CMAT walks onto stage and immediately collapses. It’s offbeat silliness expected from a dramatic Irish artist who relishes in doing a bit. Somehow her record-perfect soaring vocals for “Have Fun” emerge from underneath her mop of auburn hair, as a violinist goes off. The enormous crowd who have gathered for this 1.40pm Glastonbury main stage set have almost certainly done so knowing this will officially kickstart the fun of the festival - and seem to know every word of the country-pop chorus.
Within 10 minutes of the set, the artist known as Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson has done the following: yodelled, swigged from a can of heineken, sashayed around the stage with an acoustic guitar, and stuck her tongue out with glee, multi-coloured teeth gems sparkling. Crucially, while vacilating between wildly expressive and self-deprecating comedian, she's also begun to bring to life those wink-wink happy-sad country songs about being a bit of a mess.
