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11 people you wouldn't expect to find in Ibiza

We thought only hippies and dedicated ravers went to Ibiza. Apparently not

  • Seb Wheeler
  • 5 June 2015
11 people you wouldn't expect to find in Ibiza

Ibiza: the island where hippies, ravers and British OAPs go to find solace, gurners and all-inclusive holiday resorts.

It's never really been portrayed as the type of place where a Tory MP might rent a villa for a week or where a disillusioned pop star would go to become a born-again yogi. But hey, stranger things have probably happened and even the most normative of norms (that's you, Ed) like indulging in a splash of Mediterranean sun and white sangria.

So, in the wake of Miliband letting off steam during a brief jaunt to Beefs and in anticipation of Luther himself playing DJ sets across the isle, here's 12 people you definitely wouldn't expect to find noshing a kebab in the carpark outside Space.

1 David Cameron

The British PM loves a bit of Ibiza. The man with the condom complexion hit the island with wife Samantha in June of 2013 and made headlines because he was caught playing tennis while the UK was put on high terror alert after soldier Lee Rigby was murdered on a South London street. The austerity hard man hit the news again when it was revealed that the villa he stayed in costs £11,000 a week to rent. Needless to say the tabloids went full ham on Cam during this particular summer holiday. But don't go thinking the island is now a Tory-free zone: the Conservative chairman told the party's young activists that if they campaigned hard enough before the '15 election, they'd be treating to a holiday to Ibiza. Potential hangouts for the little fuckers include spenny venues Blue Marlin and the VIP of Ushuaia.

2 Ed Miliband

In the red corner is defeated former Labour leader Ed Miliband. Understandably hacked off that the majority of the British public were more interested in his bacon sandwich eating skills than his party's policies, he chipped off to Beefs after a right mugging in the general election. His 2015 summer holiday turned into a meme after the tabloids found out and every media outlet under the scorching Spanish sun made their own Photoshop version of Ed out raving. The images were great, the slew of related puns not so (ours was "Laboura Bora" - groan!) but Ed came out relatively clean. No goss regarding top flight villas, probably because there wasn't one. Ed had to catch a budget flight home!

3 James Blunt

In 2006 James Blunt reportedly bought a house in Ibiza for £1.7m. A year later the gossip rags reckon that he installed a night club in its basement, so that he could host his own carry ons. Apparently he put a neon sign on the wall that reads "Blunty's Nightclub Where Everybody's Beautiful" and dedicated Tuesdays to 'Midget's Club', whatever that means. Hilarious and most probably made up gossip reporting aside, Blunt is pretty loaded and does love a party, so look out for him in the hills of Ibiza. When he's not lording it at posh hippy festivals like Burning Man, he's pulling wheelies round his White Isle pile in the tuk tuk he imported from Bangkok. Yes really.

4 Idris Elba

You'll know Idris as the man who plays Stringer Bell in The Wire and Luther in, erm, Luther. When he's not smacking it on screen, he's busy buying records and DJing and has been heading out to Ibiza to play since 2013. He's got his own party brand, 7 Wallace, and has previously set up residency at famed hangout Pikes. The East End man has a huge love of music and he'll be jetting off to the White Isle once again this summer to play a string(er) of dates.

5 Chuka Umunna

A couple years ago Labour MP for Streatham Chuka Umunna was slated by the right wing press for partying in a £1m Ibiza villa called 'The White House'. The former DJ recently had to pull out of the Labour leadership election, so maybe he'll be swinging by again this summer. He'd certainly look sexier in a mankini down at DC:10 then fellow red Ed.

6 Rhys Ifans

The Welsh actor went haywire on a night out in 2008, acting like that guy on a stag do that's taken a turn for the worse. Reeling from a break up with Sienna Miller, he went on a bender somewhere in Beefs which was fully documented in the press. Hijinks include shoving his head up a woman's skirt and pulling a Nazi salute. Classy behaviour, but sadly not out of place in the cesspits of San An.

7 P Diddy

Known for his love of fuck-off villas and the booth at DC:10, the don Diddy has long been a dance music and White Isle hedonism convert. But Ibiza ain't the only place that he raves at: his Miami afterparties are the stuff of legend and his album with Guy Gerber, titled '11 11', was apparently inspired by a ket sesh at Burning Man. G'warn 'Dids!

8 Bruce Parry

Buff TV explorer Bruce Parry (see him flex on Tribe) has a cotch pad in Ibiza. In at number 8, he's the first on this list to prefer the island's chill side to the orgy of amphetamines and tech-house that can be found in its clubs. On living there, he said: "It's actually beautiful. I've got a nice farmhouse in the hills. It's a very down-to-earth place; I really like it." He's most likely seen participating in a drum circle on a remote beach at sunset. Unclear whether he's a regular at James Blunts' for dinner, though.

9 Alfie Allen

The Evening Standard shot young stud Alfie Allen at Ushaia Tower for a style feature in 2013. The brother of Lilly and son of Alison and Keith, the actor has hit a peak with his part in Game Of Thrones. The photos from the Tower show a handsome buck in his prime, just before he went down the rabbit hole found to the left hand side of the DJ booth in Sankeys.

10 Lena Headey

Fellow Game Of Thrones star Lena Hadley holidayed in Beefs last summer. Not much saucy goss, we're afraid, which is actually refreshing. Not everyone who goes to Ibiza is a Rhys Ifans-style nutter hell bent on causing ultimate destruction. Some people just like having a little paddle in the sea.

11 Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue is reported to have enjoyed the high life at one of Ibiza's many luxury villas. She joins a long list of A-listers who have hit the island for a holiday. For every Kev showing off his tats down Bora Bora, there's a Kylie in the hills, quaffing champs and eating soon-to-be-extinct types of fish off the BBQ. All life resides on Ibiza, you see.

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