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Beyonce stays bootylicious on two wheels
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By Melanie Finn
Wednesday June 03 2009
Superstar Beyonce may be more at home with private jets and luxury limos, but, as this exclusive picture shows, the singer has no problem keeping herself grounded.
The Herald can reveal that the Crazy in Love star hit the streets of Dublin on a bike to mingle with an unsuspecting public, as she paid a visit to the Guinness storehouse earlier this week during her sell-out Irish tour.
But, despite the collective worth of her and multi-millionaire husband Jay Z standing at an estimated €1bn, Beyonce snubbed her chauffeur-driven limo and took advantage of the capital's great weather to hop on her bike instead, to travel from the Morrison Hotel, where she's staying, to St James's Gate.
As our exclusive picture reveals, she's obviously not too posh to pedal, as she whizzed down Thomas Street, accompanied by two of her burliest bouncers.
And Beyonce fan Nicola Moloney said that despite the superstar enjoying a rare day off, she still looked every inch the sex bomb. "She's so stunning in the flesh, even better looking than you expect," she said.
"My boyfriend has a stall on Thomas Street and I was standing beside him when he goes, 'look at these two', as these two massive black guys came cycling by on their bikes. He thought he recognised them from MTV.
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"The next minute, he said 'That's Beyonce', and when I looked up, she came cycling by. I couldn't believe it, but I realised instantly who she was as I'm a massive fan. I shouted after her, 'Where are you going?' and she said 'Guinnesses!' But it was my boyfriend who saw her first. No-one else realised who she was."
An estimated 80,000 people will have seen the former Destiny's Child star performing in Ireland by the end of her sell-out concert here, which is receiving rave reviews.
Tomorrow night will see her take to the stage in the O2 for the final concert in her string of Irish dates.
The crooner has just confirmed that she'll be back to Ireland for two more dates.
She'll be performing again in the northside venue on November 22, then at Belfast's Odyssey Arena on November 24. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster.
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