LLOYD WEBBER WANTS TO SAVE ABBEY ROAD
SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER is planning to step in to save the doomed recordi= ng studio famously used by the BEATLES.
The Abbey Road studios in North West London, which have hosted music le= gends including Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd, became synonymous with th= e Fab Four after they named their 1969 album after the building.
The property was put up for sale this week (beg15Feb10) by bosses at mu= sic label EMI, sparking fears over the future of the facility.
Sir Paul McCartney revealed a consortium has been set up in a bid to sa= ve Abbey Road from closure, and now Lloyd Webber has confirmed he’s consi= dering stepping in to help raise the estimated $20 million (=C2=A312.5 mi= llion) needed to buy the studio.
A spokesman for the theatre mogul tells Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper,= "Andrew first recorded there in 1967 with Tim Rice and has since recorde= d most of his musicals there, from Jesus Christ Superstar to his new musi= cal Love Never Dies.
"He thinks it is vital that the studios are saved for the future of the= music industry in the U.K. Abbey Road has such great facilities, with th= ree major recording studios."
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