Target hosted Taylor Swift album release parties at 500 stores nationwide.

Lines of people “Cancelled” alternate plans as they waited at Target to be among the first to get ahold of Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a Showgirl.”

Nearly 500 participating locations of the retailer are staying open late on Oct. 2 to celebrate “The Life of a Showgirl” with a release event when midnight strikes on Oct. 3.