Record Store Day Black Friday’s Most Wanted, 2024 Edition: Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, U2, Billie Eilish, the Doors, Beatles and More
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If you’re lining up for Record Store Day Black Friday 2024, you may be experiencing just a little whiff of Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 deja vu.
That’s because last year at this time, if you did a survey of people waiting in the cold to see the exclusive vinyl titles they were most interested in (and we did), the answers were Olivia Rodrigo and Noah Kahan.
Flash forward a year, and the artists with the hottest RSD-BF releases may be… Rodrigo and Kahan. The fact that artists with such strong younger-demo appeal are making it a tradition to put out exclusives for these semi-annual events is a good confirmation that RSD isn’t just for the classic-rock crowd anymore.
But if you’re of a certain venerated age or inclination, don’t worry, the youth of America will not be completely taking over your local indie shop… not when the 2024 titles include covetable releases from other returning RSD favorites like U2, Joni Mitchell, the Doors, Bill Evans, the Beatles and the Grateful Dead.
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