Several rock-related albums and reissues are slated for release in December 2025, including a deluxe 50th anniversary edition of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Highlights feature new soundtracks, live recordings, and vinyl reissues from artists like Bruce Springsteen, Scorpions, and Iron Maiden. These releases cap off the year with commemorative and expanded content for fans.
Overview
The music industry winds down after Record Store Day's Black Friday edition, but December 2025 brings notable rock releases. Pink Floyd leads with a 50th anniversary celebration of their 1975 album Wish You Were Here, which followed the success of The Dark Side of the Moon. The deluxe box set includes 2 CDs, 3 LPs, a Blu-ray, a live clear vinyl LP from London's Wembley Stadium in 1974, a replica 7" single, and additional items.
Key Releases on December 5
- Boz Scaggs releases Detour on vinyl, his first LP in seven years.
- Depeche Mode drops Memento Mori: Mexico City as a 2CD or 4LP set, alongside the experimental documentary Depeche Mode: M on CD/DVD or CD/Blu-ray.
- Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) features 12 new recordings by Jeremy Allen White and the cast of the film about Bruce Springsteen's 1982 Nebraska album. It includes performances by Jake Kiszka and Sam F. Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet, available on CD and gray vinyl.
- Other arrivals: Judy Collins' The ’60s Singles, expanded editions of Kim Wilde's Closer and "Scorpio," Nektar's Fortyfied (2CD reissue), New Order's expanded reissues of Movement, Power, Corruption and Lies, Low-Life, and Brotherhood with Blu-ray audio, Scorpions' Coming Home Live (2CD or 2LP with Alice Cooper and Judas Priest), Sting's The Last Ship: Expanded Edition (2CD or 2LP), Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair (expanded 2LP transparent red vinyl), Ultravox's The Collection: Deluxe Edition (4CD/2Blu-ray box or 4LP), and White Lion's All You Need is Rock N' Roll: The Complete Albums 1985-1991 (5CD box).
December 12 Highlights
- The Band's The Best of the Band gets remastered vinyl, CD, and Super High Material CD reissues.
- Blur's The Great Escape on expanded 2LP yellow or turquoise vinyl.
- Graham Bonnet's Lost in Hollywood Again (Live).
- Iron Maiden's Live After Death on 2LP color vinyl.
- Jimi Jamison's 1998 Live Hits, Juliana Hatfield's Lightning Might Strike, Peter Murphy's Peter Live Volume Three: 4th & B San Diego 2000, Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here 50 (various formats including 2CD/4LP clear vinyl/Blu-ray deluxe box with 1975 live recording), and Steve Forbert's The Things That I See.
December 19
Peter Criss releases his rare solo project Peter Criss, featuring guests John 5, Paul Shaffer, and Billy Sheehan.
Looking to 2026
Upcoming include Yes' expanded Tales From Topographic Oceans and Megadeth's self-titled album. More details on these rock releases are available in ongoing updates.