Which century is this? Midnight openings for stores to sell hot new album releases at the moment they’re allowed to go on sale are largely an artifact of the ’80s and ’90s, before streaming and downloading became the preferred way to get immediate musical gratification. But Taylor Swift ‘s forthcoming album is big enough to be stirring a return to that bygone phenomenon.

Target announced Sunday that select stores will be open at midnight local time on Oct. 3 to sell copies of Swift’s “ The Life of a Showgirl ” album, including exclusive variants as well as the standard edition. The chain tells Variety that the number of local stores participating in the midnight sales will be about 500.

The chain already has a store locator page showing which of its outlets will participate in the

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