Marlon Williams Announces Nationwide Tour + New Single

Bluegrass musician Marlon Williams is returning to New Zealand for a four-date tour in July to celebrate the release of his new single 'Strange Things'. The heartbreaking singer relocated to Australia in mid-2013, but recently returned to his hometown Lyttelton to record his first solo album, which is set to be released soon, with the single 'Strange Things' being unveiled to whet fans appetites. When Marlon comes back home for July's tour he will be bringing Australian artist Melody Pool, and the pair with be joined by Aldous Harding for shows in Wellington and Auckland. Williams and Harding will then be continue south to perform in Dunedin and Lyttelton. Here's his new single 'Strange Things' and below are the show details...

Marlon Williams Single Release Tour

Friday 11th July, San Francisco Bath House, Wellington
Saturday 12th July, The Tuning Fork, Auckland
Sunday 13th July, Taste Merchants, Dunedin
Wednesday 16th July, Wunderbar, Lyttelton

Tickets for the Wellington, Dunedin and Lyttelton shows are available here from UTR.

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MARLON WILLIAMS SINGLE RELASE TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MELODY POOL (AUS) & ALDOUS HARDING

Presented by 95bFM and Heartstop Music

Marlon Williams returns to New Zealand in July for a 4-date tour to release his new single ‘Strange Things’.

He will also introduce local audiences to one of Australia’s finest young singer-songwriters, Melody Pool. The pair will play shows in Auckland and Wellington before returning for 22-dates around Australia.

Williams has been making a big name for himself in Australia since relocating in mid-2013. Australia’s leading folk/roots magazine Rhythms have labelled him the “Artist To Watch” in 2014, he made his national TV debut on SBS’ Rockwiz show last week, performed at the Sydney Opera House for TEDx Sydney in April, and has been announced as the main support for First Aid Kit’s Australian tour in July.

He recently returned to his hometown of Lyttelton to record his debut solo album, and ‘Strange Things’ (released 28 May) is the first taste of what is to come. Lilting, quirky, beautiful and haunting, 'Strange Things' offers a taste of Williams’ dark sense of humour, and ability to find magic in the morbid.

Melody Pool is a young artist with an old soul. Her debut album, 'The Hurting Scene', sends the listener time-travelling to coffee houses in the late ’60s, with songs reminiscent of early Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne.

Melody has spent the last 12 months touring the World including a sold-out tour of the UK and Europe with The Milk Carton Kids, and also the Americana Music Festival in Nashville.

Crowdfunding enabled Melody to make 'The Hurting Scene' in Nashville with producers Jace Everett and Brad Jones. Tales of lost love, infidelity and asserting independence, The Hurting Scene contains a dozen original songs that are beguiling and bittersweet. “I’m in love,” Melody sings, “and you’re to blame.”

The Hurting Scene will be released in New Zealand on June 13th. 


Newcomer Aldous Harding will also support all 4-dates on the tour, having just released her self-titled debut on Lyttelton Records. Co-Produced by Williams, the album has been critically acclaimed, Rip It Up Magazine giving it 4 stars, and Radio NZ’s Nick Bollinger calling Harding a “unique new voice” who “shifts the air with rarefied grace”.

MARLON WILLIAMS SINGLE RELASE TOUR WITH MELODY POOL (AUS) & ALDOUS HARDING

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With Melody Pool & Aldous Harding
FRI 11 JULY - SAN FRANCISCO BATH HOUSE - WELLINGTON

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With Melody Pool & Aldous Harding
SAT 12 JULY - THE TUNING FORK - AUCKLAND

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With Aldous Harding
SUN 13 JULY - TASTE MERCHANTS - DUNEDIN

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With Aldous Harding
WED 16 JULY - WUNDERBAR - LYTTELTON

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