Nat Bass, Rogue Traders to headline Synthony dance music experience in 2023

Natalie Bassingthwaite has stepped into her dancing shoes once more to bring her noughties hits and the world’s best dance anthems to Sydney with a 60-piece Orchestra and laser light show.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte is on tour again in 2023, headlining Synthony’s third Australian tour. Picture: Richard Dobson

Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Rogue Traders are bringing the world’s biggest dance music to Sydney in 2023.

For Synthony’s third Australian tour, Nat Bass is joining the live music experience that brings the biggest dance tracks from the past 30 years — performed by an Orchestra, DJs, singers and live performers, back to stage.

“I don’t think I’ve ever done anything on this scale before,” the 47-year-old muso, actor, and TV host told Confidential.

She’ll be joined by emerging soul superstar Thandi Phoenix, Ilan Kidron (The Potbelleez), Cassie McIvor, Greg Gould, Matty O, Mobin Master, and event host Aroha.

And yes, she’ll be singing Voodoo Child, as well as a brand new Rogue Traders song that she’s working on right now.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte ahead of her national Synthony tour with the Metropolitan Orchestra in 2023. Picture: Richard Dobson

“I’ve performed with an orchestra before, but there’s nothing quite like having all those instruments, DJs, and the light show. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen, your whole body is electrified,” Bassingthwaighte said. “I had a look at the vision and it blew my mind.”

The show is taking music from the likes of Disclosure, Flume, Calvin Harris, and Wilkinson across Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth, before culminating in one epic final dance party at Sydney’s ICC on Saturday, April 22.

Bassingthwaighte will tour with members of the Metropolitan Orchestra. Picture: Richard Dobson

Bassingthwaighte has been touring a lot recently, and kicks a giant rose quartz crystal out of her slippers to step into her dancing shoes for Confidential.

“I had crystals before we moved to Byron, but there’s definitely more now,” the mum of two joked.

Her family relocated to the coastal town from Melbourne just two months before the pandemic hit.

The barefoot hippie lifestyle has been great for Bassingthwaighte’s spirit, she said, but blisters are an unfortunate by-product of going back to work.

Synthony will visit Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth in 2023. Picture: Richard Dobson

“I don’t really get nervous performing anymore, though,” she said.

“The older I’ve gotten, the more relaxed I feel on stage. I’m just such a nutbag up there. I get on the floor and roll around sometimes, jump up and down, anything goes.”

She hopes her kids Harper, 12, and Hendrix, 9, will be there to cheer her on.

“The first time they saw us perform, they thought it was weird,” Bassingthwaighte said. “But my daughter’s 12 now, so it’s a bit cooler. She even wants to borrow my clothes.”