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Festival News Update: Deer Shed Festival announce headliners for 2024

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With announcements about line-ups coming thick and fast for 2024, North Yorkshire’s Deer Shed Festival has released their headliners, which sees Bombay Bicycle Club, The Coral and CMAT heading to Baldersby Park, Topcliffe over the weekend of 26-29th July. Also on the bill are BSM faves, Los Bitchos, Viji, The Go! Team, Bess Atwell, Personal …

Sometimes you go to gigs and you come away feeling happy but not blown away. You saw what you expected and all was fine. Then other times you come away with a sense that you’ve witnessed something more transformative. A performance that you can’t quite believe was in a room of that size. That you’ve …

Following the critical acclaim for her single Stay for Something, CMAT drops her new collection of songs tomorrow, October 13. It was a great teaser to her highly-anticipated sophomore album, which promises to be full of the angst and anger that she delivers so skillfully through her writing and performance. CMAT (Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson in …

CMAT blazes towards the release of her highly-anticipated second album with the personal post-mortem ‘Stay For Something’ – a power pop blast of self-introspection gussied up in her most stadium-sized clothes to date. CMAT on Stay For Something: “It’s basically just about questioning why I stayed / suffered in a bad relationship for as long as i did. …

 CMAT has turned into her mother – and she’s written a song about it. The poignant fist-pumper – the third single from the global pop star’s upcoming second album – features none other than John Grant on guest duties.  CMAT on Where Are Your Kids Tonight?: “I wrote this song when I realised I had turned into …

Everyone’s favourite global pop star  CMAT announces her second album with the catchy, carefree strut of Have Fun!, a sage-burning, fiddle-toting summer smash that’s as much about green parakeets fluttering around London as it is about firmly shutting the door on an era-defining relationship. Tour dates: June 11th – Kite Festival, Kirtlington Park, UKJune 16th – Black …

”Whatever’s Inconvenient” – the first single to be taken from CMAT’s soon-to-be announced second album – was premiered by Clara Amfo on BBC Radio 1 last night. The distinctive  “Samuel Beckett meets Shirley Valentine” video – shot in Kos, Greece by Collective Film – was premiered on her YouTube channel last night immediately after. Tour dates: May 12th – Cyprus …

CMAT SHARES NEW SINGLE MAYDAY LISTEN HERE Mayday, mayday! CMAT has a boyfriend! And the world is ending! Self-proclaimed global pop sensation CMAT today shares a new standalone single Mayday that deals with two timely topics: matters of the heart and the impending climate disaster. It’s her first new material since the critically acclaimed album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, released last year to …

Words & Photos: David McEneaney Admittedly, being a relative newcomer to the whole CMAT craze, I found myself walking into the photo pit in the Limelight, Belfast completely unaware of what was about to happen before my very lens. I did notice a slew of people all dressed in various stages of cowboy attire, from …

Poster for Margates Leisure Festival

LEISURE has announced a host of new acts for their inaugural festival at Dreamland, Margate on 24 June. This is a boutique event run by passionate independent promoters Bird On The Wire and the ethos of the festival is to create an inclusive, inspiring and laid-back atmosphere, with artists split between two stages for a streamlined experience. The total …