and my sister snapped the picture. When my sister was getting the camera ready I remember saying “Thank you so much, thank you,” over and over again. Yeah, eloquence was gone by this point. After the picture was taken, I said thank you again, and he said you’re welcome, and I told him, “Thank you so much, and take care of yourself,” and he “Bye, take care,” and I said “You, too,” and probably said thank you again. Then he went to the backstage area, and we left out the other way through the main entrance. And that's that. Again, my sister has more to say, but that's her story and you'll love reading it! I just wish I could tell Mika thank you so so much for meeting me. I really appreciated that he took the time to say hi when he didn't have to. I'm so lucky to be a fan. (And a big thank you to my sister!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Satya82 that was fantastic! Almost as amazing as being a Lollipop Girl! Luckeee you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Great review Satya! So glad you got to meet Mika in the end. He's lovely isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satya82 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Great review Satya! So glad you got to meet Mika in the end. He's lovely isn't he? Very much so. I can't wait to see him again, but who knows when that'll be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Very much so. I can't wait to see him again, but who knows when that'll be? Probably quite awhile to be honest, but someone asked if he would come to London (Ontario) and he said after the new album is released he wants to do a proper Canadian tour. So you could catch a few shows, especially since he'll probably tour more in the US as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 that was a very nice revue satya! happy for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauruslady Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 ok, I'm onlysubscribing to say AMAZING REVIEWS!!!!!! wow! I should have gone to bed ages ago, but this was so so interesting!!! yay! ye're all so lucky!!! right goodnight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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