2008 - REPORTS, PICS, VIDEOS of MIKA @ Parc des Princes, Paris

[Fmbm]

How ca u meet him? you wait or something?

It's cause he's playing here at a festival, and I want to meet him, but dont know what to do... shall I wait til the festival is over os his actuation finishes?

I don't know how to meet him...

 

Make sure you hang out with other MFCers and go with them after the festival to wait for Mika And if someone says he's not coming out or that he's already left, don't believe them.

[Neiobi]

Make sure you hang out with other MFCers and go with them after the festival to wait for Mika And if someone says he's not coming out or that he's already left, don't believe them.

 

ok

Can they lie for me not to meet him?

[katydid1994]

Hey guys!

I'm back. It took me 3 days to recover and my feet still don't touch the ground!!!

The show was amazing! It was my first Mika gig and now all I'm thinking of is going to another one. Mika is a drug!

I'm glad I met a few MFCer's in the queue : Rose, Sara, Avoca, Myriam, Olga, Cath85,... Sorry I don't remember everybody's name but they were all lovely and we had a great time together. It'll remain a very special day to me.

I had the chance to meet Mika after the show. It was strange to see him in person and I was surprised to discover how young he looked. I gave him the LICM booklet to dedicate but he was so busy chatting with Olga that he didn't answer my "hello" and he grabbed me with the paper and signed half on my hand!!!

 

Oh no, I hope you get to meet him again

[Fmbm]

ok

Can they lie for me not to meet him?

 

Security guys do that sometimes, so just stay put when you wait for him:naughty:

[zoots14]

 

My goodness... I think the venue I saw him in would not even fit in the stage at PDP.

[Mici]

My goodness... I think the venue I saw him in would not even fit in the stage at PDP.

 

PDP is HUGE, i was actually expecting it to be alot bigger as it seems so much bigger in the pics, but it's still huge, and while we were waiting for Mika to come up, the crowd did the wave thing for 10 times, lots of fun and lots of energy.

[Mici]

Hey guys!

I'm back. It took me 3 days to recover and my feet still don't touch the ground!!!

The show was amazing! It was my first Mika gig and now all I'm thinking of is going to another one. Mika is a drug!

I'm glad I met a few MFCer's in the queue : Rose, Sara, Avoca, Myriam, Olga, Cath85,... Sorry I don't remember everybody's name but they were all lovely and we had a great time together. It'll remain a very special day to me.

I had the chance to meet Mika after the show. It was strange to see him in person and I was surprised to discover how young he looked. I gave him the LICM booklet to dedicate but he was so busy chatting with Olga that he didn't answer my "hello" and he grabbed me with the paper and signed half on my hand!!!

 

Awwww we didn't met , maybe next time. Meeting mfc'er is always special they are a great bunch of people.

 

I had a chance to meet Mika but it was very hard to grab his attention as everyone was calling him, the key point is to be persistent and keep on calling him until he looks at you (). I can't shut up about meeting him, i know, simply over the moon.

 

Make sure you hang out with other MFCers and go with them after the festival to wait for Mika And if someone says he's not coming out or that he's already left, don't believe them.

 

Yeah don't believe anyone who says he is not around, follow the mfc'er cause they know the best.

 

 

 

 

I forgot to add that the new adittional backround singer her name is Samantha and she is simply amazing, she added so much to the show and her chemistry with Saranyde & Mika was just perfect. She is a big woman with even a bigger voice, MIKA YOU BETTER KEEP HER FOR NEXT TOUR YOU HEAR ME????!!!!!!

[mari62]

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THE LOVELY PICS, VIDS AND REPORTS!!

They really mean a lot to me!

 

AND THANK YOU MODS FOR KEEPING THE FIRST POST ALWAYS UPDATED!!

