CMAT is pressing pause on live music next year, revealing she’ll take all of 2027 off the road as she battles exhaustion.
The 30‑year‑old singer‑songwriter – real name Ciara Mary‑Alice Thompson – opened up on the Sidetracked podcast about how relentless touring has pushed her to breaking point.
She said: “I’d love the concept of a holiday to be introduced to me at some point in my life.
“You are in control of your own career, but unfortunately you also, as a musician, make a lot of plans about one-and-a-half years ahead of time that you can’t get out of.”
She explained that she’s carving out a rare stretch of downtime later this year.
CMAT said: “I have a month off in October now, because I’m so close to burnout that we decided to just do one week of Austin City Limits. So I get the whole month of October off, so I’m thinking of going somewhere.”
She then announced: “I’m not doing any live music next year. The next calendar year, of 2027, I’m not performing any live music at all. 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.”
Even when she’s not touring, CMAT admitted she hasn’t been resting.
She said: “I’m literally losing my mind – and I don’t stop. I was like a gremlin chained to the mixing desk being like, ‘I have to make a good album!’”
As things stand, her final show of 2026 is set to be Primavera Sound São Paulo in December.
One of the highlights of her year – and no doubt her career – recently happened when CMAT got to support her idol, Robbie Williams, in Luxembourg.
The 30-year-old star opened for the former Take That star when his BRITPOP tour came to Luxexpo Open Air on July 6.
The pair posed backstage with CMAT donning an Oasis-themed “Robbie” t-shirt.
CMAT even joked that the A in CMAT stands for the Angels lyric “And through it all”.
She captioned the Instagram post: “the A in CMAT stands for And through it allllllllllll
“I’ve loved you forever Robbie. (sic)”
Their meeting prompted fans to call for the pair to collaborate.
One fan wrote: “We’re gonna need that bestselling duet right now… x.”
Another said: “Love this you can duet with something stupid or kids (sic).”