My name is Alyssa Edwards…and I need a- I need a- I need a get all up in this Blackpool gig!

Hey readers and welcome back to MikeyMix! As you know I am quite the fan of hit reality competition show: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and I have had the honour of seeing one of my season 9 favourites (Aja) blow-up a small stage…

I have once again been in touch with new and upcoming, drag queen specialist, events promoter team ‘Connor Matthew Productions’ and it’s safe to say they: “have not come to play, they’ve came to SLAY!!!” (to loosely quote Shea Couleé).

As the title of this blog post suggests: the team over at ‘Connor Matthew Productions’ have booked the sensational, exceptional, mega talented tongue pop and lip sync extraordinaire: MISS ALYSSA EDWARDS!!

Safe to say: I am GAGGING!!

For those readers who don’t watch ‘Drag Race’: Alyssa Edwards shot to fame in season 5 of the hit show (many would argue this is one of the best seasons of the show as it really set the bar for future seasons) and finished 6th after losing out to a lip sync battle with her (at the time) rival, Coco Montrese.

Alyssa quickly became a loved fan favourite and so was invited back to compete on the second series of ‘Drag Race’ spin-off: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars’ in which she finished 5th place…BUT….she did give us one of the most memorable lip sync performances in ‘Drag Race’ herstory!!!!

Being honest: I STILL watch this iconic performance on YouTube…too good!

Alyssa will be performing at the ‘KLUBLAND’ nightclub in Blackpool, UK on Monday September 4.

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Show Times:

Doors Open: 8PM

Meet & Greet: 9:30PM

Performance: 10:30PM [OPENING ACT]

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Ticket Prices:

The event organisers are offering three types of ticket for this event:

Standard Entry – £20

Meet & Greet – £30 [INC: Entry to the show and photo opportunity with Alyssa]

VIP – £40 [INC: Entry to show, photo-op with Alyssa and signed photo of Alyssa]

TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED DIRECT FROM EVENTZILLA AND ARE AVAILABLE VIA THIS LINK: TICKETS HERE

**TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY TO ACT QUICK TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT AS THIS SHOW IS LIKELY TO SELL OUT**

***ENTRY TO THE SHOW IS STRICTLY 18+ SO PLEASE BRING I.D. ON THE NIGHT AS FAILURE TO PROVIDE COULD RESULT IN YOUR ACCESS BEING REVOKED***

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Hopefully you all come to the show (I will be in attendance and will be vlogging the event for my YouTube channel: linked here) however…I’ve saved the best announcement for last…

‘Connor Matthew Productions’ are running an exclusive event on their facebook page in which they are giving fans the opportunity to win a PAIR OF VIP TICKETS for the event!!

They are offering TWO pairs of tickets and all you have to do is: like, comment and share a specific post on their page: THE COMPETITION POST CAN BE FOUND HERE.

The winner of the competition will be announced August 11 so what’re you waiting for?!?!

In the words of RuPaul herself:

I am super pumped for this event as I just know Alyssa is going to BRING IT!!

Until next time guys: stay safe, be happy and keep on jammin’!!

-Mikey

 

Madame Royale will you take the scousers to church?! – ANNOUNCEMENT

Hey guys!!! Welcome back to MikeyMix!! As a few of you may recall, a couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the Aja and Farrah Moan gig that was held at the ‘KLUBLAND’ Bar in Blackpool, UK.

Since I attended this gig (and had an excellent time, it’s safe to say the girls definitely delivered!), the kind people over at ‘KLUBKIDS UK’ (a company which specialises in bringing the drag artists of America to the UK) have invited me to the Latrice Royale gig at ‘Heaven Nightclub’, for those unaware ‘Heaven’ is an immensely popular nightclub in my hometown of Liverpool.

For those who aren’t fans of drag race; Latrice Royale, is an all time fan favourite having won over our hearts on season four of the hit show (unfortunately she didn’t win but that didn’t stop her from going on to have an excellent career!) and was invited to compete again in the first season of Drag Race spin-off ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars’ in which she and drag race alumni Manila Luzon competed together following the “double-up” twist.

Latrice will be appearing in ‘Heaven Nightclub’ on Sunday August 20 and tickets (whilst still available) can be purchased by visiting the following link: TICKETS HERE

Show Times:

Doors open: 8PM

Show Time: 9PM

Meet & Greet: After conclusion of show

(TIMES ARE CONDITIONAL)

Ticket Prices:

• STANDARD SHOW ENTRY – £10 (WITH A £1.21 BOOKING FEE)

• VIP MEET & GREEN (GIVES HOLDERS ENTRY TO THE EVENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LATRICE AFTER THE SHOW) – £35 (WITH A £2.76 BOOKING FEE)

After the show I will upload a vlog of my experience onto my YouTube channel (MikeyMixTV) if you haven’t subscribed already be sure to as this vlog (which will include an interview with Royale herself is not to be missed!!).

