{"id":16451,"date":"2025-08-22T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/16451\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:01:07","slug":"cmat-announces-biggest-irish-shows-to-date-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/16451\/","title":{"rendered":"CMAT announces biggest Irish shows to date \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Irish singer Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, aka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cmat\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cmat\/\">CMAT<\/a> has announced her biggest Irish concerts to date. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The country-pop sensation from Co Meath will be playing St Anne\u2019s Park in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\">Dublin<\/a> on May 30th and ending her tour at Virgin Media Park in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cork\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cork\/\">Cork<\/a> on June 20th, in 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">She announced six new concert dates for next year in an Instagram post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Tickets go on sale for her 2026 tour go on sale on August 28th at 10am. The singer-songwriter is releasing her new album Euro-Country the day  after on August 29th. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">CMAT will likely play many songs from her new album on tour as she told fans that people who pre-order her album will have access to a pre-sale for concert tickets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2025\/07\/16\/cmat-takes-a-pop-at-former-taoiseach-bertie-ahern-in-new-euro-country-single\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CMAT takes a pop at former taoiseach Bertie Ahern in new Euro-Country singleOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In June, CMAT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2025\/06\/09\/cmat-ireland-is-a-really-hard-place-to-live-unless-you-have-money-which-we-didnt\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2025\/06\/09\/cmat-ireland-is-a-really-hard-place-to-live-unless-you-have-money-which-we-didnt\/\">described her latest album<\/a> as \u201ca collage, a mood board\u201d about the financial crisis that engulfed the country in 2008. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"CMAT's Instagram post announcing her Dublin and Cork gigs\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PVS2W7PLEZETRM7J2XLW4PXUMY.webp\"   width=\"800\" height=\"800\"\/>CMAT&#8217;s Instagram post announcing her Dublin and Cork gigs <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/review\/2024\/06\/14\/cmat-in-dublin-a-night-of-real-emotion-in-one-of-the-best-gigs-of-the-year\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CMAT in Dublin: A night of real emotion in one of the best gigs of the yearOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The singer is currently playing gigs between the UK and Ireland but will embark on a North American tour in early September. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish singer Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, aka CMAT has announced her biggest Irish concerts to date. 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