For Harry Connick Jr, performing in Australia feels less like touring and more like coming home.

"I have a special place in my heart for the whole country," he tells AAP.

"I started going down there probably in the early '90s and I just remember feeling a kinship with Australians.

"I think it's because they're pretty laid back, they love to have a good time and they're just kind people."

That sense of familiarity runs deep for the New Orleans-born musician, who draws a direct line between his hometown and his adopted second home.

"Where I grew up in New Orleans, people were like that too," he says.

"You might say people like to have a good time anywhere but I think certain places have a tendency to be maybe more vocal about it, maybe they're a little bit louder in an audience. They'r

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