I couldn’t wait the Brussels show to start. Forest National was one of the biggest venues of the tour and had a big enough stage for the whole new setting. I could see it for the third time and it looked gorgeous! No balloons or confetti, just the beautiful stage design. The caravan is extremely clever and I was happy to be in front of it to see it properly and tried to carefully focus on the beginning and No Place On Heaven which was absolutely lovely and made me want to hear more of it.

There were already some little changes and new details added to some of the songs. This is why I love doing several gigs during the tour, the show evolves during just a few weeks. Mika started Grace Kelly slowly with Max and Relax was different than it usually is. Promiseland is like a different song performed live. There’s not the same determination we can hear in the album version but that doesn’t mean it’s not good, it’s just different and also getting better gig after gig. I love the dance part and the audience in Brussels gave it a good response. Boum Boum Boum was entertaining as always and because we were in a French speaking country we heard also L’amour which is actually a very funny song, I’m liking the live version more and more.

The audience was generally very good and Mika seemed to be in a good mood. The energy felt very real and people were happy and smiling after the show. Fabulous, creative setting and beautiful, addictive new songs. The setlist is long and that way of course also difficult for Mika to sing. The guy in a couple of pics is the one who designed the set from Studio Job, he was a guest on stage.