The Top Floor Flat

The iTunes Live music festival at the Roundhouse sees a series of top name artists performing throughout the month of July. Tickets are free – provided you can win them from the random drawing – and on 31 July for the last concert in the series, I had a chance to go see Mika live.

Possibly one of the most twee pop singers of the age, Mika is all kinds of ear candy with a range like Freddy Mercury and a series of self-affirming feel good songs that are just as likely to make you want to dance around on rainbows as drown some kittens depending on your tastes. The people in my office certainly tended to fall in the later group and got a kick out of harassing me for my fangirl feelings towards the pop star but after convincing my friend Kate to come along with me I was on my way to the Roundhouse in London for the intimate show.

We arrived just after the first act, which was fine by me, and managed to work our way to the centre of the room for Mika’s opening performance, a brand new song and his first new single in quite some time.  The entire concert was televised on ITV and here is a sneak peek of his new single (Bonus points if you can spot me in the crowd! Don’t look too hard, I couldn’t find me either.):

Mika is about as camp and theatrical as a performer can get – which fits perfectly with his songs and fat-girl favourite “Big Girl, You are Beautiful” (well known from teenage slumber parties and the Ugly Betty soundtrack) saw a thunderstorm of glitter, strobe lights and sparkly umbrellas take over the stage. Overall it was a fantastically fun performace, a great chance to see a singer I really enjoy and a great way to end a really busy week.

Now I’m off to go dance on some rainbows.