last week we were quite lucky: we won tickets for a gig of Martha Wainwright. Of course, usually that would not be such a big deal - usually you would probably just go and buy tickets in advance if you want to see a concert. But for this gig there were no tickets available - invitation only.

As far as I understood it the gig was neither a promotion gig nor a record release concert - but rather something like a sneak preview for Martha's upcoming second album "I Know You’re Married But I Have Feelings Too". Furthermore I actually had the feeling that Martha expected mostly journalists and label people to be in the audience - but she made it clear, that she felt quite comfortable beeing on stage instead of sitting in endless interview sessions.

Anyways - the concert was just great - we enjoyed it a lot. Of course Martha mostly played songs of her second upcoming album "I Know You’re Married But I Have Feelings Too", but also some all-time classics like "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole". In the end the audiense first didn't stop applauding - so Martha came back on stage and played some more - encores..

..and now I'm curiously looking forward for her to come back to Berlin - which will probably happen at some point this year. But first the album will be released - and some UK-gigs played:

• 19.05.2008 London - Royal Festival Hall
^{("A Special Night with Martha Waiwright")}
• 23.05.2008 Glasgow - Royal Concert Hall
• 24.05.2008 Birmingham - Symphony Hall
• 25.05.2008 Manchester - Bridgewater Hall

see also:
• Homepage of Martha Wainwright:
`-> www.marthawainwright.com
• Martha Wainwright @ MySpace:
`-> myspace.com/marthawainwright

..greetz, t..