If the Rogue Traders hadn’t started out as a house music duo who achieved success on the local club scene we probably would have put this item in the ‘care factor = 0’ folder… but the news that their oft-irksome frontwoman Natalie Bassingthwaighte has made a permanent departure from the band to pursue a solo career could signal a return to their previous incarnation. Perhaps?
Bassingthwaighte, who hosted Australia’s first season of reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance? this year, has relocated to Los Angeles. Commenting on her departure, Rogue Traders mainman James Ash remarked; “As Nat’s career choices are taking her in new and exciting directions, she won’t be able to be a part of the Rogue Traders. We part company as best friends, with a deep love and respect for each other and what we have achieved over the last three and a half years.”
So what does the future hold for the Rogue Traders? Ash was rather cryptic… “Rogue Traders has always been a project in transition: Beginning as a DJ duo (and) transforming into an international pop act. With phase two coming to a close, phase three of Rogue Traders is about to begin and most, literally, won’t see it coming.”
![James Ash [Audio]: Feeling like a punter again](http://ic.i.tsatic-cdn.net/40/65_50/73483_40599.jpg "James Ash [Audio]: Feeling like a punter again")
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