mariposa Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the reports, girls. It sounds like it was a lot of fun, and that the atmosphere was very relaxed. It really was. I'm really happy I decided to do Strasbourg. Seems to me that it was a lot more relaxed than the two Bercy gigs for example. I also loved the wave (la ola) before the gig. It took some time, but after a while the whole place was joining in! It looked amazing and was a fun way to get in the proper Mika gig mood! I´m at home now and very tired, so I only write a little report. Strasbourg usually was not in my plan, but after Munich and Stuttgart I decited to go to another Gig of this Tour and now I´m so happy that it worked for me!!! (Thanx to laurence for the tickets). The new Show is !!! I love the Set design with the Planets , it´s absolutly amazing. For me is Relax more an opening Song than Rain and I´m happy with it. The Rain Intro is one of the Highlights for me and It is perfect in the middle. The idea with the suitecase is fantastic, esp. the Big Girl Intro is so funny. Then the GGG Intro with Ida, what a voice!!! … For me it´s difficult to write my emotions down, but I think you all know what happend with you on a Mika Gig. I enjoyed every second, dancing , singing and having fun. Mika has so much energy, seems to be very happy and satisfied with the croud. For me it was a little bit stupid that I doesn´t speak french, so I dont understand what he told all the time. Thanx Mariposa for the translating after it. The Zenith is a big venue, but it is all good organised. The security was very friendly and helpful to us. When it rained , they brought us umbrellas and while the concert we got water. I badly remember Stuttgart, where they are at the entrance all the drinks decreased and it was so hot in the venue. M & G was nice, because not many fans where there. So you're back home, girl! I hope you didn't forget about your plans to go to bed early today?! Btw, great report, Tina! Was just as overwhelmed as you to finally see the arena show live So much better than I had imagined from watching all of the vids on yt. I love love love it! Really looking forwards to Dammy and Lux now! Yeah, the security team was great! Couldn't believe it when they brought us fans some extra umbrellas! Well, we (Miri aka Hasibobberle, Tina aka Tina78 and me) didn't need one - we had already made ourselves comfortable with the situation http://twitpic.com/1kx2q0 But some people hadn't brought any rain coats or anything. So this was indeed very lovely! Here's my videos. Didn't record that much. Just have to jump at a Mika gig, can't help it. So, anyway, just a few bits Oh, and I can't zoom in once I started recording...but at least the sound is pretty decent I'd say. Rain intro Death march & LT intro the killing scene We are golden intro Kick ass (sorry for all my jumping - I somehow must have forgotten that I was filming - ahm the stage pit was beautiful, wasn't it?! ) But it's filmed from another angle than Fanny's vid, so yeah, just put it together and you've got the whole scenery edit: Greaaaat pix, Tina. I still think they're great! (couldn't trust my memory from watching them last night while almost falling asleep lol) ok, will try to write a real report now... Edited May 5, 2010 by mariposa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Oh what a lovely pic!! Thanks Tina!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina78 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I hope you didn't forget ybout your plans to go to bed early today?! Forget it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 me want me want there is DEFINITELY somebody home there!!!!! wauw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariposa Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 (edited) Ok, so I was doing this gig with Miri (Hasibobberle) and Tina (Tina78)...They have both been infected with the Mika gig virus during the German dates Decided last minute that it would be better to go to Miri's place already on Sunday, was scared that I might miss my train on Monday morning (I know I should stop worrying too much in advance ), Tina arrived about the same time. It was fun to already share the pre-gig excitement with the girls...Somehow I couldn't sleep at all when we tried to get some rest for a few hours before heading off...My biorhythm is totally upside down these days...should really start going to bed earlier. Anyways, to cut a long story short. Didn't sleep at all until 5am - and that's when we got up Managed to leave Miri's place at around 6 and arrived at the venue around 7:15. Got numbers 6, 7 & 8 *yay* We learnt that the first 3 fans had arrived at 4am - it was their first Mika gig and they were all excited about seeing Mika. The Qing was fine, Sephira did the list, it was all pretty relaxed, most people only started to arrive around noon. The only thing that was not that fun was the raining/thunderstorm part. Most of the time it was only drizzling a bit, but at one point it started to rain very heavily. Luckily that didn't last too long though. Was happy I hadn't decided to wear my flats after all... I think I already mentionned the security guy who got us waiting fans a few extra umbrellas - lovely! Well, after that more people started showing up - Soon there were 100 people on the list. At about 4:30 (? don't really remember what time it was) John came to talk to us and told us to queue at another entrance what we happily did. The French Universal manager