# CMAT Returns To Australia January 2026! **Tour Announcement** — On Your Markus **Published:** 9 September 2025 **Author:** Markus Hamence **Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/tour-announcements/cmat-returns-to-australia-january-2026/ --- **Secret Sounds presents…** **CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY AUSTRALIAN TOUR – JANUARY 2026** **PERTH | SYDNEY | BRISBANE | MELBOURNE** **[Presales](https://scrabblepr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4794fdce89f5a4d847d12131f&id=9c5c000bd6&e=516daed6c2)**** available from 12pm local time Thursday 11 September** **[Tickets](https://scrabblepr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4794fdce89f5a4d847d12131f&id=ea94a4f797&e=516daed6c2)**** on sale to the general public from 11am local time Monday 15 September** ![CMAT logo in bold black capital letters.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/29720/497c2539-545b-628a-20b6-0f37fc4135fe.png) **The Guardian 5/5** *“A rolling sea of charm, chaos, substance, sadness and piercing insight – and yet more proof this nascent star is in a class of her own”* **The Telegraph 5/5** *“The flame-haired Irish singer is exactly what the industry is crying out for”* **The i 5/5** *“(CMAT) is a singular artist and EURO-COUNTRY is the album of the year”* **Rolling Stone UK 5/5** *“A catchy, important and hilarious album from a singer who is deservedly set to be the breakout star of 2025”* **Pitchfork** *“(CMAT’s) new album overflows with comedy, tragedy, and self-lacerating wit. It’s a bold statement from a true original.”* **Mojo** *“By the end of the year CMAT ought to be the biggest pop star on the planet.”* Secret Sounds is excited to welcome back Ireland’s sharpest pop export, **CMAT**, heading to Australia this summer with her ***EURO-COUNTRY ***tour. Fresh from a sold-out UK & Ireland run and a breakthrough Glastonbury set, CMAT is bringing her signature mix of sparkly country-pop and razor-sharp wit to stages in **Perth**, **Sydney**, **Brisbane** and **Melbourne **throughout **January 2026. ** ![Person with bright orange hair blowing a large bubble against a blue background with tour date information.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/29718/9f34b60f-b2a1-f395-6a41-5dba248a57f6.jpg) *EURO-COUNTRY,* crowned **Feature Album of the Week on Double J** upon release,** **has been praised by the likes of *The Guardian*, *Mojo *and *Rolling Stone UK, *earning multiple 5-star reviews. On stage with her **Very Sexy CMAT Band**, audiences experience her impressive ability to combine contradictory themes and moods: wide-eye drama with self-deprecation; the fusion of country and pop, with even more influences stretching across decades and genres. A relentless touring schedule has cemented CMAT’s reputation as one of the best live acts around – alongside Glastonbury, 2025 highlights include Green Man, Primavera, Pukkelpop, NOS Alive and a UK run supporting Sam Fender, and upcoming headline shows across the US, UK and Ireland.  Recorded in New York and co-produced by long-time collaborator Oli Deakin*, EURO-COUNTRY* tackles big themes – re-evaluating where you come from; the impact of economics on a small country; the pressure of increased fame – with her most immediate songs to date. The album capped off a huge summer for the Irish star: from a “career making” (*The Guardian*) Glastonbury Pyramid Stage via to the viral ‘Woke Macarena’ TikTok trend, it debuted at #1 on the Irish Album Charts and secured Top 2 positions in both the UK and Scotland.   ![Woman in blue outfit posing in fountain with giant euro coin and "Euro-Country" text overhead.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/29721/34a77a58-0a81-5a65-e0a8-6ba89afb9716.png) Speaking about the LP, CMAT said: “*EURO-COUNTRY is, I think, the best thing I haveever made. I felt halfway through recording it was the most important record I’ve made for myself… mainly because it was making me go crazy*. “*I’m always going to make the work I want to make, because there is a little gremlin in my head that tells me if it’s shit. More than success, there’s a bigger gremlin that wants me to make music that’s really good. She’s brutal and has ruined my life at times, but she is the keeper of my life and she’s always right.