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I got texts from Fanny last night... don't know if anyone posted yet. Seems like the pushing was unbearable during Justice, so much so the girls actually thought of leaving! But they were front row, so I hope they managed to breathe and that it went a bit better for M.

Someone rang us during Love Today but I couldn't hear much. Thanks anyway, whoever you were :naughty:

Haven't heard of them since, I guess they are sleeping.

 

Gosh, poor girls... Pushing people is terrible, I understand why they wanted to leave. I hope things got better afterwards.

 

True, same here. Impossible to compare to any other experience whatsoever. :wub2:

 

Absolutely, and hard to explain, especially to "outsiders", right? My friends think I lost my mind completely:naughty:

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Sigh .. it happens everywhere .......

 

Cracked ribs are mega painful as well , she was well and truely stuck

 

<sorry making thread random> :blush-anim-cl:

 

I know it does, but I can't help feeling extra bad since it happened in my city. Yep, I hope she's better now, I know it's mega painful.

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But.... Isn't this supposed to be a gig thread? I know it's kind of related, but it's gonna turn into chitchat real soon! (Where's Blue Sky?)

 

 

Thanks Chikadee...

I leave for a while (to go to kabuki) and look at all this chatting.

*slaps those needing slapping*

 

Now, reports, reviews and pics PLEASE.:wink2:

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Gueule d'ange apprend vite son métier de star. Depuis son passage à Winterthour en novembre, le show du prodige de la pop a gagné en maturité. Et désormais, une foule de 35'000 personnes ne lui fait plus peur.

 

«Recevoir ça pour mon deuxième passage en Suisse, c'est énorme. Merci Paléo !» Passer, dans la même tournée d'une patinoire de 5000 personnes à la Grande Scène du plus bel Open Air d'Europe (si, si...), c'est énorme en effet.

Et pour la petite histoire, Mika devait venir à St-Gall l'été dernier, où il aurait chanté sur une scène de la taille du Club Tent de Paléo. Quelques ennuis de santé lui ont permis de sauter cette étape. Mais l'anecdote rappelle combien le succès a été rapide.

Après tout, quand on a vendu plus de quatre millions d'albums, qu'on est le premier artiste à gagner trois World Music Awards la même année et qu'on est passé en boucle sur toutes les radios, il est normal de réunir 35'000 personnes acquises à votre cause.

Encore faut-il savoir leur parler. Ici Mika, qui a déjà la beauté du faune, les trois octaves et demi de tessiture et le talent du songwriter dispose d'encore un atout: le français parfait de quelqu'un qui a passé la moitié de son enfance à Paris. Avec juste la pointe d'accent british qui lui donne son charme.

Que du bonheur

 

Comme à Winterthour, le concert commence et se termine par «Relax, take it easy». Et dès les premières mesures de ce véritable manifeste de virtuosité vocale, Paléo est conquis.

Les mois de tournée ont permis au spectacle de se rôder. Exit certaines lourdeurs baroques, comme l'ange du début (par contre, la baudruche de «Big girls» est toujours là), et place à une meilleure communication avec le public. Public que l'on ne voit pas tous les jours s'époumoner avec autant d'ardeur.

Logique: cette musique donne envie de chanter, de courir, de sauter. Que celui qui n'a jamais fredonné du Mika sous sa douche vienne dire le contraire. Et quand la star fait sautiller la foule sur «Lollipop», le mouvement ne reste pas confiné au carré d'agités des premiers rangs, mais se propage jusqu'aux extrémités du terrain.

Que du bonheur, on vous dit. Avec ces chansons qui en dix-huit mois à peine sont déjà devenues des classiques. Classiques que leur auteur n'hésite pas à revisiter, ajoutant un break par-ci, un solo de guitare par-là et un numéro de claquettes au milieu.

A côté des temps forts du répertoire que sont «Love today», «Happy endings» ou «Stuck in the middle», «Grace Kelly» retrouve la place de choix qu'elle mérite. Mika ne se contente plus de l'expédier au piano, mais concentre toute son énergie sur cette incroyable escalade vocale qui a fait beaucoup pour assurer sa renommée.

