TL;DR
More than 280 UK indie shops take part in Record Store Day on April 18, with exclusive vinyl from The Cure, Fleetwood Mac and Primal Scream -- £1 from every sale goes to War Child.
MSM Perspective
NME and the Official Charts have published full release lists; the War Child partnership marks the first time the children's charity has been RSD UK's official beneficiary.
X Perspective
X is treating RSD 2026 as the strongest charity lineup in the event's history, with War Child as the official partner and over 280 exclusive releases announced.
Record Store Day returns on April 18 with more than 280 UK independent shops participating and a charity partnership that puts War Child at the centre of the event [1]. For every copy of the exclusive releases sold, £1 goes to the children's charity -- the first time War Child has served as RSD UK's official beneficiary [2].
The release list reads like a cross-section of the past forty years. The Cure are issuing special editions of Greatest Hits and Acoustic Hits on limited coloured vinyl [3]. Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green-era 1971 compilation appears as a limited release [4]. Primal Scream, Bring Me the Horizon, Sigrid and Divorce round out the headliners [1].
Blur's Budokan concert appears on vinyl for the first time [5]. Over 280 titles are expected in the full catalogue, spanning reissues, live recordings, and colour variants unavailable outside the day itself [2].
Record Store Day began in 2007 as a response to the digitisation of music retail. The event has grown into an annual calendar fixture, but the 2026 edition carries particular weight: independent shops have faced a brutal cost environment, and the War Child tie-in gives the day a purpose beyond commerce [1].
The full list is available at recordstoreday.co.uk. Shops open at their normal Saturday hours.
-- CHARLES ASHFORD, London
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