was with him. They wanted to know again if people on the list were from the MFC, so the Frenchies explained him that basically we all knew each other, so it was fine. Waited there some more when Fluffy arrived and started to film the fans (I did what I always do when there's someone with a cam around - hide ). Well anyway, Mika was live on the radio while we were still waiting in line (I think it has already been posted somewhere here on the forums what Mika was asked?) - so I joined a group of teenies to listen to it - very cool. I wish there would have been something like that for any of the German gigs *sigh* (Still can't get over it how poorly they had promoted the tour ). But that's another story. Shortly after that security let us inside the railings were we again lined up in order of or numbers. Since there wasn't enough room there was one line number 1-50 and another one numbers 51-100 - so actually we were looking like we were a guard of honour or s.th. lol. Well. Mika's mum then to see who wanted to be on stage and Andy filmed it all. Once again I have to say that I think it is absolutely AMAZING that so many of us fans are/were given the chance to have this experience As you already know Nanou, Axie and Sephira were among the "lucky audition winners" (), along with many others. They then enterred the venue and soon after the security guys lead us to the entrance, too. It was all perfectly well organised. No running at all. So everybody got the spot they "deserved" (I don't like this term, but you get what I wanna say). Was standing almost at the very centre, a little bit more towards the right. The venue then soon was filling up with more and more people and then - in order to get in the Mika gig mood - everyone in the front row started to do the wave... We did it like 20 times in a row and everytime more and more poeple joined in. It looked so beautiful! Even so the show hadn't started yet I was already admiring the set of the arena show live. Looks really impressive! At 8 the supporting act started to play. And I have to say that they are really good. Had had a look (and a listen obviously) at La Patère Rose's myspace before and had already liked it - and they surely DO know how to make people sing and dance along and create a good atmosphere! I really enjoyed it! Btw, I really think he's fit Writing part2 now... Edited May 5, 2010 by mariposa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariposa Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I really LOVED the cd played just before Mika's show started. (the cd/playlist with lots of French stuff on it like Yelle, Camélia Jordana, Michel Sardou - that's the French ones I remeber. Does anybody by any chance remember the other French songs? Really liked the mix.) Ok, so what can I say about the show itself? I love, love, love it! It's live so much better than just watchng vids on yt! I really love the fact that the band has an even more important role in the whole thing now than it has already been the case for the start of this European tour! I just love seeing them all on stage having a good time together! My pix didn't turn out that good, so I'll only post a few in this report...My vids are already in one of my last posts. At the beginning, when Jimmy (? Or who's first on stage, forgot that) sit down on the sofa the lamp fell over - funny moment. And then it was the astronaut's part. Was funny, too to see Mika peeking through the curtain just before he was lift up Anyway, the whole planet/space scenery looks amazing. But you already know that I guess. lol. But it just has to be said. I love all the details, the props, the animation, everything...and the death march also looks a lot better with these "new" characters on stage IMO. Love all the song intros (most of which I filmed). The astronaut has touched ground. Loved seeing it all live! I know it's difficult to rank Mika gigs, but for me this one is definitely in my favourites. The whole atmosphere was great. Not enthousiastic in the beginning, but still great. Mika seemed to be in great spirits as well. Was talking a lot and seemed to be really sincerely happy to be on stage. At one point he thanked everyone for having been so supportive during the French tour. And he also said that it's amazing how much has changed for him and the band members over the last years. I think it was really cute when he asked us to sing Happy b'day to Zuleika Bless her! (and of course Mika had to add that little cheeky comment afterwards that he now wouldn't have to get another pressie for her ) Ida's opera voice is stunning. Had seen her a couple of times before at Mika gigs, but it was all small shows or even acoustic shows like the Comedy Club show. But I think this version of Good gone girl is really genious. I also think it's great that he decided to do a Barbara song cover for the French gigs. Before doing that he said that he was starting now to do songs in French...Really emotionally sung. After Mika had finished "La solitude" he put the strings of the white toyboy on Jimmy's bass who then had him (the toyboy) walk on the floor etc. Very cool! Another thing, the "evolution" of Kick ass being played after the gig is amazing to see. When they first started it the band, big girls and lollipop girls etc had already disappeared way before the middle of the song. And now look what it has become. Was great to see how many people were joining in Martin's and Sunshine's little routine! Well, to cut a long story short, the show was absolutely fantastic! Had a fabulous time singing, dancing - enjoying the moments. It was lovely meeting everyone again and also meeting some for the first time. I just always love the whole socialising/chatting thing around gig. So after the gig I got myself a copy of the tourbook - they are wondeful! So many lovely pix! We were then going outside looking for the backstage entrance/exit. There were only 5 people when we arrived so we already thought that maybe we were waiting at the wrong place, but then some more French fans arrived - but not too many. Altogether we were only s.th. like 25 people. Probably because of the cold/wind. Was freezing and couldn't even bow my fingers properly after a while (should have taken gloves ay)...Was also feeling that I was actually very tired. The big girls, lollipop girls etc soon joined us and soon after that John came and told us that Mika wouldn't be talking because of some voice problems. But somehow he was talking quite a lot during the M&G... Had my tourbook signed and when Tina told him that she had really enjoyed the shw he was suddenly looking at us asking "Where are you from?" She had talked to him in English obviously. So that must be why he asked I think. When I told him that we're from Germany he seemed to be surprised (I added thatStrasbourg is really not that far away from the border - yay, I'm da geography mastah! ha!). But yeah, anyway, don't wanna bore you with the details... But he took his time and singned stuff for everyone. There was a little girl with her grandma who was so happy when she could give him a bag full of presents - that was so cute! All in all it was a great day (I hope that point became clear somehow lol). Really looking forwards to Dammy and Luxembourg now. Yeah, roll on Thursday night and my night train. *the end* (ok, off to bed now, it's way past my bedtime, need to get up in 4:30 hours...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silke Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 thanks for your great pics and lovely words! aah, you make me so excited for friday girls! can´t wait to meet you again! Another thing, the "evolution" of Kick ass being played after the gig is amazing to see. When they first started it the band, big girls and lollipop girls etc had already disappeared way before the middle of the song. And now look what it has become. i love that too. thank god, statue asked yasmin if we could stay during kick ass on stage in munich. was so much fun All in all it was a great day (I hope that point became clear somehow lol). yep, it didn´t sound like boredom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 andy filming fans again i missed that welcome back andy! thanks mariposa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Thanks for the detailed report Mariposaa and thanks everyone for the vids:biggrin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I really LOVED the cd played just before Mika's show started. (the cd/playlist with lots of French stuff on it like Yelle, Camélia Jordana, Michel Sardou - that's the French ones I remeber. Does anybody by any chance remember the other French songs? Really liked the mix.) Ok, so what can I say about the show itself? I love, love, love it! It's live so much better than just watchng vids on yt! I really love the fact that the band has an even more important role in the whole thing now than it has already been the case for the start of this European tour! I just love seeing them all on stage having a good time together! My pix didn't turn out that good, so I'll only post a few in this report...My vids are already in one of my last posts. At the beginning, when Jimmy (? Or who's first on stage, forgot that) sit down on the sofa the lamp fell over - funny moment. And then it was the astronaut's part. Was funny, too to see Mika peeking through the curtain just before he was lift up biggrin2: Anyway, the whole planet/space scenery looks amazing. But you already know that I guess. lol. But it just has to be said. I love all the details, the props, the animation, everything...and the death march also looks a lot better with these "new" characters on stage IMO. Love all the song intros (most of which I filmed). The astronaut has touched ground. Loved seeing it all live! I know it's difficult to rank Mika gigs, but for me this one is definitely in my favourites. The whole atmosphere was great. Not enthousiastic in the beginning, but still great. Mika seemed to be in great spirits as well. Was talking a lot and seemed to be really sincerely happy to be on stage. At one point he thanked everyone for having been so supportive during the French tour. And he also said that it's amazing how much has changed for him and the band members over the last years. I think it was really cute when he asked us to sing Happy b'day to Zuleika :wub2 Bless her! (and of course Mika had to add that little cheeky comment afterwards that he now wouldn't have to get another pressie for her ) Ida's opera voice is stunning. Had seen her a couple of times before at Mika gigs, but it was all small shows or even acoustic shows like the Comedy Club show. But I think this version of Good gone girl is really genious. I also think it's great that he decided to do a Barbara song cover for the French gigs. Before doing that he said that he was starting now to do songs in French...Really emotionally sung. After Mika had finished "La solitude" he put the strings of the white toyboy on Jimmy's bass who then had him (the