I travelled to Paris with my family so I had a seated place. The Citizens opened and had a good energy. Then the Mika show started and I loved it how surprised and excited my 12 year old son was when he heard the medley and saw the Heaven sign coming down. Mika came on stage and sounded a bit sore throat but still fine and I felt relieved and started to enjoy the show.

The audience standing in front of me was enthusiastic and knew the songs but the crowd sitting around the venue looked a bit lame just like in Milan earlier this tour. People were watching and obviously enjoying but didn’t seem to know Mika’s new music properly and many of them had probably bought their tickets after seeing him on television and not because of the new album. The seated area was mostly sitting and not dancing or participating until the later part of the show so I had to sit and watch as well instead of partying along.

I was observing my family to see their response and to my surprise they sat and looked somehow shocked during the whole performance but told later they had loved everything they saw. I guess everything happening on stage was simply too much to handle and took all their attention. I basically knew what to expect but still found several little surprises here and there. So many new details added again, I loved it and find it amazing how the show has evolved during the tour!

The crowd knew the old hits and was thrilled about Grace Kelly and Relax but lived along also some newer songs like Talk About You. However, some other new songs would have deserved much better response than they got. Promiseland was absolutely perfect, it seems to get better and better every time I hear it, but was still undervalued by the seated crowd which made me frustrated in the middle of the area.

I was sitting so far back that I couldn’t feel the usual energy. However, it was obvious Mika was seriously making an effort with his performance wanting to end his tour in France with an especially good gig and he managed to do well indeed. The show was fabulous and impressed me once again even though I had already seen the full setting several times during the tour.

I absolutely loved it how everything worked on stage and how nicely and smoothly every detail followed each other and how the whole stage was used for the setting. My youngest son could seemingly appreciate the impressive setting with the caravan, globe, gate, background and the light show so I’m glad we saw the full stage in Paris before the smaller London show (which, as an experience, was super magical and precious to me).

I was excited to hear how Grace Kelly was started in a new, harder way and loved Boum Boum Boum and Mika focusing on the song again. Felt happy and carefree during Good Wife, energised by Talk About You and a bit sad as soon as Relax started because it’s personally important to me. I pushed the feeling away and really enjoyed Promiseland and loved loved loved Last Party which, again, made me a bit melancholic. I could feel the audience’s excitement during Love Today and adored the rock star style beginning definitely at least as much as my family who saw everything with their fresh eyes.

I missed a few details and changes during the show simply because I was too far away and for that reason couldn’t see any facial expressions. I was blinded by the beautiful magnificent globe, my favourite part of the set and couldn’t help but explaining and pointing to my son how it’s specially made and covered by crystals and, like the rest of the set, must have been expensive. The Paris show ended and we could hear the new dance version of Hurts played on the background, I loved it and started to hope we could hear it live in London.