Celtic Woman Forum
The Cast => Celtic Woman => Topic started by: CWFella2011 on August 16, 2025, 09:50:42 PM
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We are at the time of year where the ladies are often in the studio and about to tape a new special. As we all know they have not recorded since 20. Given that nothing has been posted on socials about being in the studio (sometimes a stack of sheet music or maybe one or two of the girls posing for the camera) do we think that we will be headed for two years of no Celtic Woman spring tour??? They can't do it without putting something out (which they always do).
If that's true this will be the longest gap between any two albums/specials. It used to be every year or other year with releasing something.
Do we think they're slowing down (years off become more common) or about to go down a similar route to Celtic Thunder who post 2013 has gone to every few years doing something "completely new" (2013 Mythology album and DVD/tour/Christmas Voices album---2014 Christmas Voices album renamed Christmas Symphony and supported with tour--2015 Very Best of album and tour--2016 Legacy album + special had no new songs and was a live recording of a 2015 north American tour stop + another tour in support of it---2017 Inspirational album + second christmas symphony tour--2018 10th anniversary; album, special and supporting tour--2019 year off--2020 Ireland compilation special + tour thwarted by COVID--2021 continued thwarting of tour by COVID--2022 thwarted tour proceeds but many canceled shows--2023-24 Odyssey tour for two years + PBS special aired in 2024 + new live album--2025 Greatest Hits album and new tour).
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You could be right. I'm very curious as to who is even touring on the 2025 Christmas tour. I've been surfing the internet unsuccessfully for any clues.
It is kind of a bummer to wait so long for new material. But if given the choice, I'd prefer waiting for the current members to be ready to record & tour (i.e. Emma = baby, Tara = baby, MC = solo album), vs replacing them even temporarily.
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I've been thinking the same.
There's only a month or so left in the window to record a special that would air next spring. Given recent developments affecting PBS, the chances of a new special this year are very low.
It isn't too unusual for there to be no tour announcement by now, but there hasn't been a single CW show for 2026 posted by any venue yet. I don't want want to completely write off a 2026 spring tour yet, but if there's nothing by the end of September, there's basically no chance of a spring tour in 2026.
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I think the Christmas tour is going to tell us something about the future. It will depend on who is on the Christmas tour. Will the girls want to tour for the typical 4 or 5 months? I know Lisa Kelly toured with her kids, but not when they were infants. As much as I hate to say it, are we seeing the end of CW?
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I've been thinking the same.
There's only a month or so left in the window to record a special that would air next spring. Given recent developments affecting PBS, the chances of a new special this year are very low.
It isn't too unusual for there to be no tour announcement by now, but there hasn't been a single CW show for 2026 posted by any venue yet. I don't want want to completely write off a 2026 spring tour yet, but if there's nothing by the end of September, there's basically no chance of a spring tour in 2026.
Yeah. Some dates “leak” some times in early summer but then don’t go on sale until mid fall.
If there WERE to be new CW music released mid-late fall/in January at this point it feels like we would get an album but no special.
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I think the Christmas tour is going to tell us something about the future. It will depend on who is on the Christmas tour. Will the girls want to tour for the typical 4 or 5 months? I know Lisa Kelly toured with her kids, but not when they were infants. As much as I hate to say it, are we seeing the end of CW?
It's seemed like overtime that if they record/film anything during the summer that seems to "set up" who will do any later in the year touring/whatever happens after the new year.
It really seems like whenever they post they are recording something that's our first taste of the lineup for the next year or so.