Australia's favourite son Hugh Jackman will bring his first world tour to Australia.

The entertainer announced on Tuesday he will bring The Man. The Music. The Show. back home in August.

In the show Jackman will perform hits from films The Greatest Showman and Les Miserables as well as songs from his Broadway career, accompanied by a live orchestra.

Joining Jackman on the tour will be The Greatest Showman cast mate Keala Settle, who played the Bearded Woman in the musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum.

The duo performed songs from the film including This is Me and A Million Dreams at a preview on Tuesday, accompanied by the Australian Girls Choir.

Jackman told reporters he was thrilled to be adding songs from the film to the show.

"To see how that music has really captured the imagination of people and how it makes them feel," he said.

"I pinch myself every single day."

The tour starts in Europe, officially kicking off in Hamburg, Germany, on May 13.

It's the first tour of its kind for Jackman, who will perform at arenas usually reserved for rock stars including New York's Madison Square Garden.

Before he was Wolverine, Jackman spent his early career working in theatre.

In 2004 he won Tony Awards for his role in The Boy From Oz, which chronicles the life of Australian songwriter Peter Allen.

© AAP 2019 Australian actor and performer Hugh Jackman poses for a photograph at the announcement of the Australian leg of his The Man. The Music. The Show world tour, in Sydney, Tuesday, February 26, 2019. Jackman's The Man. The Music. The Show world tour will come to Australia in August. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts)