MIKA @ Franco Parenti theatre in Milano: pure awesome!
I've been waiting for a looooooong time and finally saturday arrived!!
Report, pics and videos (filmed the whole concert, hihi) beyond the cut.
After going to bed at past 3am the night before (I mean, the morning XD), woke up pretty early for my standard and joined the other MFCers in the queue before 11am and I was #19, which was great considering each row of the venue was made of 28 seats!
It was so good to see all those familiar faces again, and finally meet the new ones (Mana you're a doll
), I sincerely hope to see you all again very soon!!
So, queued a while, waiting for the others to join us and then had lunch all together in a cafeteria few metres from the venue. Came back queuing, chatting here and there. Then at about 6,15pm we were told to queue in order by our number and at 7pm we would get to the ticket desk to get our own tickets and enter the venue.
Once inside I managed to reach exactly the seat I wanted (well, second to the first row
): perfectly central on second row. Nerys got to sit next to me, and I was glad since she was her first gig
Blue Roses was nice, very good singer, just what it needed to get the atmosphere for an acoustic gig.
Then Mika. He got on stage with his band, a very diva entrance, let me say it
After a year without seeing him, it felt almost surreal having him on stage just a few steps from me..surreal. Btw, they all bowed and he sat at his piano and started..Grace Kelly. I thought he would have started with something more quiet like Lady Jane but, apparently he warmed the crowd with something everybody knew, and it immediately got into a fair
, with everybody singin and all.
Then came the turn of Lady Jane, Stuck in the Middle, etc... and we all knew the lyrics, everybody was singing (and screaming non sense
). Acoustic tour? I don't think so
The best imo was Toy Boy: I'm completely in love with that song, and his performance of it and his facial expressions were priceless!! (Jemma, Babs: your laughing ended up in my videos! ROTFL) Love, love it!!
Love the new intro of Big Girl with Dan and Mika making that kind of Thriller dance, awesome!!
He was in a great shape, dancing and singing over the piano, stepping from quiet tunes to the "crazy" ones. SO glad to hear once more Over My Shoulder, with Alexander this time: that guy is incredible (I would love if he'll go on tour with him again), and the song so touching.
During Lollipop at a certain point he gestured the crowd to join him on stage and you could see the pure frenzy
. Horny girls grabbed him by the legs and just couldn't let him go. He then went off, and when he came back I decided to stop recording and to enjoy the show: he sang My Interpretation and then introduced Rain
First time I heard it live, so I started recording again
. Amazing.
Then I think they bowed and went off again, and the crowd called "MIKA" back again, and he returned for an encore, singin Relax, half acoustic half normal, saying that it was only the second time he sang it and everytime was an experiment. And then it was over.
So, this is pretty much it.
I was overwhelmed the whole time, I couldn't believe it.
After the show, the theatre guys told us to get out cause Mika would exit the other way (as if it was such a secret!
), and when we exit there was a huge line waiting for the autographs and stuff. Crazyness. He came out not long after, like half an hour (?) later. People are crazy. When he was at almost the end of the queue (we're talking about 200 people), those who already got their moment moved back to get something else, someone almost jumped on him and someone even pushed him. I'm speechless and disgusted in front of such rudeness
The top was when he was getting into the van they kept screaming (in italian) "you're hot" and stuff like that (very, very horny). Pff!
Anyway it was a great night, at least for me. Said goodnight to those leaving and with Betta, Matt, Robi (+ son), Allegra and Nerys went for a chat and an ice cream
I wanna go back on tour again. Seriously. I miss all this, I've been missing it for so much..!
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Setlist (in order):
Grace Kelly
Lady Jane
Stuck in the Middle
Blue Eyes
Toy Boy
Billy Brown
Good Gone Girl
Over My Shoulder
Big Girl
Love Today
Blame It on the Girls, Blame It on the Boys
Happy Ending
(trash can dance + I Want You Back intro) Lollipop
My Interpretation
Rain
Relax
VIDEOS:
(the new tracks in bold)
Grace Kelly
Lady Jane
Stuck in the Middle
Blue Eyes
Toy Boy
Billy Brown
Good Gone Girl
Over My Shoulder
Big Girl
Love Today
Blame It on the Girls, Blame It on the Boys
Happy Ending
(trash can dance + I Want You Back intro) Lollipop
Rain
Relax
PICS:
(only these ones, cause I was busy recording XD )
Report, pics and videos (filmed the whole concert, hihi) beyond the cut.
