Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' Turns 50 With Global Pop-Up Stores
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Nina DerwinDecember 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Fifty years after Pink Floyd's legendary album, Wish You Were Here, permanently altered the course of rock music history, the band is giving it a global celebration.
The iconic band has announced a series of album-centric pop-up stores opening in London, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Paris, Berlin and Milan. The creative move is meant to honor the album’s legacy and offer longtime fans a tangible way to mark the milestone.
According to the official announcement, each pop-up will be operated in collaboration with indie retailer News & Coffee, transforming their kiosks into Pink Floyd–themed spaces. Items up for grabs include a limited-edition white-vinyl pressing of Wish You Were Here, exclusive commemorative merchandise, and a city-specific edition of the fanzine Brain Damage, which is being revived specifically for the anniversary.
The pop-up stores open alongside the Dec. 12 release of the deluxe box set Wish You Were Here 50, which bundles remastered tracks, unreleased material, and expanded packaging. All formats of the reissue will drop simultaneously on vinyl, CD, Blu-ray and digital.
Fans and collectors hoping to score limited-edition items are encouraged to mark their calendars, because the pop-up windows run briefly and stock is strictly limited. Once items are sold out, they won't be restocked.
Pink Floyd wrote and recorded Wish You Were Here as a follow-up to The Dark Side of the Moon, but the pressure to match that success weighed heavily on the band.
"We were in a very strange place," co-lead vocalist and guitarist, David Gilmour, told NPR, of the band's meteoric rise following the release of The Dark Side of the Moon. "The 'difficult second album' thing springs to mind. It wasn't a second album or anything, but it was the second album after having the knock-your-socks-off, fulfill-all-your-dreams sort of album, right?"
Roger Waters performs in London, England in 2018. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)
Fifty years later, Wish You Were Here remains as essential to the canon of rock music as The Dark Side of the Moon, and fans around the world are bound to show just how strongly they agree when the pop-up stores open on Dec. 12.
Whether you grew up listening to Wish You Were Here on analog vinyl or are newly discovering it now on streaming platforms, the 50th anniversary turn feels like a moment to reconnect with Pink Floyd’s groundbreaking record. The band's timeless artistry is only beginning its enduring legacy.
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