Et puisque'il est en Romandie, il la rechantera même au deuxième rappel. Au piano, sans orchestre et... en français dans le texte. Comme il vient de le faire dans sa tournée à travers la France.

Paléo a adoré Mika et Mika semble avoir adoré Paléo. Est-ce le début d'une longue liaison, comme certains artistes en entretiennent avec le festival, ou faut-il déjà prévoir que la prochaine fois, la star sera passé dans la catégorie des «trop gros pour Nyon parce qu'ils tournent dans les stades» ?

L'histoire jugera.

Justice est faite

 

En attendant – et avant Mika – Gaspard Augé et Xavier de Rosnay ont jugé. Jugé que Paléo méritait bien un concert fou, comme tous ceux que ce duo électro français, plus connu sous le nom de Justice, donne depuis quelques années.

A l'ombre de la croix que l'on retrouve sur leur album (un peu de mégalomanie, heureusement teintée de la dose nécessaire d'autodérision...), les deux compères semblent d'autant plus calmes que les sons qu'ils triturent laissent éclater leur joyeuse exubérance.

Cela va de la lourdeur entêtante des synthés à l'envol d'un arpège de guitare classique, en passant par la pêche d'un bon gros riff de hard ou les arabesques de voix, d'autant plus riches que l'électronique autorise tous les mélanges et tous les arrangements.

Plus gros buzz Internet de l'année 2007, l'association de ces deux anciens graphistes a fait de Justice le groupe français qui se vend le mieux à l'étranger depuis Daft Punk. Logique, Justice est le nouveau Daft Punk. Tout le monde le dit.

swissinfo, Marc-André Miserez à Paléo

 

CE JEUDI AU PALÉO

 

Dub Inc., Tiken Jah Fakoly, Manu Chao, Moonraisers, Asa, Seun Kuti, le Brésil au Village du Monde et au Détour, Chapter, Junior Tshaka et Asher Selector.

 

 

 

1000 BILLETS «LAST MINUTE»

 

Comme cela est le cas depuis quelques années, le Paléo Festival (du 22 au 27 juillet) se joue à guichets fermés. Aucun billet n'est vendu sur place, mais les organisateurs en mettent 1000 par jour en vente le matin même, sur le site du festival (paleo.ch) et dans les points de vente ticketcorner. Ils sont disponibles à partir de neuf heures et... il n'y en a pas pour tout le monde.

 

 

 

LIENS

 

 

 

 

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If I could only understand more french...:boxed:

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ppl gonna come to this thread for reports and read our exciting conversation :naughty: sorry everyone!

 

that's what happened to me:naughty:

i read 12 pages without a report:shocked:

 

 

Gone are the days of the three chapter reports I guess :roftl:

 

those were the days:wub2:

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Thanks Greta, and also OD for the belga pics, I was F5-ing them for hours and as soon as I went out, Bang, there's the pics!!:wink2:

 

:roftl:

:shocked: What does F5 do? I'm a right click>properties girl myself :naughty:

*runs off to try this mysterious "F5"*

 

Edit: :doh: I get it! F5 refreshes the page. You were refreshing belga pics :doh:

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:roftl:

:shocked: What does F5 do? I'm a right click>properties girl myself :naughty:

*runs off to try this mysterious "F5"*

 

Edit: :doh: I get it! F5 refreshes the page. You were refreshing belga pics :doh:

 

I've also discovered the magic of the "F5" on MFC :naughty:

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ciao ciao ciao!!!!

 

so here i am...shattered but alive! :naughty:

 

i left yesterday at 14.12 from my train station...wow, it was not even 24 hours ago!:shocked:

i arrived safe and sound in nyon and found the festival easily...avoca and fanny and axie dentelle (plus some other frenchies) were already front row... a mad (but fun) group was playing...not much pushing..so i could reach them, second row for me!:thumb_yello: and it was 19.30.