The gig is definitely going to be amazing as Latrice Royale is one hell of a performer and knows what the fans want: if I can get her to say the iconic line, “get those nuts away from my face” on camera I will die happy!! Hope to see some of you there, until next time: stay safe, be happy and keep on jammin!

-Mikey

FINAL BIT: THE EVENT HAS A STRICT 18+ POLICY SO PLEASE ENSURE ID IS TAKEN WITH YOU AS YOU MAY BE REFUSED ENTRY TO THE EVENT IF YOU CANNOT PRODUCE IT.

 

 

COME ON BLACKPOOL LET’S GET SICKENING!!…..(& life update!!)

Hello everyone…welcome back to MikeyMix!! Hope you’re all well and haven’t missed me too much (I know I said I’d be blogging a lot more now that I’m off university for summer and I apologise for not keeping up with my end of the promise)!

For today’s post I will be catching up with you all and then announcing an event I have very kindly been granted access to attend!

So, as you all know I’ve been doing a lot on my YouTube channel (MikeyMixTV linked here) and recently I achieved my first subscriber milestone: although hitting 50 subscribers seem’s like nothing to most people to me I’m really proud because it is hard trying to get noticed on YouTube when you live so far away from London and have other commitments in life (university, general life and of course part time work).

I’ve also started live streaming on YouNow (follow me @MikeyMixTV!) and I honestly love it! I don’t know why people would enjoy just watching me chat to my phone whilst sitting on the couch but weirdly people really seem to like it, me and my personality!

Now on to the announcement: if you don’t recognise the quote briefly referenced within the title of the post it’s from a little show entitled: RuPaul’s Drag Race. For those unaware the show is reality television competition in which female impersonators compete against each other in order to win a cash prize of $100,000 and the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” (honestly I think the easiest way to describe the show would be to say: “It’s like America’s Next Top Model meets Project Runway meets Lip Sync Battle but with drag queens”).

The show has recently completed its 9th season and since it’s launch in 2009 the show has went on to become quite a hit and has developed a devote cult following because of this a number of contestants have reached great levels of fame and acclaim.

Two fan favourites from this season (whom unfortunately didn’t win), Farrah Moan (left) and Aja (right) will be visiting ‘KLUBLAND’ (a bar in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK) on July 9. Fans of the show will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to either see the girls perform, those wanting to meet the girls and have a professional photograph taken to commemorate the occasion are also welcome to purchase a “Meet & Greet” ticket.

The event will be hosted by two UK based entertainers, both of whom have quite stellar careers!: Silver Summers (best known for her appearances in television series ‘Drag Queens of London’) and The Vivienne (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Ambassador).

Thanks to the kind people over at “Connor Matthew Productions” (organisers of the event) I’ll be attending the event along with 3 of my friends. I’m hoping to make a vlog of the event (which will be uploaded directly to my YouTube channel shortly after the event) and will be conducting several live streams throughout the night.

Tickets for the event are still available and can be purchased here

Ticket Prices:

Standard Entry [show only]: £20 (and a £1.83 booking fee)

Meet and Greet [includes show, meeting with the girls and professional photo]: £30 (and a £2.45 booking fee)

(PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are subject to availability)

I’M BACK!!!!!

Hello everyone and welcome back to a new and improved MikeyMix!!!

After (what seems like) a long absence I am happy to announce that I am returning from retirement and bringing you all lots more blog posts!!

Although music will forever remain my passion I am pleased to announce that we are undergoing a “revamp”, the revamp is inspired by my recent love for making YouTube videos and thus I will still be reviewing music but I’ll also be dabbling in many other genres of blog post!!

For those who aren’t aware: I currently make YouTube videos (its an attempt to expand the MikeyMix “brand”) and my channel can be found by simply searching “MikeyMixTV”.

In other (more cheesier, some would argue cringier) news: I recently joined Musical.ly! Feel free to follow me my username is @MikeyMixTV!!

Sometime today I will be writing up my review of ‘Swish Swish’ by Katy Perry & Nicki Minaj so look forward to that!

So until next time guys: stay safe, be happy and keep on jammin’!!!

-Mikey

 

Katy Perry: “Bon Appétit” – REVIEW

Good evening readers…welcome to MikeyMix! It’s been a while since I properly blogged and the reason for that is I have developed a new love for creating YouTube videos.

I want to share these videos with you fine readers whom have been there for me since day one and instead of writing up some of my usual reviews for tracks I’m going to show you my reaction!!!

Linked below is my reaction video to ‘Bon Appétit’ the latest single from Katy Perry, ENJOY!!!

Until next time: stay safe, be happy and keep on jamming!!

-Mikey

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ANNOUNCEMENT: YouTube Channel!!!

