Record Store Day 2025 has fans flocking to stores for limited edition releases

Record Store Day has returned for its 18th year today (April 12), with fans queuing from the early hours to get their hands on special edition releases from their local independent record shops.

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This year’s annual event will see some huge names putting out special one-off collectable vinyl and cassettes, with the likes of Oasis, Charli XCX, Fred.. Again, The Cure, Gorillaz, Taylor Swift and many more putting out exclusive releases.

Hundreds of releases from artists including Beabadoobee, Rachel Chinouriri, Confidence Man, English Teacher, Lil Uzi Vert, Megan Thee Stallion, MJ Lenderman and Post Malone, as well as legends like Public Image Ltd, Lou Reed, The Jesus and Mary Chain and more, will be made available – on a first-come-first-served basis – at over 270 independent record shops across the country, as well as thousands more globally.

As ever, the event brought out huge numbers of fans to record stores around the UK early this morning, with well-prepared attendees bringing chairs and umbrellas to brave the wait and the weather. Taking to X/Twitter, Piccadilly Records said they’d already found their first queue member yesterday (April 11), in Evan, from Wigan.

“He’s never queued up before for RSD, arrived at 9am this morning,” they wrote. “23 hours before we actually open at 8am tomorrow. He’s after the Wicked: Soundtrack, I think he’ll get one.”

First person in the queue for @recordstoreday 2025 is Evan from Wigan. He’s never queued up before for RSD, arrived at 9am this morning. 23 hours before we actually open at 8am tomorrow. He’s after the Wicked: Soundtrack, I think he’ll get one.https://t.co/xVaeYosoFP pic.twitter.com/BwPUsyuEjz

— Piccadilly Records (@PiccadillyRecs) April 11, 2025

It’s freezing and pouring down rain so we all agreed to set up chairs and sit in our cars…. Well someone didn’t have a chair and brought the next best thing Read More