Kelly will release a deluxe edition of his 2025 album Seventy two ahead of the gig.

Paul Kelly performs on stage at the 18th Annual Bluesfest East Coast Blues & Roots Festival.

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Paul Kelly is returning to Kings Cross for the first time in decades, announcing a one-night-only show at the Potts Point Hotel on Aug. 30 — steps from the long-gone venue where the Australian songwriter cut his teeth in the mid-1980s.

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