To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her seminal eponymous debut studio album, Martha Wainwright announces the 20th Anniversary Tour.

Martha said: “20 years ago my life as an artist took shape when my first record was released. In many ways that record defined me, as well as launched me into a now-over-20-year-long career that has made me who I am. It was after 10 years of playing in bars, making cassettes and EPs to sell at my shows, singing backup for my brother Rufus, falling in and out of love and in again, practicing, writing, singing until I could barely sing anymore, partying, walking for hours and hours, crying and laughing with friends, playing with musicians and listening to great artists working with my ex-husband in the studio for two years that created this first record.

“Labels wouldn’t sign me when I started and I had to craft, with the help of many people, an album that would finally be licensed and released in 2005.  My first record tells my story, and when it was finally released I was able to work and tour and have a music career – something that I always wanted but wasn’t sure would happen. Twenty years later, with six other albums under my belt, two kids, and a career that is chugging along, I can safely say that my first record paved my way forward and I’m very proud of it and still sing many of these early songs.

“Along with a re-release, including on vinyl for the first time, there will be a tour, with a few great musicians, where I’ll play the record in its entirety as well as a few new songs. There’s no 48-year-old me without the 28-year-old me.”