Harry Connick, Jr. Will Croon at Stifel Theatre

Harry Connick, Jr. today announced additional Fall concert dates of the New Orleans Tricentennial Celebration tour that will continue to take him across the U.S. and also London & Paris this year. This new leg begins on November 26 with Harry and his amazing band performing songs in tribute to New Orleans as well as some of his holiday favorites. Please see www.harryconnickjr.com for all details.

Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, September 28 at 11 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000.

When the tour stops in New Orleans on December 15, Harry will play a very special show at UNO Lakefront Arena to benefit the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, which he co-founded in the Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Katrina. For additional information about the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, please visit the Center's website at www.ellismarsaliscenter.org.

Harry has exemplified excellence in every aspect of the entertainment world. He has received recognition with multiple Grammy and Emmy Awards as well as Tony nominations for his live and recorded musical performances, his achievements on screens large and small and his appearances on Broadway as both an actor and a composer. The foundation of Harry's art is the music of his native New Orleans, where he began performing as a pianist and vocalist at the age of five.