Marlon Williams announces ‘My Boy Tour’ for 2023
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07.09.2022

Marlon Williams announces ‘My Boy Tour’ for 2023

Marlon Williams

“Australia! Me and the Benders are about to head off and sharpen our tools out in the big wide world and then we’re stoked to be coming home to play with you."

Hot off the back of a hugely successful international tour, Aotearoa’s own Marlon Williams is bringing his charismatic live show on the road for three shows only in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. He’s celebrating the release of his most recent album My Boy, which drops on September 9. Catch him when he performs at Melbourne’s own Palais Theatre on Saturday February 18, 2023.

Marlon Williams My Boy Tour 2023

  • February 15 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
  • February 16 – Concert Hall QPAC, Brisbane
  • February 18 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne

Check out Melbourne’s most comprehensive gig guide here.

“Australia! Me and the Benders are about to head off and sharpen our tools out in the big wide world and then we’re stoked to be coming home to play with you,” says Marlon.

With Williams’ anticipated third solo album My Boy released on Friday 9 September, the distinguished singer-songwriter is emerging anew. Gone is the solemn, country-indebted crooner with the velvet voice – in his place comes a more playful, shape-shifting creature.

Across My Boy’s eleven songs, Williams’ takes listeners on a sonic and emotional journey which the artist explains is intentional; “As a live performer one of my favourite things to do is blindside people with upsetting mood shifts. I really wanted that to come across on this record.”

Following the release of his second album, 2018’s stunning portrait of a breakup, Make Way For Love, Williams’ has become an in-demand collaborator, recording duets with Courtney Barnett, Paul Kelly and Yo-Yo Ma amongst others. My Boy parlays this flush of worldly experience into a vivid, dynamic record as spirited, complex and kinetic as the unfolding life of its performer.

An exquisite live artist, Marlon Williams is currently on the road taking his My Boy Tour across North America, and from mid-October lands in Europe for extensive headline dates. Don’t miss your chance to experience Marlon Williams live in concert in February 2023, when he returns to Australian shores.

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Marlon Williams’ third solo album, My Boy is out on Friday 9 September on vinyl LP, cassette and digital through Virgin Music Australia.

Grab your tickets before they go by heading here.