The band's forte is their raw performance intensity. One could really see how much care and love the band put into their musicianship. Some complaints could be heard, since they seemed to ignore the audience during their songs; mostly people excited about Mika.

Their music itself was full of lush symphonic melodies, ripping rifts, and chordic complexities akin to other bands such as Radiohead and Coldplay. The joyful pop hit "Change for You" is a majestic creation, whose unpolished falsetto harmonies make it a true pop hit. "A Million Fireflies" is plays like a seductive temptress that draws you in with haunting vocals and then slams you hard full of sex between the guitar and keyboard.

While their performance style and musicianship were top-notch the repetitiveness of their songs, being a simple abab format, seemed to sooth the crowd into a drunken stupor, causing the audience to pay more attention to their conversations then the performance at hand. Even so, their placement as Mika's opening act was masterful. It played a perfect counter to Mika's more fantastical performance later in the evening. Great things can be predicted in the future for The Midway State.

Mika was spectacle of wonderment and high energy which makes for one of the best and just plain fun concerts on the circuit. His set featured hits such as the smooth disco-pop hit "Take it Easy", the scandalous and quirky tale of "Billy Brown", and his bust out single "Grace Kelly", which is up for an award at the Brit Awards.

Not to leave the audience without a proper encore Mika ended his show with loads of confetti, giant balloon balls, animal costumes and a shadow puppet marionette show, culminating in his cult hit "Lollipop". The Midway State and Mika started off their tour with a bang and it can only get better from here on out. So grab your tickets or do whatever you can to get them for this is definitely not a concert to miss.