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Here are all the Paris pics from mikasound:

 

http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh227/mari62_album/MIKASOUNDS/

 

 

And these are the huge ones:

 

CLICK TO ENLARGE: you can see 2 sizes: big and huge

 

 

[mari62]

I loved it when the crowd was screaming MIKA MIKA MIKA

and his reaction to that, he looked at the crowd as if he couldn't believe it

and he smiled

it happened a couple of times and it was very spontaneous

:wub2:

 

So here is my share of things:

...............

The End!

Pictures will be post next

Thank you so much Mici for sharing yr amazing experience and yr great pics!!

 

Enjoyed them a lot!

[hotdlp]

Make sure you hang out with other MFCers and go with them after the festival to wait for Mika And if someone says he's not coming out or that he's already left, don't believe them.

 

Even if Andy says it don't believe him either

[Blue Sky]

Some of the best video footage so far!!

 

 

and any others by this user.

[melgo]

Some of the best video footage so far!!

 

 

and any others by this user.

 

AMAZING! thanks BS!!!

[Emerald]

Some of the best video footage so far!!

 

 

and any others by this user.

Wonderful video!!!!!

[mari62]

Some of the best video footage so far!!

 

 

and any others by this user.

WOW!! Spectacular! Thanks BS!!

[Mici]

Some of the best video footage so far!!

 

 

and any others by this user.

 

The begining was magical and imaginery, great begining for a fantastic evening.

 

Thanks for posting.

[Blue Eyes]

Some of the best video footage so far!!

 

 

and any others by this user.

 

AWESOME

 

Thanks for that fellow bluey

[Mici]

My video of Happy Ending, sorry for the crappy quality (the upload has destroyed the quality) and you can hear me sing...to much maybe?!

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=38027457

[Axie Dentelle]

Awwww we didn't met , maybe next time. Meeting mfc'er is always special they are a great bunch of people.

 

We met! Briefly though... You took a photo while I was in the queue with Sara and Rose, the pic with MFC's flag.

I would have love to talk to you... Maybe next time...

[Mici]

We met! Briefly though... You took a photo while I was in the queue with Sara and Rose, the pic with MFC's flag.

I would have love to talk to you... Maybe next time...

 

Oh where you the one with the blue shirt? or the other girl with the white shirt, i don't remember.

Hopefully next time we'll be able to do a better introduction.

[Axie Dentelle]

Oh where you the one with the blue shirt? or the other girl with the white shirt, i don't remember.

Hopefully next time we'll be able to do a better introduction.

 

Yeah I was the one in blue! Which other gig are you going to?

[Mici]

Yeah I was the one in blue! Which other gig are you going to?

 

Ok awesome, well it was nice to meet you even if we didn't say much to each other.

 

I'm trying desperetly to find a way to get to the Jordan gig, Its only 4 hours drive from my town and i have never been in the dead sea area so that's a big plus. There are some logistic problams to get there as there is little transportation but i'm crossing fingers i'll be able to see this one as well.

[Alexandra26]

Some of the best video footage so far!!

 

 

and any others by this user.

 

 

aawww it was so beautiful and very poetic. Thanks to post this video.

This night is inscribe in my mind

[Mici]

aawww it was so beautiful and very poetic. Thanks to post this video.

This night is inscribe in my mind

 

In my view as well, one of the best most creative things i had a chance to witness in my life.

[cath85]

so here comes my report, it's meant to go on my blog afterwards,so there are a lot of things that have already been said, if you don't wanna read it, don't

 

I took the train to paris on the 3rd already, met niki at the train station « gare du nord » and we went together by subway to Em’ place. The hardest part was getting my suitcase through those thingies at the access to the subway. We had a nice evening, watched bits of the DVD, and laughed a lot lol

The next day we arrived at the venue at about 9 :30 am, there were already about 30 people, the first had arrived apparently at 4. The beginning of the waiting was awful, we didn’t really know where to go, we were being told something different every 5 minutes. But then it got better, once they had put up the fences. We got wristbands which would make sure we would get to the front. Thing is, the place were we had to wait was in the sun, no shadow whatsoever, so we all ended up sunburnt. Oh well, I prefer this to rain or to the cold! During the waiting we could get out to go eat some fries and all in all time passed rather quickly I thought. It was like sunbathing and chatting with friends haha At one moment the grey van arrived and Olga got on it. When she got back, she told us Mika was in it and asked her to pick 50 people for a meet and greet. I learned later that she had picked me and niki, so nice.

