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“Getting a noise complaint is essentially a death sentence for a grassroots venue”: The precarious state of Britain's small venues in focus

Whether it’s turning a profit, rising drink prices or the fear of receiving just one formal noise complaint, small venues face more jeopardy than ever in 2026

MusicRadar

Coachella star condemns ICE raids in defiant stage address

CMAT spoke out against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids during her Coachella performance on Friday (10 April).

The Independent UK

CMAT ‘truly devastated’ as her Lido Festival headline gig is cancelled

The festival was due to take place at Victoria Park in east London in June

Evening Standard

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Festival forced to reschedule to ‘protect London park ground conditions’

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The Independent UK

Lido Festival forced to cancel events with CMAT and Bombay Bicycle Club over ‘ground conditions’

Just one of the three events will now go ahead, two months later than planned

The Independent UK

Fill that Glasto-shaped hole! The 40 best UK festivals you can still book

Who needs Worthy Farm? From woodland raves and psych freakouts to fell walks and barbecue hoedowns, there’s a festival for everyone this summer. And some of them don’t even require a tent

The Guardian - UK

Olivia Dean, Lily Allen and CMAT among artists nominated for The Ivors

The peer-judged award ceremony celebrates and recognises songwriting and composing, with the winners announced on May 21.

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Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell, Lily Allen and Olivia Dean lead nominations as The Ivors unveil 2026 shortlist

The winners will be unveiled at a star-studded ceremony on May 21 in London.

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Lily Allen and Olivia Dean lead nominations for prestigious Ivors songwriting awards

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The Independent UK

Ivor Novello award nominees reflect gender disparity in British and Irish songwriters, with twice as many men as women

Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and Kae Tempest lead this year’s Ivors, with two nominations each

The Guardian - UK

Ivors 2026: See the nominations in full as Lily Allen, CMAT and Olivia Dean up for top prizes

Prestigious songwriting prize vows to continue recognising human creativity amid music industry concern about the use of AI

The Independent UK

‘You’ve got to be able to laugh at yourself’: Jamie Oliver stars in video for CMAT’s The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station

The TV chef wondered what he’d done to prompt CMAT’s indie epic about losing the plot at the sight of his face – but once he got her ‘tragicomedy of misdirected anger’, he was ‘100% in’ to drum in the video

The Guardian - UK

Manchester 1, London 0: The Brits highs and lows

The Brits’ first appearance in Manchester turned out to be a triumph, with a winning bit of Manc edge

Evening Standard

‘We’re going into a dark place’: Brit awards artists voice alarm over Reform UK’s rise

CMAT, Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and Loyle Carner say musicians should not shy away from politics – with several warning of ‘scary times’ as the far right gains ground

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Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell: Working with Harry Styles was a ‘pleasure’

The 33-year-old singer is credited with contributing backing vocals on Styles’ latest single, titled Aperture.

The Guardian - UK

Songs about new beginnings – ranked!

From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples

Evening Standard

Albums of the Year 2025: who made our top ten?

This was a tough call, but here are the best albums of the year…

The Guardian - UK

Flamboyant, furious and full of hope: CMAT is the sound of 2025

The Irish singer-songwriter does what the best musicians do: perfectly crystallising their time while inspirationally taking a stand against it, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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The 50 best albums of 2025: No 2 – CMAT: Euro-Country

Furiously angry and uproariously witty, the Irish singer’s third album was a high-water mark for pop, inspiring a TikTok dance craze and a triumphant set at Glastonbury

The Independent UK

The 20 best albums of 2025, from Rosalía’s Lux to Lily Allen’s West End Girl

THE COUNTDOWN: From the thrills and spills of Lily Allen’s ‘divorce album’ to dazzling pop debuts, introspective UK rap and country romps, Roisin O’Connor, Hannah Ewens and Ellie Muir reflect on the best in music 2025 had to offer

Evening Standard

CMAT finally made it to Brixton Academy — and was crowned the new queen of high camp

5/5 Alan Carr was headbanging on the balcony as Dunboyne Diana led the crowd in the Woke Macarena

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ve got to release the dead hand of the past’: how Ireland created the world’s best alternative music scene

Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself

Evening Standard

CMAT to headline Lido Festival 2026 with Father John Misty and more supporting

CMAT will be bringing some sexy to Victoria Park next June

Evening Standard

Sam Fender dedicates Mercury Prize 2025 to 'mentor' as singer-songwriter says: 'I'm still in shock'

Local lad Fender beat competition from Britpop band Pulp, post-punks Fontaines DC and Irish singer CMAT

The Guardian - UK

Sam Fender wins 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching

Geordie singer-songwriter’s album reached No 1 on the UK album chart, and led to a series of stadium-sized concerts this summer

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