Visiting Hannover Quay in 2016, Finally. I wanted to visit HQ since forever! ..I remember there was a lot of activity from the band back during the recording of ATYCLB and HTDAAB. Even though , there’s no such activity anymore, just the fact that U2 recorded here, and that they once every occasion or so, invited a lucky fan or unsuspecting bystander into their studio to listen to new material or show them around,makes this place really seem like a candyland for a U2 fan! When they where recording, and fans where outside , they always took a break to chat or even sign stuff. Therefor I really just wanted to go and check this out. I finally got the chance when I went to lose my so called “Dublin-virginity” as Trish put it. Thankfully, Liseth wanted to join me on my trip, since she never got to see HQ and Grand Canal Docks either, which is close by. So we made our plans and hit the road. Making a small stop at the local graffiti - shop in the Temple Bar area. In the tradition of leaving a message, and me sucking at writing anything original (which you must have noticed) , I decided to hook myself up with spraycans instead of markers. Together with the (very shitty) pre-cut stencils i took with me from home. We left for HQ. It was in broad daylight and so I was slightly shitting myself, but in the end nobody who walked past, seemed to give a shit about me and Liseth who was my partner in vandalism that day <3 , because for sure the wall couldn’t get any uglier than it is now. All wen’t well. We left our “message” and I’m soooo thankfull for this little thing. I don’t know. Even though the area might be considered ugly to many. Its special to U2 fans. It will always be a thing to go there and leave a message, for the band, their crew, for other fans, and for yourself.
