Marlon Williams will bring his band The Yarra Benders to UK and Europe for the first time since 2022, performing his latest record Te Whare Tīwekweka and songs from his beloved catalogue. Te Whare Tīwekaweka debuted at number 1 in Marlon’s home of Aotearoa/New Zealand, the first original Māori language album to ever achieve the honour. The Yarra Benders recorded the album with him, and all feature in the feature length documentary which was released alongside the album called Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds.
New Zealand’s Marlon Williams (Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) possesses one of the greatest voices of his generation. His effortlessly distinctive tone and heartstring-plucking vibrato have garnered widespread love around the world. Williams draws on folk and country traditions – often compared to Leonard Cohen, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley – but what makes him so special is his unique ability to traverse genres on both his award winning records, and in his famously captivating live shows.
Marlon Williams grew up in the port town of Lyttelton, in the South Island of New Zealand. After performing with his high-school band The Unfaithful Ways and as a duo with Delaney Davidson, he launched his award-winning solo career with his 2015 debut Marlon Williams, and followed it with Make Way For Love in 2018, 2022 record My Boy and his acclaimed new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka which is the first original album written entirely in Te Reo Māori to top the NZ album charts.
Along the way Williams has played many of world’s major festivals, toured and performed with Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, Florence + The Machine, Courtney Barnett, Brandi Carlile and Lorde, as well as appearing on TV shows CONAN, Later with Jools Holland and NPR’s Tiny Desk. Williams has also won six New Zealand Music Awards, the coveted APRA Silver Scroll Award, and was handpicked by director Bradley Cooper to appear in Academy Award-winning film A Star Is Born, with his rising acting carer now including roles in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, The Beautiful Lie, The Rehearsal, True History of the Kelly Gang, Lone Wolf, and Bad Behaviour.
MARLON WILLIAMS
BUTTON FACTORY, DUBLIN
SATURDAY, 11TH APRIL 2026
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