Marlon Williams and The Yarra Benders return to New Zealand next March to play their very first headline show at Auckland's Powerstation!
This week he has been announced as a five-time nominee at the upcoming 2015 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards and he is fast winning over the hearts of New Zealanders. Nominated categories at this year's awards include Album of the Year, Single of the Year (Dark Child), Best Alternative Album of the Year, Best Male Solo Artist and Breakthrough Artist of the Year!
Marlon has also just been nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album at this years' ARIA Awards in Australia and was recently nominated in NZ for the APRA Silver Scroll Award.
The next few months will see Marlon Williams undertake an intense touring schedule. He is currently performing a variety of industry gigs at the CMJ Festival in New York, before solo shows in the UK and Europe and then returning to Australia for an extensive 20 + date band tour including some A Day On The Green shows with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams. He is next in New Zealand for the first McLaren Valley Festival in January performing with his band The Yarra Benders.
The Yarra Benders consist of a stellar group of skilled musicians including Dave Khan on various instruments, Ben Woolley (Marlon's high school friend) on Bass Guitar and Gus Agars from Melbourne on Drums.
