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Record Store Day 2020 is subject to a second rescheduling, Getintothis’ Lewis Ridley reports on the new arrangements.
Record Store Day 2020 will take place over three dates as organisers have opted to use three ‘drop’ dates.
The annual vinyl-lovers event will now be split over three dates: August 29, September 26 and October 24, after the first rescheduled date of June 20 was axed to ensure the event can follow social distancing measures enforced due to coronavirus.
A new releases list will be published on June 1 which will show which releases will be available on which days at the 200 record shops set to be involved.
In a statement, organisers said: “Record Store Day 2020 – originally scheduled for April 18 – was bound to look and feel different from any of the previous twelve.”
“Prior events have been as much about the gatherings, parties, concerts and “group hang” element of a celebration as the financial bonus for the record shops.”
“However, in this unprecedented situation, the focus of these three RSD Drop dates is on supporting the stores, as well as the artists, labels, distribution and every other business behind the scenes making record stores work.”
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“Record Store Day organizers have looked at numerous possible dates and various ways to re-work an event that takes place at thousands of record stores around the world, taking into consideration the varying circumstances and situations they and their customers might find themselves in at any point this year.”
In 2020, the world is a different place and RSD has had to adapt to fit into this different place. Sadly, it is not possible for #RSD20 to take place on June 20th but instead, RSD is officially social distancing! [A THREAD] https://t.co/lNOUm7olHC pic.twitter.com/H53zGfephK
— Record Store Day UK (@RSDUK) April 29, 2020
Organisers also confirmed that the scheduled RSD Black Friday event remains in place, while looking forward to returning to a one day event in 2021: “Fingers crossed for the return of the biggest party of the year on the third Saturday of April 2021. RSD Black Friday is still being planned and is scheduled to take place on November 27.”
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