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Kate Bush’s London pop-up shop closes its doors and moves online

After five days in business at the back of London’s redeveloped Kings Cross area, Kate Bush‘s pop-up shop (officially called ‘Kate Bush Remastered Pop-Up’) closed its doors yesterday.

The shop sold the newly remastered vinyl and CDs, T-shirts, hoodies, posters, prints, coasters, badges, Christmas cards, Christmas baubles and the like. The merchandise was largely all new although some programmes from Before The Dawn were available earlier in the week. All profits go to the national homelessness charity, Crisis.

Fans could also buy daily raffle tickets offering a chance to win exclusive/signed items, the grand prize being an Aerial presentation disc signed by Kate. The shop was very small although it was never rammed. I actually ended up going on two occasions, once on the evening of the first day of opening – when it was raining and therefore not busy at all – and again yesterday afternoon, to pick up a few things for a friend. A ten or 15 minute wait in a queue was required yesterday, but it was all very civilised. Unsurprisingly, Kate didn’t make an appearance at any point in the five days.

Kate Bush Remastered Pop-Up (click image to enlarge).

There were some rather nice framed prints on display including the covers to The Sensual World, The Dreaming and ‘The Other Side 1’ (the shot of Kate used for the back cover of ‘Running Up That Hill’) but you couldn’t actually buy them in-store at the time, rather a notice advised customers to go online to purchase. This was actually confusing, because a visit to Kate’s site offered no such prints, but yesterday via her social channels Kate advised that a new online store will open today specifically to sell the goods in the pop-up shop.

The shop goes online today at 12.30pm GMT. Presumably, these prints will be available alongside the various other merchandise.

Visit the Kate Bush Remastered Pop-Up online (from 12.30pm today). All profits go to the UK homeless charity Crisis.

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39 thoughts on “Kate Bush’s London pop-up shop closes its doors and moves online

  1. That store looked pretty sweet, espesh those front glass doors…too bad one didn’t open in NYC…reminds me when Lady Gaga had a store in Barney’s NYC a few years ago with all proceeds from sales going to charity, cool collectibles they had but the prices were sky high…I remember buying special cookies and something else…still have the special bag…went to the Kate Pop-Up webstore and what struck me was the 1st CD Box was nowhere…are these sets limited?? I have both but I’m curious…I may buy the lyric book and a shirt…a print might get damaged tho…

    1. It’s an interesting point. It would certainly sent sales rocketing at the store if Kate had been there on at least one day. But I guess, looking at the size of the place it would easily have descended into chaos. So, as usual, she probably made the right call if one engages the brain and thinks about it for longer than the time it takes to be offended on twitter. (ugggh!)

      Still a signed T-shirt would smell a bit after 5 years of being worn everyday without ever being washed….

  2. Does anyone have ANY idea how I can get hold of the running up that hill print, framed or unframed, I have searched everywhere and I don’t understand why it was put up in the store with the sign to buy it online (unless it sold out in 5 seconds) If anyone can help at all or give me more info please do!

  3. A bit disappointed that there’s no merch for her two best albums (imo), The Dreaming and Hounds of Love.

    The Never For Ever tee does look totes-gorge, mind.

  4. Rather annoyingly Music Magpie cancelled my order for Vinyl IV when I asked them to change the delivery address. Suggested I re-order but put the pre-POST15 code price up from £78 to £85. I asked them not to cancel the original order and send to the original address but they cancelled it anyway. I’ll pass on this occasion out of principle!

  5. well the
    shop is live online but no framed (or unframed) prints .. they either sold out in 3 minutes or this will turn out to be another Fishpeople Red Herring..

  6. Fab Paul. I received the Hounds Of Love remastered CD earlier in the week. Listened to it a few times. Had not bought any of her music before. It’s good if a little weird. She is a real artist though. Paul do you know if the side 2 tracks were inspired at all by the story of the Titanic? Merry Christmas to you & thanks for the site. It’s one of my two favourites online. All the best.

      1. Wow Peter Muscutt….very cool tidbit of info and painting! Thanks so much. I am rabid Kate Bush fan and never heard of this so thanks for educating me.

  7. Here’s a little deal for you…

    Kate Bush Remastered 1 is on the Music Magpie eBay Shop for £52.19. If you use the code POST15 you can bring this down to £44.36. But the deal expires Dec 14.
    I bagged one.

      1. Some people here say yes it does work for vinyl but some also saying they have put the prices up too. Just check you are typing it in correctly re the POST15 (fifteen and not the letter i and 5). My eBay alert said it was live until 14th December.

        They had Lennon Super Deluxe for £55.77 for weeks but that’s gone up in price too now. I wonder if eBay impose these % deductions on them and so to compensate they up their prices to cover the cost of the discount. Seems they might.

    1. I hope you are joking otherwise that is an absurd comment.

      “All profits go to the UK homeless charity Crisis.”

      How on earth is that a sell out. Other than some things will “Sell out” and not be back in stock.

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