Coinciding with the release of the Remastered box sets, as well as the publication by Faber of the lyric book How To Be Invisible, a Kate Bush Remastered Pop-up Shop was opened between 5 and 9 December 2018 at 108 Lower Stable St, London (UK) – a sunken street within the new Heatherwick Studio designed Coal Drops Yard shopping district, directly adjacent to King’s Cross’ Granary Square – for five days. The shop sold the vinyl, CDs and book plus a selection of exclusive specially made items.
Items sold in the store
- T-shirt ‘Never For Ever’ £ 25
- T-shirt ‘The Sensual World’ £ 25
- T-shirt ‘The Red Shoes’ £ 25
- T-shirt ’50 Words For Snow’ £ 25
- T-shirt ‘Fish People’ £ 25
- T-shirt ‘Remastered’ £ 25
- T-shirt ‘How To Be Invisible’ £ 25
- Hoody ‘Remastered’ £ 45
- Tote bag ‘How To Be Invisible’ £ 15
- Tote bag ‘Remastered Pop Up’ £ 15
- Mug ‘Never For Ever’ £ 10
- Mug ‘The Red Shoes’ £ 10
- Mug ‘Remastered Pop Up’ £ 10
- Mug ‘Fish People’ £ 10
- Limited edition calligraphic print ’50 Words For Snow’ £ 20
- Event poster ‘Remastered Pop Up’ £ 10
- Christmas card ’50 words for snow’ £ 5
- Christmas card ‘Lake Tahoe’ £ 5
- Christmas card ‘Misty’ £ 5
- Christmas card ‘Snowed In At Wheeler Street’ £ 5
- Christmas card ‘Snowflake’ £ 5
- Christmas bauble ‘December Will Be Magic Again’ £ 20
- Christmas bauble ’50 Words For Snow’ £ 20
- Coaster set ‘Remastered’ £ 12
- Metal pin badge set ‘Remastered’ £ 10
- Necklace ‘Cloudbusting’ £ 30
- Before The Dawn tour programme £ 15
- Remastered vinyl box sets I-IV £ 90
- Remastered Part I – cd box set £ 65
- Remastered Part II – cd box set £ 90
- Aluminium Presentation ‘Sold out’ Hammersmith Print with Label, presented to Kate by SJM Concerts – only one available £ 7000
Raffle prizes
In addition to the stock there was a daily raffle with very special prizes. Winners were announced on social media.
DAILY RAFFLE: every day these prizes are there to be won:
- ‘How To Be Invisible’ lyric books (standard edition) signed by Kate x 10
- Calligraphic art print of ’50 Words For Snow’, signed by Kate x 10
- Rare ‘King Of the Mountain’ picture disc (Originally created for a Record Store Day) unsigned x 4
- Rare ‘Running Up That Hill’ picture disc (Originally created for a Record Store Day) unsigned x 16
Total amount raised
The money raised in the shop went toward Crisis, a charity that helps homeless people in the UK. A total of £61,000 was raised. Before Christmas 2018 £50,000 was given to Crisis, the remaining amount in the new year.
References
- Fish People presents: KB Remastered, Pop Up. Kate Bush website, retrieved 4 December 2018
