New album later this year??? Special too???

Do we think given no tour this spring that they will record something new later this year???
Looking back on the cycle over the last four years it seems a given that it's time.
2021: Postcards from Ireland recorded and filmed June and July, released: Oct 29, 2021 and premiered on PBS: Nov 27, 2021 (DVD received general release January 2022).
2022: Postcards from Ireland tour: February-June + August Ireland shows, Christmas Cards from Ireland EP recorded September and released Nov 4, 2022, Christmas Symphony tour.
2023: No spring tour, Studio recording for 20 around July and August 2023, 20th anniversary concert August 25, 2023 and premiered on PBS Nov 25.
2024: 20 CD & Live DVD released on January 26, 20 Tour: February-May, Christmas Symphony tour.
2025: No spring tour.
Wonder if they will record "end of the summer" as they seem to tend to. Do we think they'll tape a special too??  If they record they would release the album either before the symphony tour (October or November which they've done before) or early on in the new year (end of January again most likely) before the spring tour would begin.

I am hoping they produce some new material. That would be a nice surprise.

Maybe someone who knows more than me can chime in. But I'm not sure what the availability of Mairead and Emma are right now. Emma is a new mom. Mairead sounds like she is working on her solo album this summer. (The good news is at least they still ID themselves as CW on their social media pages or have CW tagged.  )

I am hoping they produce some new material. That would be a nice surprise.

Maybe someone who knows more than me can chime in. But I'm not sure what the availability of Mairead and Emma are right now. Emma is a new mom. Mairead sounds like she is working on her solo album this summer. (The good news is at least they still ID themselves as CW on their social media pages or have CW tagged.  )

Given their reputation for not taking too long (2004-2006 x2-2008 new tracks for compilation-2009-2010 new tracks for Lullaby compilation-2011-2012 christmas album-2013-2015-2016 1/2 new and 1/2 remake-2017 live-2018-2019 christmas album-2021-2023) one would think there'll be something this year.

Oh yes! Please! It would be great if we had a new special and an album at the end of this year.

I did a lot of research on the dates of previous years, they announced album 20 on June 16, 2023, but production only started around July 6. With PFI it was something similar, the recordings of the songs were at the end of June and beginning of July and the special in the last two weeks of July 2022. I gathered this data based on the girls' Instagram posts and Stories. However, not everything needs to be like this since the album Destiny, for example, was recorded in July and announced ONE WEEK before the recording of the special in Dublin (which made many fans angry because they couldn't plan in time to travel).

We'll wait and see, but I believe we'll have to wait until the end of July to know for sure, remembering that Ancient Land was announced at the end of July and recorded in September 2018, so we'll see.

Oh yes! Please! It would be great if we had a new special and an album at the end of this year.

I did a lot of research on the dates of previous years, they announced album 20 on June 16, 2023, but production only started around July 6. With PFI it was something similar, the recordings of the songs were at the end of June and beginning of July and the special in the last two weeks of July 2022. I gathered this data based on the girls' Instagram posts and Stories. However, not everything needs to be like this since the album Destiny, for example, was recorded in July and announced ONE WEEK before the recording of the special in Dublin (which made many fans angry because they couldn't plan in time to travel).

We'll wait and see, but I believe we'll have to wait until the end of July to know for sure, remembering that Ancient Land was announced at the end of July and recorded in September 2018, so we'll see.

Yeah. With Ancient land in July 2018 there was a cryptic photo of a studio with text saying New Celtic Woman Album and announcing the taping.

With the recent news about Tara. It'll be interesting on how they'll produce a new special. Will Tara be able to tour next year with a new born? Baby would be close to 7-9 months old by the time the tour starts. Emma's would be around 1yr. I'm on the edge of my seat for CW plans for the next year. It's been really quiet this year with only single releases.

With the recent news about Tara. It'll be interesting on how they'll produce a new special. Will Tara be able to tour next year with a new born? Baby would be close to 7-9 months old by the time the tour starts. Emma's would be around 1yr. I'm on the edge of my seat for CW plans for the next year. It's been really quiet this year with only single releases.

It seems like when a member takes maternity leave (or any leave) it’s lengthy.
Meav took off starting in July 2005 and did not return until after the new year. When she returned in early 2006 she  hadn’t performed since taping the first show/recording the first CD (over a year).
Lisa K finished out all touring for 2007, took off for the February—May 2008 A New Journey tour but returned in time to record new songs for The Greatest Journey around late summer 2008 and to do the final Europe leg of A New Journey. In all it had to be about 9 months between her last show before maternity leave and her return. She finished 2011, took off all of 2012 and then called it quits at the beginning of 2013 (Susan must not have recorded the Home for Christmas CD because they didn’t know what the future would hold at that point??)
Susan took maternity leave in 2018 but really never quit she just became the “on call” member like Meav.
Emma hasn’t performed since the 20 tour which no overseas audiences got to see so who knows. If she returns this Christmas it’ll be 1 1/2 years since she was last on stage because of the break after the 20 tour.