Mika announced on Monday that his show tonight at Hammersmith Apollo as well as tomorrow’s at Brixton Academy have been postponed due to illness. “It is with much regret that I have been forced to postpone my two remaining shows on my UK tour on 3 and 4 December at Hammersmith Apollo and Brixton Academy respectively,” the singer said in his blog at MySpace. “Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew. I thought after last night’s performance I could do the shows but this morning it was obvious I could not proceed. After consulting a specialist, I have been advised to rest my voice for a minimum of 48 hours. If I did not do this I would risk long term damage to my vocal chords. I can only apologize to everyone who has bought a ticket and the inconvenience and disappointment this postponement has caused. We are looking at rescheduling these dates early in the New Year; as soon as we have I will let you all know. Thank you all for your continued support and understanding.”

Mika later wrote in a bulletin to his MySpace friends:

Hello Everybody!

I want to write to everybody that was intending on coming to shows tonight and tomorrow and stress how sorry I am have to postpone at such short notice. I know that a lot of you bought your tickets a long time ago and some of you have even traveled from other countries. I can only imagine how irritating it must feel. We have moved the shows to the 25th February at Hammersmith and 26th at Brixton Academy.

It’s been an incredible few weeks and I want to thank everyone who came to support us. I’d rather be gigging than sitting at home ill but for now I have no choice.

I’ll see you all again soon, that’s for sure.

MIKA

Mika is featured in an interview with AT&T blue room, where the singer talked about finally landing a record deal, the story behind ‘Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)’, ‘Grace Kelly’, ‘Any Other World’ and ‘Billy Brown’, growing up in Beirut, his musical background, taking charge, and more . The three clips, posted Tuesday (September 4), have since been removed from attblueroom.com.

After turning 24 on Saturday (August 18), Mika posted the following message to fans on his blog at Myspace on Tuesday (August 21):

Mika birthday messages…thank you

I want to say thank you for the totally incredible gift that so many of you made for me and to those who put it all together. I was completely surprised to find your massive box in my dressing room at V this weekend. The amount of work put in and the standard of all you drawings, cuttings and designs amazed me. I am really touched by what all of you at MFC have done and want you to know that in no way is it unnoticed or unappreciated. Thank you so much again. Definitely the best birthday gift I’ve ever received. Am writing up a newsletter to let you all know what’s been going on and some of our plans for the next few weeks. So keep posted.

Thank you again and all my love

Mika