 

the festival is HUGE!!!! and it seems pretty enjoyable...

but...when Justice started playing:::::::::::::::::::god help us!!!

lots of well built young man jumping as mad! all on us!!!:shocked:

that WAS scary...many ppl were taken out the crowd from security...but we, tough mika's fans, resisted!:naughty:

one hour passed....seemed like eternity!

 

then

the mikaworkers and the mikastage....fresh air again!

 

intro was on....someone dressed as a monkey holding Gray Skelly's head came on stage....a little show and MIKA IS ON!!!!

 

white tshirt, benicassim trousers!

all energy and fun...he never never lets us down!

 

he played My Interpretation and Holy johnny

grace kelly in french a relax rave as encore

 

the show was far better than madrid, longer and his voice was better.

 

so much for the show...shall i repeat the same things all over again?? it was a very good show!!! as always with mika, hey! ehehehehe

 

then....

we ran as mad to the backstage entrance...running through a crowd of 13.000 going away! we found it and waited...they let us go and stayed with other 15 ppl waiting for him...yes we were so few!

 

avoca had a mission...to give him the birthday pics book...we were so determined, as always!

 

then he came.....striped long sleeve tshirt - the sailor look!

and a hat...avoca will post the pics i took with her camera.

 

and he was in a very good mood! he saw avoca, fanny and me...and he was so chatty last night!

i could chat more than at the MandG in madrid..we were just so few old fans!

 

he asked if we loved his blogs! can you fancy our reply???

we asked him not to stop them...and he promised to stop just in august, to have some holidays, poor boy!!!

 

he said comments on MIKASOUNDS will be working in the next days..hes got some technical problems.

 

i-ll let avoca talk about the birthday book...he was delighted anyway!

 

of course he signed autographs and chatted with the ppl who were there...but he always came back to us to chat more!

i repeat my theory...he likes chatting with familiar faces....and of course, the less we are, the more he chats! this is natural!

 

i loved those moments with him...and i realized that he-s getting more and more friendly, and not the other way round, in spite of growing success...we can see it also from his blog activity!!!

 

of course...there may be times when he-s not so chatty, due to tiredness or commitments...who knows...but his attitute is def friendly and lovely towards his MFC fans, and mikawebsite.

 

then i asked him to stop at the bar going away by car...cause allegra and mirtilla got lost in the crowd and had arrived when we had already been admitted outside backstage...and he did!!!

he stopped his car and chatted with them too!

 

what can i say more...he was in a blessed good mood last night.

and hes very very excited for beirut show! his eyes sparkle talking about that!

when i wished him a blast in beirut, and said that some would go but flights are too expensive....he said he knew! that flight costs to beirut are a total madness!

 

so that-s all for me....sorry if you see something odd in my typing, but my keyboard is playing up...mixing characters!

 

avoca....pls add things to my report...cause im sure i-ve forgotten much!

*shes on her train back home now.....*

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...many ppl were taken out the crowd from security...but we, tough mika's fans, resisted!

 

he asked if we loved his blogs! can you fancy our reply???

we asked him not to stop them...and he promised to stop just in august, to have some holidays, poor boy!!!

he said comments on MIKASOUNDS will be working in the next days..hes got some technical problems.

i-ll let avoca talk about the birthday book...he was delighted anyway!

 

what can i say more...he was in a blessed good mood last night.

and hes very very excited for beirut show! his eyes sparkle talking about that!

when i wished him a blast in beirut, and said that some would go but flights are too expensive....he said he knew! that flight costs to beirut are a total madness!

 

so that-s all for me....sorry if you see something odd in my typing, but my keyboard is playing up...mixing characters!

 

Thank you!

:roftl: Brilliant tough Mika fans :thumb_yello:

Great! *sigh* Fine, he can have August off :sneaky2:

Can't wait to hear about Beirut now.

