Tickets are $15.00 at the door / $17.00 advance - we would HIGHLY RECOMMEND you go to www.maplemusic.com to buy tickets ahead of time as there is a very strong likelihood of this show selling out quickly. Martha and Mark will be going on at 9:30 pm. (local Toronto time) and doing an hour's set. The Blue Raincoats will be doing an opening set at 8:30 pm.

The Drake Hotel is located at 1150 Queen St. W. in Toronto. For more information phone 416.531.5042 / 1.866.372.5386 or visit www.thedrakehotel.ca

*** FOR THOSE UNABLE TO BE THERE OR WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF TORONTO THE SHOW THE DRAKE WILL BE STREAMING THE SHOW LIVE OVER THE INTERNET. THE WEBCAST ADDRESS IS:
www.thedrakehotel.ca/webcast.asp

It's usually accessible from the main page of The Drake website if you click "happenings" when the show is on. When the show is over it is switched back to weekly listings.
(Apparently it doesn't always work with Internet Explorer, you might need Firefox.)

SHOW INFO:
Martha Johnson and Mark Gane will be returning to their Queen St. W. roots when they perform "reinterpretations" of the MatM songbook as a duo in The Underground at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Saturday, February 19th. This will mark the first time in 17 years they have performed a full set of MatM songs since the band played its last show in Toronto in 1987 at The Diamond Club.

"We'll be doing a mix of songs from various periods, many of which we haven't done in more than twenty years", says Martha. "The idea is to eventually record the best versions of the selected old songs as a duo with some new material as well and release that on CD and doing this show is a great starting point."

"ICE AGE" UPDATE

Warren Stewart, Director of Catalogue Marketing at EMI Music Canada, has confirmed that MatM's third and most sought-after album THIS IS THE ICE AGE will be reissued on CD in spring 2005. Originally released in 1981, this was the first of three ground-breaking albums that MatM recorded with Daniel Lanois, legendary producer of U2, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and Bob Dylan, among others.

In addition to the original track listing, two bonus cuts from the same recording sessions will be included: TWENTY-TWO IN CINCINATTI and I'M NO GOOD AT CONVERSATION , both originally released on vinyl as B-sides. More ICE AGE info coming soon.

SEPT 2004
MARTHA JOHNSON GETS CO-WRITING CREDIT ON GERMAN HIT SINGLE

When a fan in Germany emailed Martha and the Muffins last summer, indicating that the popular German hip-hop outfit DIE FANTASTISCHEN VIER (The Fantastic Four) had used part of a Muffins song in their hit single TROY , Martha Johnson discovered that major elements of her composition INDECISION (from MatM's 1980 album METRO MUSIC ) had been plagiarized. After she alerted the publisher of INDECISION , Virgin Music Publishing UK, a settlement was reached with DIE FANTASTISCHEN VIER and their publisher, Sony Music Germany. Martha received half the writing credit forTROY while Virgin Music Publishing UK gained 50% of the publishers' share. The singleTROY enjoyed high chart positions in Germany for several weeks last summer and autumn as did the album it was taken from, VIEL.