After going to bed at past 3am the night before (I mean, the morning XD), woke up pretty early for my standard and joined the other MFCers in the queue before 11am and I was #19, which was great considering each row of the venue was made of 28 seats!
It was so good to see all those familiar faces again, and finally meet the new ones (Mana you're a doll
), I sincerely hope to see you all again very soon!!
So, queued a while, waiting for the others to join us and then had lunch all together in a cafeteria few metres from the venue. Came back queuing, chatting here and there. Then at about 6,15pm we were told to queue in order by our number and at 7pm we would get to the ticket desk to get our own tickets and enter the venue.
Once inside I managed to reach exactly the seat I wanted (well, second to the first row
): perfectly central on second row. Nerys got to sit next to me, and I was glad since she was her first gig
Blue Roses was nice, very good singer, just what it needed to get the atmosphere for an acoustic gig.
Then Mika. He got on stage with his band, a very diva entrance, let me say it
After a year without seeing him, it felt almost surreal having him on stage just a few steps from me..surreal. Btw, they all bowed and he sat at his piano and started..Grace Kelly. I thought he would have started with something more quiet like Lady Jane but, apparently he warmed the crowd with something everybody knew, and it immediately got into a fair
, with everybody singin and all.
Then came the turn of Lady Jane, Stuck in the Middle, etc... and we all knew the lyrics, everybody was singing (and screaming non sense
). Acoustic tour? I don't think so
The best imo was Toy Boy: I'm completely in love with that song, and his performance of it and his facial expressions were priceless!! (Jemma, Babs: your laughing ended up in my videos! ROTFL) Love, love it!!
Love the new intro of Big Girl with Dan and Mika making that kind of Thriller dance, awesome!!
He was in a great shape, dancing and singing over the piano, stepping from quiet tunes to the "crazy" ones. SO glad to hear once more Over My Shoulder, with Alexander this time: that guy is incredible (I would love if he'll go on tour with him again), and the song so touching.
During Lollipop at a certain point he gestured the crowd to join him on stage and you could see the pure frenzy
. Horny girls grabbed him by the legs and just couldn't let him go. He then went off, and when he came back I decided to stop recording and to enjoy the show: he sang My Interpretation and then introduced Rain
First time I heard it live, so I started recording again
. Amazing.
Then I think they bowed and went off again, and the crowd called "MIKA" back again, and he returned for an encore, singin Relax, half acoustic half normal, saying that it was only the second time he sang it and everytime was an experiment. And then it was over.
So, this is pretty much it.
I was overwhelmed the whole time, I couldn't believe it.
After the show, the theatre guys told us to get out cause Mika would exit the other way (as if it was such a secret!
), and when we exit there was a huge line waiting for the autographs and stuff. Crazyness. He came out not long after, like half an hour (?) later. People are crazy. When he was at almost the end of the queue (we're talking about 200 people), those who already got their moment moved back to get something else, someone almost jumped on him and someone even pushed him. I'm speechless and disgusted in front of such rudeness
The top was when he was getting into the van they kept screaming (in italian) "you're hot" and stuff like that (very, very horny). Pff!
Anyway it was a great night, at least for me. Said goodnight to those leaving and with Betta, Matt, Robi (+ son), Allegra and Nerys went for a chat and an ice cream
I wanna go back on tour again. Seriously. I miss all this, I've been missing it for so much..!
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Setlist (in order):
Grace Kelly
Lady Jane
Stuck in the Middle
Blue Eyes
Toy Boy
Billy Brown
Good Gone Girl
Over My Shoulder
Big Girl
Love Today
Blame It on the Girls, Blame It on the Boys
Happy Ending
(trash can dance + I Want You Back intro) Lollipop
My Interpretation
Rain
Relax
VIDEOS:
(the new tracks in bold)
Grace Kelly
Lady Jane
Stuck in the Middle
Blue Eyes
Toy Boy
Billy Brown
Good Gone Girl
Over My Shoulder
Big Girl
Love Today
Blame It on the Girls, Blame It on the Boys
Happy Ending
(trash can dance + I Want You Back intro) Lollipop
Rain
Relax
PICS:
(only these ones, cause I was busy recording XD )