And yes, you have -s instead of 's :fisch::naughty:

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ooh thanx so much for the report robi! :huglove: damn, now i wish i had gone (though i'm broke) - only 15 ppl backstage! :shocked: but i'm so happy for you guys that you all got to meet him and chat with him.

and of course thanx to avoca for organizing and giving him the birthday present! :wub2: can't wait to hear the full report about that!

 

Ohh. This is just :wub2: For some reason I'm in love with those heads :

 

do you start liking clowns now? :shocked::naughty:

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ciao ciao ciao!!!!

 

so here i am...shattered but alive! :naughty:

 

i left yesterday at 14.12 from my train station...wow, it was not even 24 hours ago!:shocked:

i arrived safe and sound in nyon and found the festival easily...avoca and fanny and axie dentelle (plus some other frenchies) were already front row... a mad (but fun) group was playing...not much pushing..so i could reach them, second row for me!:thumb_yello: and it was 19.30.

 

the festival is HUGE!!!! and it seems pretty enjoyable...

but...when Justice started playing:::::::::::::::::::god help us!!!

lots of well built young man jumping as mad! all on us!!!

that WAS scary...many ppl were taken out the crowd from security...but we, tough mika's fans, resisted!:naughty:

one hour passed....seemed like eternity!

 

then

the mikaworkers and the mikastage....fresh air again!

 

intro was on....someone dressed as a monkey holding Gray Skelly's head came on stage....a little show and MIKA IS ON!!!!

 

white tshirt, benicassim trousers!

all energy and fun...he never never lets us down!

 

he played My Interpretation and Holy johnny

grace kelly in french a relax rave as encore

 

the show was far better than madrid, longer and his voice was better.

 

so much for the show...shall i repeat the same things all over again?? it was a very good show!!! as always with mika, hey! ehehehehe

 

then....

we ran as mad to the backstage entrance...running through a crowd of 13.000 going away! we found it and waited...they let us go and stayed with other 15 ppl waiting for him...yes we were so few!

 

avoca had a mission...to give him the birthday pics book...we were so determined, as always!

 

then he came.....striped long sleeve tshirt - the sailor look!

and a hat...avoca will post the pics i took with her camera.

 

and he was in a very good mood! he saw avoca, fanny and me...and he was so chatty last night!

i could chat more than at the MandG in madrid..we were just so few old fans!

 

he asked if we loved his blogs! can you fancy our reply???

we asked him not to stop them...and he promised to stop just in august, to have some holidays, poor boy!!!

 

he said comments on MIKASOUNDS will be working in the next days..hes got some technical problems.

 

i-ll let avoca talk about the birthday book...he was delighted anyway!

 

of course he signed autographs and chatted with the ppl who were there...but he always came back to us to chat more!

i repeat my theory...he likes chatting with familiar faces....and of course, the less we are, the more he chats! this is natural!

 

i loved those moments with him...and i realized that he-s getting more and more friendly, and not the other way round, in spite of growing success...we can see it also from his blog activity!!!

 

of course...there may be times when he-s not so chatty, due to tiredness or commitments...who knows...but his attitute is def friendly and lovely towards his MFC fans, and mikawebsite.

 

then i asked him to stop at the bar going away by car...cause allegra and mirtilla got lost in the crowd and had arrived when we had already been admitted outside backstage...and he did!!!

he stopped his car and chatted with them too!

 

what can i say more...he was in a blessed good mood last night.

and hes very very excited for beirut show! his eyes sparkle talking about that!

when i wished him a blast in beirut, and said that some would go but flights are too expensive....he said he knew! that flight costs to beirut are a total madness!

 

so that-s all for me....sorry if you see something odd in my typing, but my keyboard is playing up...mixing characters!

 

avoca....pls add things to my report...cause im sure i-ve forgotten much!

*shes on her train back home now.....*

 

Robi!! :huglove: Thanks for such a great report!!

