Pics: HMV finally returns to Grafton Street, over a year after shutting its doors

Eager shoppers queued from before 6am on Saturday morning to be the first to visit HMV's new store on Grafton Street in Dublin.

Music, movie and game lovers rose in the early hours - or never went home after drinking cans on Harcourt Street - to visit the new premises just down the street from its old home on Dublin's most iconic shopping street.

Queue at 6 am @HMVGraftonSt already. Less than 1.5 hours till we open! pic.twitter.com/07Uo7QOBSq — HMV Ireland (@HMVIreland) April 19, 2014

Check out our vinyl section with 40% off vinyl 2 day only @HMVGraftonSt @HMVIreland pic.twitter.com/J16bk8d7yn — HMV Ireland (@HMVIreland) April 19, 2014

 

Xbox section in games area in basement @HMVGraftonSt #hmvgrafton pic.twitter.com/GzcZVXrwc6 — HMV Ireland (@HMVIreland) April 19, 2014

Welcome to the record store @HMVGraftonSt #hmvgrafton pic.twitter.com/NJ9Teae29y — HMV Ireland (@HMVIreland) April 19, 2014

 

We love Blu-ray @HMVGraftonSt#hmvgraftonpic.twitter.com/mhXwZMN0ju — HMV Ireland (@HMVIreland) April 19, 2014

New DVDs will be sold for just €12.99, a discount on its former €15 or €16 price range, with HMV head of marketing telling the Evening Herald how the company plans to compete in a digital environment. Cullen said: "People want the latest releases now. All the new movies we have, you will not get on any other digital platform for about six to eight months."