{"id":2038920,"date":"2026-07-11T10:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2038920"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:23:22","slug":"robbie-williams-joins-cmat-on-stage-during-day-two-of-bilbao-bbk-live-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2038920","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams joins CMAT on stage during day two of Bilbao BBK Live 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BBL2026_CMAT_@ainhoalaucirica_34-2.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Robbie Williams joins CMAT on stage during day two of Bilbao BBK Live 2026<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Williams had headlined the main stage of the Basque weekender earlier that night.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Lisa Wright<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-11T11:23:22+01:00\">11th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BBL2026_CMAT_@ainhoalaucirica_34-2-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"BBL2026_CMAT_@ainhoalaucirica_34-2\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">CMAT performs at Bilbao BBK Live 2026. Photo credit: Ainhoa Laucirica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><i>In partnership with Bilbao BBK Live 2026.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Fresh from headlining the main stage earlier that night, Robbie Williams surprised both CMAT and the crowd by running on stage during her set on day two of Bilbao BBK Live 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nearing the end of her late night slot on the Repsol stage, the Dunboyne singer joked that \u201cThe A in CMAT stands for, \u2018And through it all\u2026\u2019\u201d she began, before leading the crowd in a singalong of Williams\u2019 hit \u2018Angels\u2019. As she finished, Williams darted on stage to huge cheers, and hugged the singer who then informed people that, \u201cI really know that it seemed like that was planned, but it really wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Daol-myIFNA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elsewhere in the set, CMAT \u2013 real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson \u2013 referenced Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s recent cover of her song \u2018When A Good Man Cries\u2019 on BBC Radio 1\u2019s Live Lounge, preceding the track by declaring, \u201cThank you Olivia Rodrigo, she\u2019s my best friend!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Rodrigo covered the track, taken from CMAT\u2019s critically-acclaimed third album \u2018Euro-Country\u2019, she praised the Irish artist as \u201csuch an incredible, unique songwriter,\u201d before continuing: \u201cI think nobody writes songs like her right now, and she\u2019s just a force. Beautiful, beautiful voice, so I hope I did this song justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the success of viral hit \u2018Take A Sexy Picture Of Me\u2019, which speaks of the body shaming that the singer has experienced online since stepping further into the limelight, CMAT recently was forced to speak out about further online abuse following an appearance at Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend 2026 earlier this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a lengthy post on Instagram, Thompson said she had \u201cfelt compelled to wade in and speak for myself\u201d after discovering some derogatory remarks about images of her from the event.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3956396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BBL2026_CMAT_@ainhoalaucirica_37-2.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CMAT performs at Bilbao BBK Live 2026. Photo credit: Ainhoa Laucirica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is literally so boring for me, a gorgeous genius, to keep having to yap on about how horribly I am treated because of my body,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI would love to stop but I cannot because it keeps happening, at an accelerating and worsening pace as I become more famous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, CMAT took home the Best Album award for \u2018Euro-Country\u2019 at the Ivors 2026. The record was also shortlisted for the 2025 Mercury Prize, and landed at Number Four on <i>NME<\/i>\u2018s best albums of the year list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bilbao BBK Live 2026 kicked off on Thursday (July 9) with powerful performances from the likes of FKA Twigs and David Byrne \u2013 read <i>NME\u2019s <\/i>round-up of day one here.