Originally written by Sean Adams · 1 March 2005
Following last weeks sold out acoustic UK tour and news that she's been invited to play 2 nights with Wilco, our Martha announces a full UK tour in April/May. It's her first tour with a full band.
The tour comes shortly after the release of her single 'Factory' on March 21st (which you can now hear on the 6Music playlist and she'll be playing in session with Xfm's John Kennedy and on Radio 2 in March), and her debut, self-titled, album is released on April 4th in the UK through Drowned in Sound Recordings. You can now pre-order the album in your local store or here online at Amazon.
March 13th NOTTINGHAM Rock City Tel. 0115 941 2544 (Supporting Wilco) 14th LONDON Hammersmith Apollo Tel.0870 606 3400 (Supporting Wilco)
April 25th LONDON, Scala Tel. 0870 400 0688 27th CARDIFF Barfly Tel. 0870 907 0999 28th BRISTOL St Bonaventures Tel.0870 241 5093
May 1st BIRMINGHAM Glee Club Tel. 0870 241 5093 2nd OXFORD Zodiac Tel. 01865 420042 3rd BRIGHTON Komedia Tel.01273 647100 4th SHEFFIELD Fez Club Tel.0141 276 7093 6th EDINBURGH Exchange Tel. 0871 220 0260 7th GLASGOW Art School Tel. 0871 220 0260 8th MANCHESTER Academy 3 Tel. 0161 832 1111 9th NEWCASTLE Cluny Tel. 0191 230 4474
Ticket are onsale now from £7 - £8.50. If you're proactive and can help flyer your local area for these shows please email katie@disrecords.com to join our street team.
You can read about Martha in this months UNCUT, this weeks NME and the first review of the album is in this months Q. Anyone off to SxSw can catch Martha on the Thursday at 10pm, details here.
DiScuss: Did you catch Martha live last week, what did you think? Were REM really watching her Manchester gig? Is your father an asshole?