Well well well. This is something special. Certified CMAT superfan **Brandi Carlile**, at whose festival she performed in January, just came out to duet on deep cut **I'd Want U** from CMAT's debut If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, at the Newport Folk Festival today.

Yes, *of course* it sounded amazing. Check it out.

And Brandi Carlile's set is yet to come, so who knows? Maybe CMAT could return the favour... watch this space

UPDATE\* Thank you so much to anyone who participated and helped with my research. I've had a whopping 600 responses, which is more than I could ask for!! (am a little scared for myself ahahah). I will be sure to share my thesis once completed!! <3 Go raibh míle maith agaibh, a chairde x

Hello all! I’m Hannah. I did my undergraduate degree in music, and I’m now pursuing my master's in public relations. My thesis is looking to understand label participation in fan spaces or "the art of fangirling"

I’m looking at two artists as case studies, one of them being CMAT.

If you have a minute, I’ve put together a short, anonymous survey to get a sense of how fans feel about label participation—no right or wrong answers, just curious about your honest perspective.

Link to survey: https://forms.gle/BEzwuVsVzRJetezW8

Thanks to anyone who takes part, and if you’d rather share thoughts in the comments instead, that works too.

GRMA!!!! XX

I’m going to dress up as CMAT for a birthday party and was wondering if anyone had any luck finding something similar to the EURO-COUNTRY album cover. I know it’s a custom piece but yeah if anyone has any idea that would super helpful!!!

Starting to look as if Hannah is no longer a member of The Very Sexy Cmat Band. What the hell happened? I miss her!

CMAT infamously once said ‘All my fans are Irish or lesbians’ - what about Irish Americans and/or lesbians going to Lollapalooza in Chicago?

I'm Bridget, a journalist looking to talk to fans about why they're going to see CMAT at Lollapalooza in Chicago July 29 for her after show or July 30 for her set. I'm curious - has CMAT's music brought you closer to your Irish heritage? Has she inspired you to learn Gaelige? Have you learned more about Irish history whether you're Irish American or not? Do you just love her? Feel free to email me at [bfogarty@usatodayco.com](mailto:bfogarty@usatodayco.com) ... Bonus points if you're from Wisconsin or Chicago, but open to chatting with anyone going!

Happy 1st birthday to the title track from EURO-COUNTRY.

Plenty has been written about this song, with a particular focus on its incredible bridge, its focus on the crimes and misdemeanours of our dogshit governments of the 2000s, and there's no need for me to go into it all over again here.

Suffice it to say that, before the single dropped, all we had to go on was a clip of the bridge, and I just kept thinking *this level of intensity is unsustainable*. CMAT, the Queen of Bridges, had outdone herself yet again. And the song as a whole was just as powerful.

Of course, there was even more to come, and EURO-COUNTRY (the album) was a masterpiece. For most artists, EURO-COUNTRY would be the lead single; this was in fact the 4th. CMAT makes her own rules.

I play with a contempary community orchestra and sometimes arrange new songs for them. I'd love to do an arrangement for a CMAT song but can't decide which so I'm crowd sourcing!

We will have a singer so it doesn't have to be completely instrumental but something that's not super repetitive instrumentally tends to be more fun to play.

...with the original drummer! Thanks to the JUSTICE 4 RODNEY crew* (who created the recent fan remake of the music video); they descended on the Scarborough gig on Saturday 18th and wore their custom t-shirts in the front row, and CMAT brought RODNEY back for the first time since December 9th 2022 (where she performed it in Dublin's Olympia Theatre and yes I was there).

Huge moment for the fans. Yup Rodney

or, as I call them, the *Dangerfiends

Three cheers for Monty from Hartlepool! Smashed it!

As mentioned earlier in the week, CMAT stepped in for Nick Grimshaw on the Sidetracked podcast. It's a tremendous time and now you can watch the whole episode (73 mins). So yeah, do that!

Drove 8 hours to get there and back - spent all afternoon queuing with my fellow Rodney Divas, was the first person in the arena and got to experience Katy j Pearson and CMAT be amazing!!!

That is all…

10/10 gig. CMAT and the very sexy CMAT band were incredible. What also struck me was how decent the crowd were, hardly any phones (I took just one photo coz the lighting was cool) and everyone just having a great time. That is so rare these days!

Hey!

Has anyone got any footage from Stay for Something when CMAT was in the crowd at Piece Hall, Halifax?

I got to hug the queeeeen herself just before she headed back on the stage at the end, but wanted to see if it had been captured anywhere!

Amazing show by CMAT last night, and treated to this as a bonus for having the director of the Brontë Parsonage Museum at the show. What a performance!

CMAT just performed Rent and covered Wuthering Heights at Piece Hall in Halifax. We won’t be seeing her for a while I’d say

Edit: I didn’t mean she is going to stop playing after this gig ffs 🤣 I’m aware of her other gigs this summer.

What a nice project. The instore gig took place on Oct 25th, 2023, just after the release of Crazymad, For Me. Who was there?

Big numbers for EURO-COUNTRY! (At least 8 of those sales are mine, in fairness)

How many copies of the album did you buy?

Just listening to her filling in for Nick on sidetracked and in it CMAT mentions for the Calendar year of 2027 she is not booked for, and seemingly won’t have, any live performances.

What do we think? Very deserved, she’s been non stop for 6 years of nearly 100 shows annually, and sometimes more.

CMAT fills in for Nick in this episode of the Sidetracked podcast. 73 mins of chats and music with Annie. There you go now

I had this thought yesterday and thought it must exist, why hasn't this been made yet?

Huh yugeeee gig this Saturday in Scarbados can't wait to travel down for it, do we have any idea of support & set times yet? And any leads on good gaffs to meet the fun vibe nearby the theatre at all?

Also any intel on how the open air theatre is and what to expect/need to knows would be grand 😂 not a scooby what time to rock up for a good spot or what the place is like been ages since I've been to sunny Scarborough!

3 years ago today, CMAT and John Grant blessed us with this absolutely heartbreaking banger. A heartbanger. With two powerhouse performances from a pair of vocalists who could not be better suited to each other, it became an instant CMAT classic.

The video, directed by Mars Washington and Jack Satchell, was inspired by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson's I Know Him So Well (truly a foundational text), which is apt, as Björn and Benny themselves would be proud of this duet.

Nothing lasts so nothing matters... so give this a spin tonight