CMAT preps new album & announces US tour (hear “Running/Planning”)

Irish artist Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson has announced her new CMAT album, titled EURO-COUNTRY, which will be out August 29. The first single is the infectious, string-laden “Running/Planning” which she says: “‘Running/Planning’ is about having to chase your own tail to be good enough to exist. It’s an abstracted view of societal pressure on women – specifically through a relationship lens: You start dating someone, you get engaged, you get married, you have kids etc etc etc… everything has to follow this linear pattern. (That’s the reason for the repetitive chorus!). And the minute you don’t follow that path, your mam starts giving out to you. That narrow path that everyone is supposed to be on… the minute you get outside of that, it gets incredibly stressful. And I don’t know anyone who is like, ‘Yeah, love this!”

Watch the video for “Running/Planning” below.

CMAT wil be in the US in September for a tour surrounding her appearance at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival. Dates include NYC’s Webster Hall on 9/18 and tickets go on sale Friday, April 4 at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.

CMAT – 2025 TOUR DATES May 23rd – Wide Awake Festival, London, UK
May 25th – Neighbourhood Festival, Warrington, UK
Jun 5th – Primavera, Barcelona, ESP
Jun 6th – London Stadium, London, UK *
Jun 12th – St James Park, Newcastle, UK *
Jun 14th – St James Park, Newcastle, UK *
Jun 15th – St James Park, Newcastle, UK *
Jun 27th – Glastonbury, UK
Jul 12th – NOS, Lisbon, POR
Jul 26th – Truck Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
Jul 27th – Tramlines Festival, Sheffield, UK
Aug 1st – Belladrum Tartan Heart, Belladrum, UK
Aug 2nd – All Together Now, Waterford, IRE
Aug 7th – Syd For Solen, Copenhagen, DEN
Aug 8th – Way Out West, Gothenburg, SWE
Aug 14th – Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mezieres, FR
Aug 15th – Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, NL
Aug 16th – Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, UK
Aug 28th – Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, UK *
Sept 8 – Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Sept 10 – Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CA
Sept 12 – Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN
Sept 13 – Park West, Chicago, IL
Sept 15 – The Concert Hall, Toronto
Sept 17 – Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
Sept 18 – Webster Hall, New York, NY
Sept 20 – Shaky Knees, Atlanta, GA
Sept 21 – Basement East, Nashville, TN
Oct 2nd – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
Oct 4th – Academy, Manchester, UK
Oct 5th – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
Oct 6th – NX, Newcastle, UK
Oct 9th – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
Oct 12th – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
Oct 13th – Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK
Oct 15th – Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, UK
Oct 16th – O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK
Oct 17th – UEA, Norwich, UK
Oct 19th – Octagon, Sheffield, UK
Oct 20th – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
Dec 5th – 3Arena, Dublin, IRE