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside CMAT and Williams, day two also featured sets from Tomora \u2013 the collaborative project between Aurora and Tom Rowlands of Chemical Brothers, Alabama Shakes and Belle and Sebastian. The festival will continue tonight (July 11) with closing sets from Lily Allen, IDLES and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>CMAT<\/li>\n<li>Robbie Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-sidebar-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_93 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_93\">\n<div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">TRENDING<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_93\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Suki-Waterhouse-Credit-Press-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Suki-Waterhouse-Credit-Press-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Suki Waterhouse \u2013 \u2018Loveland\u2019 review: plenty to fall head over heels with<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Evil_Dead_Burn-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Evil_Dead_Burn-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 review: hotly anticipated horror sequel never quite catches fire<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/little-grandad-credit-xander-lewis-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/little-grandad-credit-xander-lewis-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Little Grandad: the alt-country band speeding towards stardom<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NME-HERO-HAUTE-AND-FREDDY-CREDIT-KRISTEN-JAN-WONG@2560x1707-400x267.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NME-HERO-HAUTE-AND-FREDDY-CREDIT-KRISTEN-JAN-WONG@2560x1707-800x533.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Step right up! 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2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><i>In partnership with Bilbao BBK Live 2026.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Fresh from headlining the main stage earlier that night, Robbie Williams surprised both CMAT and the crowd by running on stage during her set on day two of Bilbao BBK Live 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nearing the end of her late night slot on the Repsol stage, the Dunboyne singer joked that \u201cThe A in CMAT stands for, \u2018And through it all\u2026\u2019\u201d she began, before leading the crowd in a singalong of Williams\u2019 hit \u2018Angels\u2019. As she finished, Williams darted on stage to huge cheers, and hugged the singer who then informed people that, \u201cI really know that it seemed like that was planned, but it really wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Daol-myIFNA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elsewhere in the set, CMAT \u2013 real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson \u2013 referenced Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s recent cover of her song \u2018When A Good Man Cries\u2019 on BBC Radio 1\u2019s Live Lounge, preceding the track by declaring, \u201cThank you Olivia Rodrigo, she\u2019s my best friend!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Rodrigo covered the track, taken from CMAT\u2019s critically-acclaimed third album \u2018Euro-Country\u2019, she praised the Irish artist as \u201csuch an incredible, unique songwriter,\u201d before continuing: \u201cI think nobody writes songs like her right now, and she\u2019s just a force. Beautiful, beautiful voice, so I hope I did this song justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the success of viral hit \u2018Take A Sexy Picture Of Me\u2019, which speaks of the body shaming that the singer has experienced online since stepping further into the limelight, CMAT recently was forced to speak out about further online abuse following an appearance at Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend 2026 earlier this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a lengthy post on Instagram, Thompson said she had \u201cfelt compelled to wade in and speak for myself\u201d after discovering some derogatory remarks about images of her from the event.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3956396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BBL2026_CMAT_@ainhoalaucirica_37-2.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CMAT performs at Bilbao BBK Live 2026. Photo credit: Ainhoa Laucirica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is literally so boring for me, a gorgeous genius, to keep having to yap on about how horribly I am treated because of my body,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI would love to stop but I cannot because it keeps happening, at an accelerating and worsening pace as I become more famous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, CMAT took home the Best Album award for \u2018Euro-Country\u2019 at the Ivors 2026. The record was also shortlisted for the 2025 Mercury Prize, and landed at Number Four on <i>NME<\/i>\u2018s best albums of the year list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bilbao BBK Live 2026 kicked off on Thursday (July 9) with powerful performances from the likes of FKA Twigs and David Byrne \u2013 read <i>NME\u2019s <\/i>round-up of day one here.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside CMAT and Williams, day two also featured sets from Tomora \u2013 the collaborative project between Aurora and Tom Rowlands of Chemical Brothers, Alabama Shakes and Belle and Sebastian. The festival will continue tonight (July 11) with closing sets from Lily Allen, IDLES and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/robbie-williams-cmat-bilbao-bbk-live-2026-3956388&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BBL2026_CMAT_@ainhoalaucirica_34-2.jpg&#8221;] News Robbie Williams joins CMAT on stage during day two of Bilbao BBK Live 2026 Williams had headlined the main stage of the Basque weekender earlier that night. By Lisa Wright 11th July 2026 CMAT performs at Bilbao BBK Live 2026. Photo credit: Ainhoa Laucirica In partnership with Bilbao BBK Live 2026. 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