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He's new to the Enfoirés band, that's what she means... And it's said with affection

I really hoped he could take part in this demonstration. I knew he would like to, but didn't know what his schedule was today. I'm very happy and proud that he went there. I would have gone too if I had been in Paris. My brother is covering this event for a TV channel but my dream of him interviewing Mika didn't come true this time On another note I'm very glad he's part of the Enfoirés now, I think he'll have fun there

No, just that it will be between 6 and 16 June

Any news on this front? I hope TTel20 got to see him yesterday and will tell us more about it!

Well if it's confirmed the one in Rouen should be a Mika only gig, and it is said to be a free one

Sorry I didn't see your question! Yes it was this screen and you could choose Rai Uno at the top...

I'm watching here http://www.web-tivu.com/

It works for me, thanks a lot

Mika is also announced at the Armada festival in Rouen (Normandy) in June in several articles from today http://haute-normandie.france3.fr/2013/01/24/mika-nolwenn-leroy-et-amadou-et-mariam-l-armada-rouen-187339.html

Ninie tweeted about this. Apparently he climbed up to 4300m at -25°C, and most of the crew was sick so he came down by helicopter. I'm just rewriting what I've read, I know nothing more!

It's a show called 'Vous êtes en direct', talking about X Factor now

I've read on Twitter he has said he didn't enjoy his holidays Well if he really did lose his Iphone and Ipad I understand him...

Wow that's cool! I'll try to help..

At 8.35pm (that's 7.35pm UK and Portugal time )

Thanks for posting! Very good news, good to know he's still doing promo

It's every night from tomorrow to Monday; but all the artists may not be there at all shows. The recorded shows are the ones on Sunday and Monday. Oh and they usually broadcast it in March

I've just seen a tweet thanks to Melgine that the radio station RTL talked about this too. You're right it's still a rumour at this point but as he will be in Paris this Thursday I can easily believe he will take part. 3 years ago there were rumours about this too and I asked him through a radio show Q&A if it was true. He didn't know who they were at the time but seemed interested. I remember he was interested in their cover of EMD when he heard about it in the Autumn, I think.

Unfortunately this show is not on TF1 anymore... It's on NRJ12. I'm not sure about this show (as you say, cough cough ) but it will be so nice to see him again!

I chose Origin of Love, Overrated and Un Soleil Mal Luné. 3 very different songs, but 3 songs I'm completely addicted to. It was a hard choice though and I struggled to make my decision except for Origin of Love, obvious to me when I look at how often I listen to it...

Sorry I was talking about France, I'm not sure about Italy even if we know he has a solid fanbase there. Maybe the other Italian fans will be able to tell you if it was sold out. Good for you that you heard about the gig in time! You mean in France? If so here they are The Fame 620.000 Born This Way 190.000 (Yes Mika is a bigger seller than Lady Gaga) Now I'm not sure about the rest, I also find remix albums and stuff. I don't know much about Gaga's work but I don't think I should count them in these sales.

LICM sold 1.200.000 copies and TBWKTM 350.000. But it's always been seen as exceptional in these times of crisis, so maybe 71.000 in 4 months isn't that bad I agree with Sephira about the tour not being promoted AT ALL, but it was sold out This is good news If he promotes a potential next tour better, he will be able to sell out large venues.

I didn't think it was possible to be awarded Platinum when the actual sales are 70.000 copies. So I thought he sold more, but the comments on there proved me wrong. I've learnt a lot reading the comments to this article. Not everything might be true, but it seems to be coming from people who are aware of what is happening in the music industry. Regarding promo, I think that from the point of view of a Mika fan, especially a non-French one, Mika has spent a lot of time promoting the album in France. But if I try to have a view from 'outside', we haven't seen that much of him. If you weren't on the right channel/station at the right time, it was very easy to miss news about his new album. I don't really think he lacked promo. I'm more on the side of those saying (either here on MFC or below this particular article) that the chosen singles were not the best ones to promote TOOL. It seems obvious to a lot of people that Stardust was the right choice. I think LYWID could be successful too. Someone on that site mentioned Karen too. But as you say, the best single was EMD but we don't even get the feeling that it's part of TOOL. Someone on there is saying that the record company makes money as long as 50.000 copies are sold. If it's true then I think they are not too unhappy about the sales. Also, earlier I wrote about TOOL being a flop but if I read more carefully they are rather putting it in the disappointment category. One last thing; a few users on that site are implying that Mika refused to do more promo in France (because he's too full of himself :rolls_eyes: ) so it's his fault if TOOL doesn't sell well...

I think we finally have the correct sales figures for France. Unfortunately it is to be found in an article about flops this year. They consider TOOL as a flop taking into account Mika's huge popularity with LICM http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-83597.html?p=6 So it's 71.000 copies sold; he got Platinum because 100.000 have been shipped but not all sold. Also, most people commenting on this article are saying that Mika lacked promo this time.

This is truly awesome. Member #20! You really are the base of this fan club. Happy anniversary to you too then