‘It was amazing', says emotional mum of CMAT after Glastonbury gig & reveals surprising way ex-RTE star inspired singer
The Stay For Something singer, whose initials stand for Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, performed to thousands of fans at Glastonbury over the weekend.
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CMAT performed for thousands of music fans at Glastonbury
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The Irish singer played the biggest gig of her career so far
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CMAT, who has been releasing music under her diva persona since 2021, recently experienced a major surge in popularity.
The Dunboyne native played the biggest gig of her career so far as she performed to over 60,000 adoring fans on the Pyramid Stage at
The 28-year-old also recently released her most successful single to date, Take A Sexy Picture Of Me, which has raked up over seven million streams on
The track was the second single released ahead of her third studio album, Euro-Country.
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Despite the rise in popularity for the talented star, there's one fan who has always been her biggest cheerleader.
CMAT's mum, Sinead Lanigan joined Carl, Roz and Aisling on 2FM Breakfast, where she discussed watching her daughter perform at the major festival.
She said: "The night before I said to my daughter, will you bring me over so I can see where the Pyramid Stage actually is. I just wanted to see what everyone was talking about crowd-wise."
Sinead admitted that she thought it would be like Croke Park before her daughter said: "A little bit bigger, mam."
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She continued: "I was like, 'Oh God! Oh God!' They brought me over and showed me the hill.
"We were standing side of stage and there were loads of people, loads of people and then the hill! It was amazing. It was absolutely amazing.
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"I couldn't speak and that's not like me. I was giddy with enjoyment. It was just unreal. You might dream of it, but you never think your child will end up somewhere like that."
They then asked Sinead if she "shed a tear", to which she replied: "Oh, I did."
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When asked if she was always into music herself, she replied: "I love music. But they were rared on the radio. The radio was always on. Ciara would have always listened to it."
She also recalled how CMAT's early love of music started when she was very young and told how her interest was influenced by
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Sinead explained: "I go back to, I was saying that yesterday, Ryan Tubridy days on 2FM. Going to primary school, like, junior infants, senior infants, Ciara would have always listened to them.
"I'd have it on in the car and Ciara would have - the Beatles were a big deal for her because of Ryan Tubridy, you know."
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Despite coming from humble beginnings, and experiencing what has been a meteoric rise to success, Sinead insists that fame hasn't changed her daughter.
She said: "Absolutely. 100 per cent. [When she's home] 'Oh, Mom, I'm tired'. No, 'Mom, make me a cup of tea'. 'Are you making any scones?'
"She's the exact same. That's good to know. She'll never not be grounded being a third child in the family of four anyway. So, you know.
"They don't let her away with anything. They're like, Ciara, do you think you're famous or something?"
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