Live Parc des Princes Paris

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Live Parc des Princes Paris
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Released10 November 2008
Recorded4 July 2008
Venue Parc des Princes
Genre
Length145 minutes approx.
Label
Director Russell Thomas
Producer Julie Jakobek
Mika chronology
Live in Cartoon Motion
(2007)
Live Parc des Princes Paris
(2008)

Live Parc des Princes Paris (2008) is Mika's second live DVD. [1] It is a one-off stadium show with a crowd of 55,000 recorded at Paris on 4 July 2008. The DVD also features a documentary following the initial idea of the show through to the production. In Bonus Features it includes the music video for the song "Lollipop", a live performance of "Grace Kelly" and the making-of the design and others in the show.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro"  
2."Relax, Take It Easy" 
3."Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"Mika 
4."My Interpretation"
  • Mika
  • Jodi Marr
  • Richie Supa
 
5."Billy Brown"Mika 
6."Holy Johnny"Mika 
7."Any Other World"Mika 
8."Ring Ring"
  • Mika
  • Marr
 
9."Stuck in the Middle"Mika 
10."Rain"
  • Mika
  • Marr
 
11."Just Can't Get Enough"Vincent Clarke 
12."Happy Ending"Mika 
13."Love Today"Mika 
14."Grace Kelly"
  • Mika
  • Dan Warner
  • John Merchant
  • Marr
 
15."Animal Play" (Teddy Bears' Picnic) John W. Bratton  
16."Lollipop"Mika 
17."Grace Kelly" (acoustic)
  • Mika
  • Warner
  • Merchant
  • Marr
 
18."Relax, Take It Easy" (rave)
  • Mika
  • Eede
 
Bonus features
No.TitleLength
1."Making of the Parc des Princes Show" (documentary) 
2."Lollipop" (video) 
3."Grace Kelly" (live from Jools Holland's Hootenanny , 31 December 2007) 

Release and DVD information

The DVD was released on 10 November 2008 in the UK and Europe and 16 December 2008 in the USA. . The DVD was available for pre-order since 21 October in several online stores. The official release date was confirmed on Mika's online blog; There he gave the cover and the video preview that can be seen on YouTube. It has been released on DVD in a standard case with a small booklet of art and photos and on Deluxe DVD with a hard cover and larger booklet of photos and artwork. It has also been released on Blu-ray, not like Mika's first video album which was only released in DVD.

The DVD was set to have two live presentations from the V Festival, but after the DVD was officially released no performances from the V Festival were included. The DVD also has subtitles of the concert in several languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and German.

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