The doors opened at about 4 :30 pm, so we hurried, then entered the wrong door by mistake and then ran, whenever there was no security guard. I pulled niki during the whole run, the poor girl almost lost her shoe lol But we made it front row! We didn’t realize at first that we actually had a very good spot! We were at the left of the huge catwalk, but could still see him quite well when he was on the actual stage, although he was far away. Plus we were handed out as much water as we wanted which was quite necessary with that heat! We had to wait for quite some time inside, but thank god we could sit down. The three first parts were quite boring, we were happy when those were over lol

But then Mika’s show started, it can’t be compared to any of the other ones, it was a completely different dimension. There were clowns everywhere, so many things were going on at the same moment, we couldn’t see everything. It was crazy! It’s hard to remember everything. We kinda missed his appereance on stage, suddenly he was there, wearing an amazing golden-silvery jacket. Relax was amazing as always, the crowd was on fire too, there had been a huge wave before the gig had even started. During Big Girl there were huge inflatable legs on the stage, a big diet coke and a pizza were carried around by the crowd and we got almost squeezed under the diet coke lol there were about 10 big girls in fancy dresses on the stage. During the whole gig animations were played in the background, for example during ring ring there would be the part of a phone where you dial the number etc. and during SiTM a kid was dancing on his piano. Then he played « Rain » which I immediately fell in love with. It was amazing to see how quiet the crowd was, like deadsilent and after the song there was some huge cheering and mika looked so happy, he was smiling and all. Then I just can’t get enough, which is just amazing, the crowd went crazy again. At some point Saranayde was dressed in a huge blue dress and raised towards the ceiling or something. Then there was this Chinese dragon that mad his way through the path between the stage and the crowd. For Lollipop there were the big girls, the clowns, lots of ballons, confetti and all, even more than usually. As encore he sang GK in French in an acoustic version. A piano had raised out of the catwalk right in front of us, so he was playing it just there! We really had a good spot! Only thing that was annoying was that all the photographers kinda blocked our view at that moment lol the crowd went mad, I loved that version of GK. Afterwards he played a different version of relax.

So we went out to wait and see if this meet and greet thingie was really gonna happen. We literally waited for hours not knowing where to go, wandering around the whole stadium. We saw a few grey vans go out and thought every time okay now he’s gone, but the security guards were still there and they told us indirectly that he was still inside. At 1 :30 am he finally came out and signed some stuff. He kinda went passed me and forgot to sign my ticket (I really must be invisible), but somehow came back, I think he said Hi signed and talked to others. I’ll never understand what I have done to him, that makes him ignore me haha

So when he was gone, we took a taxi back to Em’s place, after we had looked for one for quite some time. Em’ and avoca went to bed, niki and I went online and we just had to upload Rain, because everybody was begging for it. After some difficulties, partly due to my lack of talent in anything technology related , we finally managed to upload it and write a short report of the gig. Next thing you know it was 8 am and Em’ and avoca were already leaving for Arras. Then we finally went to bed.

