CMAT announces she will not be playing live in 2027

CMAT has revealed that she will not be performing live in 2027, saying she is “literally losing [her] mind” after non-stop touring for six years.

Speaking on an episode of a BBC Radio 6 podcast, Sidetracked, she opened up to Annie MacManus about how her work schedule had become too much.

“I’m not doing any live music next year. The next calendar year, of 2027, I’m not performing any live music at all,” CMAT said. “I don’t know if I was supposed to say that, but that’s what’s happening. And I don’t care – you can come fight me if you want.”

CMAT went on to explain that, until this point in her career, she has effectively spent any break in her touring schedule making albums.

“I’ve been on tour for six years and I’m literally losing my mind. And I don’t stop. In the six years post-covid basically, because my career started during covid, any time I had a three-to-four-month period off, I made a record," she said. "The rest of the band went away sunning their holes, whatever they wanted to do, going with their sexy boyfriends off to Los Angeles and I was like a gremlin chained to the mixing desk."

“I'm not doing any live next year," she added later on, when asked by Mac about the prospect of headlining Glastonbury 2027. "I want to take some time to make good records. Spend some time doing other things.”

This year, CMAT has been touring in support of her 2025 album, Euro-Country, which won her the Best Album award at the Ivor Novello awards 2026. The tour included a headline concert at Dublin’s St. Anne’s Park this May. On top of that, she’s made festival appearances at Coachella, TRNSMT, Mad Cool, Bilbao BBK Live and more.

“Whether striking Madonna-style poses, pulling funny faces, freak-out dancing or mock shooting the band with her acoustic guitar, this is an artist determined to give bang for buck whilst having the absolute craic,” wrote Hot Press of her St. Anne’s Park performance.