toyboy) walk on the floor etc. Very cool! Another thing, the "evolution" of Kick ass being played after the gig is amazing to see. When they first started it the band, big girls and lollipop girls etc had already disappeared way before the middle of the song. And now look what it has become. Was great to see how many people were joining in Martin's and Sunshine's little routine! Well, to cut a long story short, the show was absolutely fantastic! Had a fabulous time singing, dancing - enjoying the moments. It was lovely meeting everyone again and also meeting some for the first time. I just always love the whole socialising/chatting thing around gig. So after the gig I got myself a copy of the tourbook - they are wondeful! So many lovely pix! We were then going outside looking for the backstage entrance/exit. There were only 5 people when we arrived so we already thought that maybe we were waiting at the wrong place, but then some more French fans arrived - but not too many. Altogether we were only s.th. like 25 people. Probably because of the cold/wind. Was freezing and couldn't even bow my fingers properly after a while (should have taken gloves ay)...Was also feeling that I was actually very tired. The big girls, lollipop girls etc soon joined us and soon after that John came and told us that Mika wouldn't be talking because of some voice problems. But somehow he was talking quite a lot during the M&G... Had my tourbook signed and when Tina told him that she had really enjoyed the shw he was suddenly looking at us asking "Where are you from?" She had talked to him in English obviously. So that must be why he asked I think. When I told him that we're from Germany he seemed to be surprised (I added thatStrasbourg is really not that far away from the border - yay, I'm da geography mastah! ha!). But yeah, anyway, don't wanna bore you with the details... But he took his time and singned stuff for everyone. There was a little girl with her grandma who was so happy when she could give him a bag full of presents - that was so cute! All in all it was a great day (I hope that point became clear somehow lol). Really looking forwards to Dammy and Luxembourg now. Yeah, roll on Thursday night and my night train. *the end* (ok, off to bed now, it's way past my bedtime, need to get up in 4:30 hours...) The for the report! That shirtless pic w. Mika... HOLY COW! I just got out of bed and that gotta be the best thing to be some of the first things to see... it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Deb Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 The new Show is !!! I love the Set design with the Planets , it´s absolutly amazing. For me is Relax more an opening Song than Rain and I´m happy with it. The Rain Intro is one of the Highlights for me and It is perfect in the middle. The idea with the suitecase is fantastic, esp. the Big Girl Intro is so funny. Then the GGG Intro with Ida, what a voice!!! … Totally agree with you Thanks for you report ! And thanks Mariposa for yours too. I love detailed reports and yours with the pics in it was so nice to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOUCHONNERET Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 thanks nanou for the video of "zuleika's birthday",thanks marion for this sweet report and pics,and thanks everyone for...everything for me,all videos are now on youtube(i just lost the lollipo's video on my computer...),and pics will come later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Oh I am LOVING the picture of Mika in his hoodie As for Zuleika's birthday video, did anyone record this? I did search the thread but couldn't find any evidence, unless I am blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOUCHONNERET Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Oh I am LOVING the picture of Mika in his hoodie As for Zuleika's birthday video, did anyone record this? I did search the thread but couldn't find any evidence, unless I am blind. here line if you want caz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 here line if you want caz Merci beaucoup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina78 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I only film a few bit´s, because I can´t enjoy the Show with the camera in my hand. But I´m working on it. Shooting scene http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/a/u/0/1IlcnPXpUQw Death March http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/a/u/0/nB4tSBPh2Qw Intro Rain http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/a/u/1/4yV7Nwb5pdk Intro GGG http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/u/3/6JMomHFi6sk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanou Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Thank you so much for the vids Tina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pufpuf Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I only film a few bit´s, because I can´t enjoy the Show with the camera in my hand. But I´m working on it. Shooting scene http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/a/u/0/1IlcnPXpUQw Death March http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/a/u/0/nB4tSBPh2Qw Intro Rain http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/a/u/1/4yV7Nwb5pdk Intro GGG http://www.youtube.com/user/brumml1#p/u/3/6JMomHFi6sk Thank U! And thank u every1 for pics and reports too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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