Noel Gallagher has claimed that he got around the problem of U2 being booked in to use Abbey Road Studios at the same time he wanted to go in and record the new Oasis album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', by paying off the studio's owners.
He told Mojo: "U2 were booked in there with Rick Rubin. I was like, 'U2? U2 have to have a fucking six-hour meeting [to discuss] whether to get tea or coffee in the rehearsal room! They are not coming in here any time in the next five years'. The guy from Abbey Road was like, 'I've got it block-booked for the exact time you want it'. We actually went down to Abbey Road with a bag of money, and said, 'We can pay for the studio now'".