U2 is giving way in a battle to save its Dublin recording studios
from being pulled to the ground.

After submitting written objections to the redevelopment of their
Hanover Quay site, the band said it would join in talks with the
Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

“Although they are very happy in their present studio, and would very
much like to stay, they appreciate that change is inevitable and
often for the best,” the band members said through a statement.

The millionaire rock musicians initially argued that the musical
heritage of their Hanover Quay site should be enough to save it from
being demolished to transform the area into a major new leisure
development.

They cited the multimillion-dollar record sales and musical heritage
that have resulted from their use of the Hanover Street premises, in
the south of the city, since 1994.

? AAP, 2002.

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