Noughties Dance Act Cascada Adds Two Australian Shows
Natalie Horler, the singer behind Cascada, begins her first solo headline tour of Australia on November 27. The Perth date on December 4 has sold out, and two extra shows in Manly and Melbourne were added because of demand.
Noughties dance act Cascada will open its first solo headline tour of Australia on November 27, with the Perth show on December 4 already sold out. Singer Natalie Horler added two extra dates because of demand.
The tour celebrates 20 years of Everytime We Touch, the song that made Cascada a global name.
Tour dates
Horler starts at the Sunshine Coast in Queensland on November 27. She plays the Gold Coast on November 28 and Brisbane on November 29.
The sold-out Perth gig at The Court follows on December 4. Sydney and Melbourne come on December 5 and 6.
The added shows are in Manly on December 3 and an afternoon Melbourne performance on December 6.
Darren Bailie of Guru Josh Project, known for the record Infinity, joins the bill. So does Australian dance veteran Nick Skitz.
From small clubs to the US top 10
Horler founded Cascada in 2004 with composers and producers DJ Manian and DJ Yanou. The group also made Evacuate The Dancefloor. It performed as a trio until 2021, when Horler took the project on alone.
She says her career began at 23, when she was "young and green" and playing small clubs in Austria and Germany. Then Everytime We Touch reached the top 10 in the US.
"All of a sudden I was touring the States," she says. "It was quite a whirlwind for me to jump straight in, but it just hasn't stopped since then, so it's been a long 20 years."
She believes the music lasts because of when it arrived. "People associate those songs to going out in their 20s, that was their clubbing music," Horler says. "Social media wasn't a thing yet, so I think that's where the connection comes from."
Why Australia
Horler, born in Germany to British parents, last performed in Sydney in 2018. She calls Australia "literally one of my favourite places" and says she rarely gets to travel there.
She feels a link with Australians because she is English, she says, and because she grew up watching Neighbours.
What Perth will hear
Perth fans can expect Miracle and Bad Boy alongside new singles. Horler released Alive in August. Another single, Be The One, is due on November 20.
The 45-year-old says she is "really proud" of the past 20 years. Her career highs include judging the German talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar in 2012 and representing Germany at Eurovision in 2013.
She signed a new deal with Universal last December. "Not everyone is allowed to enjoy this longevity, and I do work really, really hard, and we're still releasing new music all the time," she says.
