Record Store Day reveal 2025 releases raising money for War Child – with The Cure, Chvrches, Sugababes and more

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Record Store Day has shared a number of releases that are coming for the 2025 edition, and are set to raise funds for the War Child charity.The new announcement was shared this morning (March 26), and features 13 titles that have been specially created for this year’s edition of RSD.They come as part of a partnership with War Child, and will see £1 from every copy sold donated to the non-profit organisation.

Funds raised will help to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living in areas of conflict around the world.New releases include a 40th-anniversary edition of The Cure’s sixth studio album, 1985’s ‘The Head On The Door’, a deluxe version of The Charlatan’s ‘Wonderland Album’, and a new edition of Frank Turner’s ‘Positive Songs For Negative People’.Other presses include ‘Communion’ by Years & Years, ‘Be Just And Fear Not’ by Van Morrison, ‘Peel Sessions 1979-1983’ by OMD, ‘Taller In More Ways’ by Sugababes and ‘Dawn of the Rats: B-Sides Demos And Live 1975-1979’ by The Boomtown Rats.More anniversary editions include the 10th-anniversary version of CHVRCHES’ ‘Every Open Eye’ and the 20th-anniversary edition of Mark Knopfler’s ‘One Take Radio Sessions’..