Tough Commerce have unveiled their big fiftieth anniversary plans for 2026 – together with Life With out Buildings‘ first present in practically 25 years.
The seminal document retailer and label will have fun its Golden Jubilee this yr since opening its first retailer in West London in 1976.
To commemorate this milestone, Tough Commerce might be partnering up with promoters Chicken On The Wire for a collection of particular live shows. Glaswegian art-rockers Life With out Buildings will play an unique reunion present at KOKO on November 20 – purchase your tickets right here from January 16, 10am.
The present follows singer Sue Tompkins teaming up with Sleaford Mods for his or her current single ‘No Contact’ final December, which can seem on their upcoming album ‘The Demise of Planet X‘ this Friday (January 16) by way of Tough Commerce.
Experimental icon Jim O’Rourke may even make a uncommon stay look with Eiko Ishibashi for a present at Union Chapel on April 13. Tickets for this present may even go stay on January 16, 10am – you will get your tickets right here. Extra occasions might be revealed quickly.
Tough Commerce has additionally introduced a collection of unique vinyl editions for 50 important albums from 1976 to 2025. Curated by the Tough Commerce workforce, Patti Smith, Aphex Twin, Nick Cave and the Dangerous Seeds, Björk, The xx, Rina Sawayama and Pulp might be among the many artists to obtain their very own editions. From February onwards, Tough Commerce will launch 5 drops of ten titles, every representing a decade, with every vinyl in a position to be bought individually or as a part of Tough Commerce’s model new vinyl subscription.
Tough Commerce’s new subscription is known as ‘Tough Commerce Membership: Important’, and can final for a yr to have fun their fiftieth anniversary. The subscription will embrace 12 unique vinyls from their curated necessities checklist, together with a hand-picked album each month for members.
The vinyls may even function unique inserts with liner notes from artists or key figures who produced these important information. Subscribers may even obtain advantages reminiscent of free on-line delivery, in-store reductions, precedence entry to occasions, and unique anniversary merchandise.
The Tough Commerce Membership will solely be accessible to 500 subscribers, and can price £395 – join pre-sale right here.
Tough Commerce’s anniversary celebrations follows their restricted version 7” singles field set, which was launched final June and commemorated the shop’s adolescence.
The ‘Tough Commerce 45s: Quantity 1’ assortment options tracks from the influential indie label’s early releases between 1978 and 1980, together with songs by the likes of Augustus Pablo, The Raincoats, Cabaret Voltaire and Swell Maps.
Together with an “unique, revelatory in-depth interview” with co-MDs Jeannette Lee and Geoff Travis within the sleeve notes, the field set additionally boasts archive pictures and new quotes from the artists themselves and notable followers.
Elsewhere, Tough Commerce have opened new shops at New York’s Rockerfeller Centre, London’s Denmark Avenue, together with their greatest UK retailer in Liverpool.
