Madonna’s European HOLIDA-AY

TRACK 06
Music
TOUR CITY Frankfurt
STOP THE BUS FOR the Cocoon Club

This is the dance floor for Madge to really strutt her stuff. Every square inch of this 2,695m2 uber-club deserves comment because it’s design Viagra. Snaking around the space is a 100m-long membrane wall with flickering holograms. Then there’s the sci-fistyled pulpit from which the DJ can help Madge work up a sweat. A VIP lounge can accomodate Gwinnie, Stella and Guy, but the best spots are 13 cocoon-like pods that line the walls. Madonna’s dance CV means we should be in for some serious moves. A former cheerleader, she won a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan after high school, then moved to New York to work at Dunkin’ Donuts and dance in clubs. “It was the first time I’d ever taken a plane, the first time I’d ever gotten a taxi cab. I came here with $35 in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I’d ever done,” she said.

21 CARL BENZ STRASSE, TEL: +49 6990 0200, WWW.COCOONCLUB.NET
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TRACK 07
What It Feels Like For A Girl
TOUR CITY Frankfurt
STOP THE BUS FOR lingerie at Yoba

With such a super-hot bod Madonna loves to play dress-ups in some of the world’s hottest corsetry and lingerie, and there’s no better place to stock up than Yoba. There are cute satin panties with peepholes and Swarovski crystalstudded riding crops to accessorise with. If she swings by on Thursday nights there’s a womenonly champagne and conversation group to nut out the perils of turning 50 and still having a higher sex drive than a porn star.

Paris definitely seems to get the woman steamy, after she notoriously snogged Britney at the MTV Video Music Awards there. She said: “Why do I have this relationship with France? I’m always drawn to working with French people – and Frenching French people!” Fab fact: Madonna’s Dolce & Gabbana bra from the Girlie Tour went for a record $23,850 at Sotheby’s, while her cone-shaped bra designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier for the Blond Ambition tour, went for $21,150.

11 RUE DU MARCHÉ SAINT HONORÉ, TÉL: +33 (0)14 041 0406, WWW.YOBAPARIS.COM
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TRACK 08
Candy Shop
TOUR CITY London
STOP THE BUS FOR sherbet lemons in Covent Garden

Madonna confesses to a sweet tooth, so a “Sticky & Sweet” tour seems appropriate. In fact, Madonna can’t get enough of the theme, with an album called Hard Candy and a first track entitled Candy Shop.

Madge – we have just the place for you. Hope and Greenwood in Covent Garden is devoted to the penny sweets we begged our mums for, and sat scoffing out of small white paper bags on the curb. Rhubarb and custards to suck on, cola cubes to make last for ages, sherbet lemons to make your jaw tingle and flying saucers to melt on your tongue. Mmm…

1 RUSSELL STREET, TEL: +44 (0)20 7240 3314, WWW.HOPEANDGREENWOOD.CO.UK

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