*” Despite this being her third album, this fully-formed acronymic star feels like she’s been part of the culture forever. *EURO-COUNTRY *follows 2023’s brilliant *Crazymad, For Me *– an album that propelled her to wider attention and garnered numerous accolades: including a **BRITs Best International Artist **nod; and ‘Best Album’ nominations from the **Ivors**; **Mercury Prize **and the **Choice Music Prize **in her native Ireland (an award she won for her debut, *If My Wife New I’d Be Dead*). Press, radio and television have all been integral in her rise, with numerous covers, five- star reviews, playlists, Maida Vale sessions and TV appearances, including **Jools Holland **(both Later… and a memorable turn on his Hootenanny) and **The Graham Norton Show**. *“The album title works on three levels: the kind of country music I make; the fact that Ireland is a European country, a country run by the euro, and capitalism is one of the worst things to ever happen to us.* *So, I would consider this my most country record, as in, steeped in the traditions of country. But neither Oli [Deakin, Producer] or I wanted to make something that we’d heard before. If we know that the thing we’re doing already exists, we have to fight against it, and find a more interesting, more beautiful way of making it. So there’s slide guitar and fiddle playing, but to a lot of listeners it will sound not country, but it is! We were just trying to bend the barriers of it a bit.* *And on a wider level, EURO-COUNTRY is the name I’ve given to the pain of the loss of community that has happened over the last twenty to thirty years. Nobody is hanging out anymore, nobody is talking to each other, nobody is living together anymore. The shape of life, not just family life, but adult life, has completely transformed from the way it was before the internet and gig economy and I feel like it’s so responsible for so much of the societal and mental health issues that are really drilling everyone under the age of 35 right now. It feels so individualistic. It feels like such a product of late capitalism. And I couldn’t get it out of my head.”* *EURO-COUNTRY *marks another step in the unstoppable rise of CMAT and cements her position as a generational songwriter. Don’t miss out when she performs the celebrated album live across Australia throughout January 2026. Tickets go on sale from 11am local time on Monday 15 September.   **CMAT EURO-COUNTRY AUSTRALIAN TOUR – JANUARY 2026** Tuesday 20 January – Astor Theatre Perth  Saturday 24 January – Enmore Theatre, Sydney Sunday 25 January – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane Tuesday 27 January – Forum, Melbourne **CMAT 2025 INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES** Sep 8th – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, US – **sold out** Sep 10th – Gothic Theatre, Englewood, US Sep 12th – Fine Line, Minneapolis, US – **sold out** Sep 13th – Park West, Chicago, US – **sold out** Sep 15th – The Concert Hall, Toronto, CA – **sold out** Sep 17th – Paradise Rock Club, Boston, US Sep 18th – Webster Hall, New York, US – **sold out** Sep 20th – Shaky Knees, Atlanta, US – **sold out** Sep 21st – Basement East, Nashville, US – **sold out** Oct 2nd – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK – **sold out** Oct 4th – Academy, Manchester, UK – **sold out** Oct 5th – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK – **sold out** Oct 6th – NX, Newcastle, UK – **sold out** Oct 8th – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK – **sold out** Oct 9th – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK – **sold out** Oct 10th – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK – **sold out** Oct 12th – Rock City, Nottingham, UK – **sold out** Oct 13th – Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK – **sold out** Oct 15th – Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, UK – **sold out** Oct 17th – UEA, Norwich, UK – **sold out** Oct 19th – Octagon, Sheffield, UK – **sold out** Oct 20th – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK – **sold out** Oct 22nd – Depot, Cardiff, UK –** sold out** Oct 23rd – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – **sold out ** Dec 5th – 3Arena, Dublin, IRE – **sold out** March 6th – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, UK – **sold out** March 7th – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, UK – **sold out** March 9th – Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK March 11th – 02 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK – **sold out** March 12th – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK – **sold out** March 13th – Alexandra Palace, London, UK – **sold out** May 30th – St Anne’s Park, Dublin, IRE – **sold out** Jun 20th – Virgin Media Park, Cork, IRE **TICKETS** Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Australia.  **Mastercard Presale** starts **12pm local time Thursday 11 September **until 10am Monday 15 September local time. 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