Delaney Davidson, Marlon Williams and Tami Neilson Announce March Tour

Leading country musicians Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams are joining forces for a nationwide tour in March. All have numerous accolades to their name and now they will perform a collaborative show in a similar vain to the country shows of old - here are the dates...

Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams

Saturday 16th March,: Victoria Palace Theatre, Devonport/Auckland
Friday 22 March, Geraldine Cinema, Geraldine
Saturday 23 March, Wunderbar, Lyttelton
Sunday 24 March, The Grain Store, Oamaru
Wednesday 27 March, The Wine Cellar, Auckland
Thursday 28 March, Yot Club, Raglan
Friday 29 March, Artworks Theatre, Waiheke
Saturday 30 March,Leigh Sawmill, Leigh

Here's the video for 'Bloodletter' from Delaney and Marlon's collaborative album Sad But True...

And here's a clip from Tami Neilson's latest album The Kitchen Table Sessions Vol II...

Press Release:

GRAND OLE HAYRIDE NZ TOUR
Three New Zealand Country Legends In The Making.
Tami Neilson , Delaney Davidson , Marlon Williams

In the tradition of the old-time live country show, “Grand Ole Hayride brings you the top 3 finalists of the APRA & New Zealand Music Awards 2012.

Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams (joined by multi-instrumentalist Dave Khan) make up this diverse line-up of some of the nation's most prestigious, award-winning alt-country artists in a collaborative performance bound to turn the country genre on its head.

TOUR DATES

16 March AUCKLAND : Victoria Palace Theatre, 48-56 Victoria Rd , Devonport
22 March GERALDINE : Geraldine Cinema, Talbot St Geraldine
23 March LYTTELTON : Wunderbar , 9 London St Wunderbar, Lyttelton
24 March OAMARU : The Grain Store,9 Tyne St, Oamaru
27 March AUCKLAND : The Wine Cellar, St Kevin’s Arcade , K’ Rd Auckland
28 March RAGLAN : Yot Club, 9 Bow St , Raglan
29 March WAIHEKE : Artworks Theatre,2 Korora Rd,Oneroa, Waiheke
30 March LEIGH : Leigh Sawmill, 142 Pakiri Rd , Leigh

TAMI NEILSON
“A POWERHOUSE THAT AT TIMES CHANNELS PATSY CLINE AT HER MOST SUBLIME…”
Canadian-born Tami Neilson has opened for the likes of Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris, being hailed by critics as "The New Queen of Country" - Tom Cardy… The Dominion Post Winning the New Zealand Music Awards' Tui for Best Country Album three years in a row andthe New Zealand Country Music Awards' Best Female Artist 2010 and 2011.

DELANEY DAVIDSON
“A REAL TROUBADOUR WITH A DARK SENSE OF HUMOUR AND A DEEP STRIPPED BACK VOICE THAT RECALLS TOM WAITS ...”
Country crooner Delaney Davidson is part-man-part-wheel, as he rolls his never-ending tour around Europe, the Americas and Australasia. Already this year, Delaney has won the APRA Best Country Song 2012, and 2011 saw him make the final five nominees for the APRA Silver Scrolls. Davidson has garnered stunning reviews for his album ‘Bad Luck Man’ including five stars from the UK’s Guardian newspaper.

MARLON WILLIAMS
“A WUNDERKIND WITH A VOICE THAT INVITES COMPARISONS TO ELVIS..”
Marlon Williams has been heralded as “the great young hope of country music”. His songwriting talent was applauded when his ‘Ghost of This Town’ was nominated for the APRA Best Country Song 2012 and he was also nominated in both “Best Country Album” and “Critics Choice” categories at the New Zealand Music Awards as lead singer of critically acclaimed band “The Unfaithful Ways”.

Delaney and Marlon released their highly anticipated ,critically lauded collaborative album,Sad but True in November 2012