Live Parc des Princes Paris
| Live Parc des Princes Paris | ||||
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| Released | 10 November 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 4 July 2008 | |||
| Venue | Parc des Princes | |||
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| Length | 145 minutes approx. | |||
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| Director | Russell Thomas | |||
| Producer | Julie Jakobek | |||
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Live Parc des Princes Paris is the second live DVD by British singer-songwriter Mika.[1] It is a one-off stadium show with a crowd of 55,000 recorded in Paris on 4 July 2008. The DVD also features a documentary following the initial idea of the show through to the production, directed by Joe Kane. 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.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 2:30 | |
| 2. | "Relax, Take It Easy" |
| 7:31 |
| 3. | "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" | Mika | 12:57 |
| 4. | "My Interpretation" |
| 16:41 |
| 5. | "Billy Brown" | Mika | 19:58 |
| 6. | "Holy Johnny" | Mika | 25:41 |
| 7. | "Any Other World" | Mika | 30:03 |
| 8. | "Ring Ring" |
| 33:52 |
| 9. | "Stuck in the Middle" | Mika | 41:24 |
| 10. | "Rain" |
| 44:33 |
| 11. | "Just Can't Get Enough" | Vincent Clarke | 50:15 |
| 12. | "Happy Ending" | Mika | 55:11 |
| 13. | "Love Today" | Mika | 1:06:06 |
| 14. | "Grace Kelly" |
| 1:10:21 |
| 15. | "Animal Play" (Teddy Bears' Picnic) | John W. Bratton | 1:12:08 |
| 16. | "Lollipop" | Mika | 1:17:59 |
| 17. | "Grace Kelly" (acoustic) |
| 1:21:21 |
| 18. | "Relax, Take It Easy" (rave) |
| 1:29:25 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 US. . 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.