Must try a little Cascada

But as the genre has cross-pollinated with rock and indie and the boundaries continue to blur, the likes of Groove Armada and Cascada have tapped into the British appetite for live music by backing their hits with gigs instead of the occasional tape-backed nightclub PA.

Cascada - fronted by English rose Natalie Horler - are the latest to tour and she brings the band to Sheffield University’s Octagon tomorrow with a set list that includes three of the biggest chart tunes of recent times, namely Everytime We Touch, insipid Savage Garden cover Truly, Madly, Deeply and Miracle.

They have all hogged the top 10 here and charted globally, leading to Cascada shifting 3.5 million records.

The debut album that followed Miracle - actually an 18-month-old track re-issued - reached number two in the UK charts and gave Natalie one of the most successful dance artist albums of the past 15 years.

Natalie - based in Germany and initially a success in the USA - had the second biggest-selling dance single of 2006, with Everytime We Touch, after Infernal’s stonking Paris To Berlin.

The album, also named Everytime We Touch, included unlikely cover versions of Kim Wilde’s Kids In America and Nik Kershaw’s Wouldn’t It Be Good as well as tracks penned by DJ Manian and Yanou.

Swedish act Ultrabeat are the support for this show which is open to all ages, although under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.

Erik Augustsson has combined techno/dance music and his Christian beliefs to release three albums, Shine Through My Life, Beyond The Stars and Trip To A Planet Called Heaven. Doors open 7.30pm.

Tuesday the same venue has more grown up dance music when millionaire DJ and remix guru Paul Oakenfold puts his Ibiza experiences behind him for an autumn tour. Gatecrasher and Perfecto present the night which has the Kent clubbing star alongside Riley & Durrant and Ben Gold. Advance tickets cost 9 and the power is on 10pm-3am.

Best get that doctor’s note ready.

n Early on the revived Red House pub nearby has live music from Corleone, Ben Nash, mwvm and Double No No. That’s on Solly Street.