Good morning everyone…welcome to MikeyMix! This blog post is going to be very short but I’m just making it to let you all know I’ve recently started a YouTube channel!

The channel itself doesn’t have a specific genre so there’s something for everyone. 

The reason I made a channel is to attract a new form of audience and get the MikeyMix brand on another distribution channel.

I’ll link my first three videos below, any and all feedback is welcome and it would be highly appreciated if you could like and comment on the video and maybe even subscribe to the channel?

Until next time: stay safe, be happy and keep on jamming!!

-Mikey

Twintwo – “Twinwho?” EP – REVIEW

Good evening readers…welcome to MikeyMix! Today’s blog post will be a review on ‘Twinwho?’, the sophomore EP by new and upcoming British rap-artist Robert Winterburn aka Twintwo.

As this is quite a long review I will include a “Read More” link below:

Once the Vlogging Stops: Insomnia60 MY EXPERIENCE

Good morning again readers, welcome to today’s second blog post: as promised in my review of ‘The Cure’ by Lady Gaga (which can be found here) I am going to be discussing my experience at yesterday’s Insomnia60 Gaming Festival.

As I believe in fairness I am going to be discussing all the positives and the negatives of the event, I’m expecting this post to be quite a long one so I’ll include a read more link below, however I do recommend reading because it’s going to be good and will definitely be quite eye-opening to some readers.

Lady Gaga: “The Cure” – REVIEW

Good morning readers!! Welcome to MikeyMix, I hope you’re all having a lovely Easter as my weekend has certainly been a good one! I attended Insomnia60 Gaming Festival yesterday and it was such a fun experience (expect a juicy blog post to follow about that as A LOT happened and it was eye-opening….) and now following on from her performance at Coachella Music Festival last night my idol, Lady Gaga, has released a new track!!!

The track is entitled: ‘The Cure’ and it is a feel-good anthem created by Gaga and longtime collaborator and friend DJ White Shadow. The 3 minute 31 second track is exactly what the world needed: a bit of “old Gaga” (that’s not to say that I didn’t adore ‘Joanne’ because I did it’s one of my favourite albums ever made) – the track gives me some serious ‘The Fame’ vibes with a bit of ‘Fashion of His Love’ thrown in.

The beat of the track isn’t overproduced which means Gaga‘s vocals are free to excel (and trust me, they do!), personally I can see this track being a huge summer bop but it will definitely always remain a fan favourite because behind the feel-good sound the track has such a deep, deep message. A message which the world definitely needs right now.

Overall I’ll be giving this track a 4 out of 5 star rating: I’ve had this track on repeat all morning and I fall in love with it with every play, I’d say “welcome back Gaga” but this time she never left, she has once again proven that 2017 is HER year and personally I cannot wait to see her slay the stage in October during the ‘Joanne World Tour’.

‘The Cure’ is available for purchase on iTunes and can be streamed on all music streaming platforms: Apple Music, Tidal and Spotify.

Until next time: stay safe, be happy and keep on jamming!!

-Mikey

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I’M HEADING TO INSOMNIA60!!!

Good afternoon readers!! Welcome to MikeyMix! This blog post is going to be very short and very sweet, if you’ve read the title of this blog post or my review on ‘Still Got Time’ by ZAYN, then you’ll already be aware that I am heading to Birmingham tomorrow (Saturday April 15th) to check out Insomnia60 Gaming Festival.

I’m hoping to run FIVE stories for the event: ‘Going Viral: The Rise of YouTube Gaming Stardom’ (working title), ‘A World Within Our Own: The Advancement of Virtual Reality’ (again, another working title), ‘Insomnia60: The MikeyMix Experience ft Dan’s Cam’ (Daniel is my little brother whom will be coming to the event with me, he’s a huge gamer so it would’ve been foolish for me not to bring him), ‘Insomnia60: What The Fan’s Think’ and finally ‘How To Survive: Insomnia60’ (a new series I’m thinking of running is a ‘How To Surive…’ series in which I basically discuss how to fully enjoy specific events).

Minecraft YouTuber/cover artist TheOrionSound and a representative from VR developers Coatsink have very kindly agreed to speak to me during the event (very excited for that as I love conducting a good interview), if anyone reading this wants to come and have a chat for me to be involved in some of the posts I’ve got planned feel free to! It doesn’t matter whether you’re a YouTuber (no matter how big or small), gamer or just a general attendee come say hello and I’ll gladly hear what you have to say (I’ll be sporting a very fashionable “Press” pass so you shouldn’t miss me!).

Don’t forget to follow me on instagram: @MikeyMixBlog and feel free to add me on Snapchat ‘mikeymixblog’ were I’ll be documenting the entire event tomorrow!

So until next time: stay safe, be happy and keep on jamming!!

-Mikey