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HMV to close flagship Princes Street store

HMV's store on Princes Street is to close after being bought by Sports Direct.

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On Mar 29, 2017
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HMV store opens in 1985

Alana Currie and Joe Leeway in kilts with Tom Bailey (The Thompson Twins) and a piper in Edinburgh open the new HMV store in October 1985.

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Grand Theft Auto goes on sale in 2013

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Proclaimers in the HMV store in 2012

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Jim Kerr signs autographs in 1987

Fans meet singer Jim Kerr in the Princes Street HMV shop when Scottish band Simple Minds do a record signing in June 1987.

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Wet Wet Wet launch comeback single

Marti Pellow and Wet Wet Wet played a small set and signed copies of their new single in the basement of the Princes Street store in 2004

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Folk singer Sandi Thom performs in 2008

Sandi Thom performs songs from her album "The Pink and the Lily" at HMV Princes Street.

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HMV goes into administration in 2013

HMV's Princes Street store survived the raft of store closures which followed administration

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Wet Wet Wet at the height of their fame

Wet Wet Wet sign records in 1987

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Simple Minds sign autographs in 1987

Simple Minds lead guitarist Charlie Burchill meets a fan

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Meatloaf reopens store after refit

Meatloaf cuts HMV's Trisha Saunders hair during the opening ceremony of the new Princes Street store in 1998

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