[Mici]

so here comes my report, it's meant to go on my blog afterwards,so there are a lot of things that have already been said, if you don't wanna read it, don't

 

I took the train to paris on the 3rd already, met niki at the train station « gare du nord » and we went together by subway to Em’ place. The hardest part was getting my suitcase through those thingies at the access to the subway. We had a nice evening, watched bits of the DVD, and laughed a lot lol

The next day we arrived at the venue at about 9 :30 am, there were already about 30 people, the first had arrived apparently at 4. The beginning of the waiting was awful, we didn’t really know where to go, we were being told something different every 5 minutes. But then it got better, once they had put up the fences. We got wristbands which would make sure we would get to the front. Thing is, the place were we had to wait was in the sun, no shadow whatsoever, so we all ended up sunburnt. Oh well, I prefer this to rain or to the cold! During the waiting we could get out to go eat some fries and all in all time passed rather quickly I thought. It was like sunbathing and chatting with friends haha At one moment the grey van arrived and Olga got on it. When she got back, she told us Mika was in it and asked her to pick 50 people for a meet and greet. I learned later that she had picked me and niki, so nice.

The doors opened at about 4 :30 pm, so we hurried, then entered the wrong door by mistake and then ran, whenever there was no security guard. I pulled niki during the whole run, the poor girl almost lost her shoe lol But we made it front row! We didn’t realize at first that we actually had a very good spot! We were at the left of the huge catwalk, but could still see him quite well when he was on the actual stage, although he was far away. Plus we were handed out as much water as we wanted which was quite necessary with that heat! We had to wait for quite some time inside, but thank god we could sit down. The three first parts were quite boring, we were happy when those were over lol

But then Mika’s show started, it can’t be compared to any of the other ones, it was a completely different dimension. There were clowns everywhere, so many things were going on at the same moment, we couldn’t see everything. It was crazy! It’s hard to remember everything. We kinda missed his appereance on stage, suddenly he was there, wearing an amazing golden-silvery jacket. Relax was amazing as always, the crowd was on fire too, there had been a huge wave before the gig had even started. During Big Girl there were huge inflatable legs on the stage, a big diet coke and a pizza were carried around by the crowd and we got almost squeezed under the diet coke lol there were about 10 big girls in fancy dresses on the stage. During the whole gig animations were played in the background, for example during ring ring there would be the part of a phone where you dial the number etc. and during SiTM a kid was dancing on his piano. Then he played « Rain » which I immediately fell in love with. It was amazing to see how quiet the crowd was, like deadsilent and after the song there was some huge cheering and mika looked so happy, he was smiling and all. Then I just can’t get enough, which is just amazing, the crowd went crazy again. At some point Saranayde was dressed in a huge blue dress and raised towards the ceiling or something. Then there was this Chinese dragon that mad his way through the path between the stage and the crowd. For Lollipop there were the big girls, the clowns, lots of ballons, confetti and all, even more than usually. As encore he sang GK in French in an acoustic version. A piano had raised out of the catwalk right in front of us, so he was playing it just there! We really had a good spot! Only thing that was annoying was that all the photographers kinda blocked our view at that moment lol the crowd went mad, I loved that version of GK. Afterwards he played a different version of relax.

So we went out to wait and see if this meet and greet thingie was really gonna happen. We literally waited for hours not knowing where to go, wandering around the whole stadium. We saw a few grey vans go out and thought every time okay now he’s gone, but the security guards were still there and they told us indirectly that he was still inside. At 1 :30 am he finally came out and signed some stuff. He kinda went passed me and forgot to sign my ticket (I really must be invisible), but somehow came back, I think he said Hi signed and talked to others. I’ll never understand what I have done to him, that makes him ignore me haha

So when he was gone, we took a taxi back to Em’s place, after we had looked for one for quite some time. Em’ and avoca went to bed, niki and I went online and we just had to upload Rain, because everybody was begging for it. After some difficulties, partly due to my lack of talent in anything technology related , we finally managed to upload it and write a short report of the gig. Next thing you know it was 8 am and Em’ and avoca were already leaving for Arras. Then we finally went to bed.

 

Awesome report, you managed to capture everything perfectly, all the excitment of that day. the crowd wave was done few times i think, it was crazy and enjoyable.

The taxi part i remember was the most stressful (especially for Em') and i am glad you got back to Em's place fine and safe.

 

Was great meeting you Cath, hope we'll meet again sometime soon.