ITunes Match on iPad - Whole library is long empty playlists with 0:00 for every track

I think this started when I updated to iOS 6. My Music library on my iPad (3rd Gen, iOS 6) is all properly labeled at the artist and album label, but there's not album art and the album playlists are much longer than they should be and every track is marked 0:00 for duration. I tried the usual stuff (turning off iTunes Match and turning it back on, resetting iPad). Nothing I do on the iPad seems to work.
iTunes Match is working fine on my iPhone.

I believe I have found a possible cure for this issue. I had the same problem as you i enabled iTunes match and could watch my battery life drain before my eyes. I took it off charge at 0700 and by 1900 with very little use it was dead.
I tried the above entry of resetting the settings which didnt really work, however with a bit of experimenting i have discovered a cure which worked for me.
1. Reset settings as above post
2. Back up to iTunes (so that the new settings are in your backup file)
3. Restore the phone to factory settings
4. Restore from the backup you just made
5. Turn off iTunes match so that iTunes puts across any music you had on the phone previously
6. Turn iTunes match back on.
This appears to have worked for me, i took my phone off charge at 1930 and at 0130 i still have 87% left and this is with some light surfing and some itunes match downloads.
I know its a long winded process but hopefully this will work for you like it has me.

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Quite a bit of an issue here...
After googling for a few hours, I am unable to fix my current issue. Hopefully someone with experience can assist with this one.
I have around 4k tracks in my iTunes library in ALAC format and loaded artwork etc. Firstly, when I synchorise with my iPad Air via USB cable (genuine), after the first 1GB or so, iTunes will randomly quit, and thus the process will stop. I have tried this many times and have completely restore Mavericks (Macbook 2009). The tracks are stored locally. Secondly, after turning on and paying for iTunes Match (as iTunes Radio has arrived down under), iTunes would quit. This normally occurs in Step 2 and around 500ish/ 4000ish tracks.
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