 

So it was better than Madrid??? Wow, cos Madrid was pretty fab! You're so lucky...wish I could've been there :mf_rosetinted:

It's wonderful to hear he was so happy and friendly, that's our Mika!! yaaaay!

 

I'm glad you had such a great time :thumb_yello: (and I'm sorry about all the pushing, ufff)

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thanks robertina great report:wub2:

 

 

Thank you!

Great! *sigh* Fine, he can have August off :sneaky2:

 

:shocked:

a whole month?

no waaaaay,15 days enough for him:mf_rosetinted:

 

*wonders how she survived when there were no blogs:fisch:*

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ciao ciao ciao!!!!

 

so here i am...shattered but alive! :naughty:

 

i left yesterday at 14.12 from my train station...wow, it was not even 24 hours ago!:shocked:

i arrived safe and sound in nyon and found the festival easily...avoca and fanny and axie dentelle (plus some other frenchies) were already front row... a mad (but fun) group was playing...not much pushing..so i could reach them, second row for me!:thumb_yello: and it was 19.30.

 

the festival is HUGE!!!! and it seems pretty enjoyable...

but...when Justice started playing:::::::::::::::::::god help us!!!

lots of well built young man jumping as mad! all on us!!!:shocked:

that WAS scary...many ppl were taken out the crowd from security...but we, tough mika's fans, resisted!:naughty:

one hour passed....seemed like eternity!

 

then

the mikaworkers and the mikastage....fresh air again!

 

intro was on....someone dressed as a monkey holding Gray Skelly's head came on stage....a little show and MIKA IS ON!!!!

 

white tshirt, benicassim trousers!

all energy and fun...he never never lets us down!

 

he played My Interpretation and Holy johnny

grace kelly in french a relax rave as encore

 

the show was far better than madrid, longer and his voice was better.

 

so much for the show...shall i repeat the same things all over again?? it was a very good show!!! as always with mika, hey! ehehehehe

 

then....

we ran as mad to the backstage entrance...running through a crowd of 13.000 going away! we found it and waited...they let us go and stayed with other 15 ppl waiting for him...yes we were so few!

 

avoca had a mission...to give him the birthday pics book...we were so determined, as always!

 

then he came.....striped long sleeve tshirt - the sailor look!

and a hat...avoca will post the pics i took with her camera.

 

and he was in a very good mood! he saw avoca, fanny and me...and he was so chatty last night!

i could chat more than at the MandG in madrid..we were just so few old fans!

 

he asked if we loved his blogs! can you fancy our reply???

we asked him not to stop them...and he promised to stop just in august, to have some holidays, poor boy!!!

 

he said comments on MIKASOUNDS will be working in the next days..hes got some technical problems.

 

i-ll let avoca talk about the birthday book...he was delighted anyway!

 

of course he signed autographs and chatted with the ppl who were there...but he always came back to us to chat more!

i repeat my theory...he likes chatting with familiar faces....and of course, the less we are, the more he chats! this is natural!

 

i loved those moments with him...and i realized that he-s getting more and more friendly, and not the other way round, in spite of growing success...we can see it also from his blog activity!!!

 

of course...there may be times when he-s not so chatty, due to tiredness or commitments...who knows...but his attitute is def friendly and lovely towards his MFC fans, and mikawebsite.

 

then i asked him to stop at the bar going away by car...cause allegra and mirtilla got lost in the crowd and had arrived when we had already been admitted outside backstage...and he did!!!

he stopped his car and chatted with them too!

 

what can i say more...he was in a blessed good mood last night.

and hes very very excited for beirut show! his eyes sparkle talking about that!

when i wished him a blast in beirut, and said that some would go but flights are too expensive....he said he knew! that flight costs to beirut are a total madness!

 

so that-s all for me....sorry if you see something odd in my typing, but my keyboard is playing up...mixing characters!

 

avoca....pls add things to my report...cause im sure i-ve forgotten much!

*shes on her train back home now.....*

 

I opened this thread for you OLDIES.

 

Glad to hear it all was so wonderful. More more more please!!

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