Strippers, communists and cha-cha-cha: the real Club Tropicana | George Michael
Lilos, Speedos and piña coladas: in the public imagination, Wham!’s Club Tropicana is Ibiza’s Pikes Hotel, the setting for its radiant video. The hotel’s website describes the resort and bar as “an iconic institution, steeped in rock’n’roll history”, beloved by the likes of Freddie Mercury, Grace Jones and Bon Jovi. In the new Netflix documentary about the 80s pop duo, songwriter George Michael says the song was in fact inspired by his visits to Le Beat Route, the Soho nightclub where he and Andrew Ridgeley would spend…