Social media hero: Mika drops 25K in London bar on Twitter followers

Pop-star Mika took his Twitter followers in London out for a pint Tuesday, to the tune of £25K.

Just before 11AM, Mika tweeted:

party TONIGHT Ground Floor Bar 186 Portobello Road drinks are on me from 6:30pm SEE YOU THERE x this is for real, no joke

When Mika arrived at Portobello Road’s Ground Floor Bar in London, more than 300 fans had taken his tweet-vite to heart and were ready to take him up on his offer of a pint. Mika said he planned the night out to celebrate the release of his new album We Are Golden, and to thank his fans for “being brilliant.”

After the night out, Mika thanked his fans again, via Twitter:

Thank you so much to all of you who came tonight. That was one the funnest nights in the last few years. You turned the pub into a club. x

So you can add that to the list of stuff Twitter is actually good for… free beer.