Here are the KC-area Target stores open for midnight release of Taylor Swift album
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- Ten KC-area Target stores will open at midnight Friday to sell Swift album.
- Target limits specialty items to four per customer; preorder specialty vinyl sold out.
- Shoppers receive tickets starting 10pm, may shop, then queue at 11:45pm for purchase.
Ten Target stores in the Kansas City area will be open at midnight Friday for the drop of Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
Target offers two special versions — three exclusive CDs and a Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer vinyl that comes with a double-sided poster. There’s a limit of four per customer while supplies last.
Pre-orders of the specialty vinyl on Target.com have sold out, but you can check back on Friday. The standard vinyl will be available online only.
Nearly 500 Targets across the country will stay open until midnight Friday to host album-drop celebrations.
Here’s how things will go down, according to Target officials.
Shoppers can begin lining up at 10 p.m. Thursday at participating stores. Target employees will hand out physical or digital tickets to reserve your purchase in the store’s electronics department.
Ticketing will take place until all tickets are claimed or 10 minutes before midnight.
Once you have your ticket, you can shop in the store. At 11:45 p.m. you’ll return to a designated queuing location to be ready to make your purchase at midnight.
The stores will close for regular business at midnight.
Target took record-breaking pre-orders for Swift’s last album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
For “The Life of a Showgirl,” the retailer’s exclusive offers include a limited-run edition called “The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd Is Your King” (Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer Vinyl) for $34.99.
It comes with an opaque pink and pale-yellow pearlescent vinyl with gold shimmer, a collectible custom gatefold sleeve, a giant double-sided poster, a poem written by Swift, album lyrics and never-before-seen photos.
Three “CD with Poster” editions — “It’s Beautiful,” “It’s Frightening” and “It’s Rapturous” — are $14.99 each with exclusive posters, album art and lyric booklets.
The full list of participating stores is at Target.com. Nine stores in Kansas and 14 in Missouri are participating.
Here are the Kansas City area stores that will be open at midnight:
Blue Springs: 1040 N.E. Coronado Drive.
Kansas City (Mo) Skyview Ave.: 9040 N. Skyview Ave.
Lawrence: 3201 S. Iowa St.
Lees Summit: 1850 N.W. Chipman Rd.
Liberty: 9220 N.E. Barry Rd.
Mission: 6100 Broadmoor St.
Olathe: 15345 W. 119th St.
Overland Park: 12200 Blue Valley Pkwy.
Shawnee: 15700 Shawnee Mission Pkwy.
St Joseph: 5201 N Belt Hwy.
This story was originally published October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM.
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