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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Bauder

Singer Paul Kelly: An Australian icon the country seems to be keeping for its own

Music Paul Kelly - (Dan Hallman/Invision/AP)

During his first visit to New York in seven years, Paul Kelly made sure to stop at Katz's deli, check out a friend's restaurant recommendation in Little Italy, and take some long walks. Then there was business to attend to, when he stepped onstage at a Bleecker Street club to sing his songs.

To followers back home in Australia, where a Kelly show at the Sydney Opera House sells out, that's something like a New Jersey tourist finding Bruce Springsteen strumming his guitar in the corner of a Melbourne bar.

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