Record Store Day’s Limited ‘Drop’ Was a Social-Distancing Success, Relieved Indie Retailers Say

Record Store Day events.The annual Record Store Day celebration was originally due to happen on April 18, but is now taking place over three separate days this year. The decision was taken to accommodate social distancing measures put in place for the coronavirus pandemic.Fans across the country have been sharing the limited edition records and special releases that were released for the second event today.

Household-to-household transmissions are behind the outbreak in Longsight and north Levenshulme, where 54 new cases were found in the week to September 20.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA record one-day rise of 486 new coronavirus cases in Scotland has been confirmed as fresh lockdown restrictions kick into action.Across Scotland, a total of 25,495 positive tests have been recorded since the end of February from 738,733 tests carried out.Reflecting on the rise in positive tests over the last 24 hours, which has seen a ban on household gatherings introduced across all of Scotland,

Liv Tyler will not be returning to “9-1-1: Lone Star” for its upcoming second season.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: When 9-1-1: Lone Star returns for its second season on Fox, it will be without its original female lead. Liv Tyler will not be returning to the breakout show, on which she starred opposite Rob Lowe, due to circumstances related to family and travel during the pandemic.

Bull & Fox and said: ‘We were gonna do it and I thought, “Oh my god, I finally got a franchise movie, I could make some money, let my kids do what the hell they want to do.”‘The director and Will didn’t get along very well.

NPR has never had any difficulty securing popular artists for its marquee video series Tiny Desk Concert, but today's installment features one of the biggest names in music anywhere: BTS. The K-pop band performed with a band in a Seoul-based record store VINYL & PLASTIC, running through their No.

Taylor Swift this week after a box of signed CDs showed up at their shop.Assai Records, which has shops in Dundee and Edinburgh, received 40 signed copies of the singer’s new album ‘Folklore’, which NME called “fresh, forward-thinking and, most of all, honest” in a four-star review.Believed to be a show of support for independent record stores, Resident record shop in Brighton also received a delivery of the signed sleeves.Assai owner Keith Ingram said he only was offered the sleeves by Swift’s

Denise Welch fought back tears to explain that it was with a heavy heart that she had made the decision to take a break from social media.The Loose Women star has been campaigning to give a balanced view on the coronavirus pandemic but she's come up against backlash and even come to blows with Piers Morgan.The Good Morning Britain presenter branded Denise "dumb, deluded and a dangerous Covid-denier" and it all became too much.

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Record Store Day event.Today marked the first of these three events (others will follow on September 26 and October 24), and record stores have had queues outside from sunrise.

Chris Willman Music WriterHow long has it been since the day this year’s Record Store Day exclusive releases were announced, up to the point a good number of them will finally reach stores Saturday, in the first of three substitute “drops” dates?It’s been this long: When the John Prine boxed set that’s coming out now was originally announced, Prine was still very much alive and well.Let’s have a moment of silence to commemorate that loss, and all the others that have justifiably put a crimp in