Marlon Williams live in concert.
ON TOUR

Marlon Williams

70
critic concert reviews
country

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
70
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
75
%
Based on 
7
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critics Consensus

Based on 70 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Marlon Williams is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Marlon Williams concert reviews describe live shows and performances as incredible, breathtaking, soulful, emotive, glorious, captivating, and riveting.

How long are their concerts?

How long are Marlon Williams concerts? Marlon Williams concerts usually last from 45 minutes to up to an hour and a half.

How much to book?

On tour

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Artist Info

Genre
country
Origin
Christchurch, New Zealand (12/31/1990)
Bio
Marlon Williams (born 31 December 1990) is an award winning singer-songwriter and guitarist from Lyttelton, New Zealand. He has performed solo as well as with current backing group the Yarra Benders.
Has Performed With
The Yarra Benders
Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

Rolling Stone (Australia)

May 22, 2026
80
%
With promotional duties for ‘Te Whare Tīwekaweka’ well out of the way, Marlon Williams is having fun and taking risks

The Music (Australia)

March 6, 2026
%
Marlon Williams has the power to make you feel living-room comfortable while suddenly lifting you into a soaring, wondrous space of reverie.

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

June 22, 2025
%
It’s old time waiata on the sound system as Spark Arena fills. This wouldn’t be my choice of venue, I mutter within, descending the steep concrete steps, feet sticking to concrete floor from accumulations of beer spillage at past shows.

Scenestr (Australia)

June 5, 2025
%
Marlon Williams opened the first night of Melbourne's annual winter arts festival RISING with communal gusto at Melbourne Town Hall (4 June).

Backseat Mafia

May 29, 2025
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Marlon Williams Returns to the Sydney Opera House for a Reflective Vivid LIVE Performance 29.05.2025

Scenestr (Australia)

July 1, 2024
%
Three years after it was first planned, An Evening with Marlon Williams finally arrives in Adelaide (although his band did play a truncated set in late 2022 at Harvest Rock) to complete the tour, this final night ("show 41 of 41") added after the original Adelaide show sold out.

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

February 22, 2023
80
%
Don’t miss the whodunit that’s been keeping audiences guessing for 70 years

Past critic reviews published in

The AU Review (Australia), The Music (Australia), The 13th Floor (New Zealand), The 13th Floor (New Zealand), Ambient Light (New Zealand) and more

Image Credit

Bruce Baker [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

Te Whare Tīwekaweka (4 April 2025)