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Live Review: CMAT / Katy J Pearson – Piece Hall, Halifax 17.07.2026

A week after watching the Sex Pistols fill the Piece Hall with snarling punk nostalgia, it was striking to see the historic courtyard just as packed—if not even busier—for CMAT.…

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News: Mad Cool Festival returns with one of 2026’s biggest lineups

There’s a point where a festival lineup stops feeling like a schedule and starts reading like a dare. Mad Cool Festival 2026 crosses that line early. Set to mark its 10th anniversary…

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Live Gallery: CMAT returns to Sydney with EURO-COUNTRY at the Enmore Theatre 23.01.2026

CMAT brings EURO-COUNTRY to the Enmore Theatre, following a Factory Theatre appearance last year and a warmly received album that continues to grow in scale on stage.

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News: CMAT brings EURO-COUNTRY tour to Australia in January 2026

reland’s most irreverent pop star CMAT brings her EURO-COUNTRY tour to Australia in January 2026, following a landmark year that included Glastonbury, chart-topping success, and rave reviews.

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Album Review: CMAT’s Euro-Country Turns Heartbreak and Humour Into Pop Brilliance

On her third album, CMAT folds Irish politics, late-stage capitalism, and intimate confessions into a vivid pop-country palette. Euro-Country is at once biting and funny, sad and euphoric, proof of an artist who can turn a diss track about Jamie Oliver and a ballad about financial collapse into the same dazzling world.

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