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Soft Cell's upcoming album Danceteria, which will be released Sept. 4, was made before co-founder Dave Ball's death in 2025 It's hard to imagine that Soft Cell — the British synthpop duo of singer ...

Today at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, Marc Almond and Soft Cell will join Duran Duran, Blondie, Interpol, Simple Minds, Placebo, Adam Ant, Gary Numan, Ministry, The Mission UK ...

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond ...

It's hard to imagine that Soft Cell — the British synthpop duo of singer Marc Almond and keyboardist Dave Ball — nearly passed on recording and releasing "Tainted Love," their iconic cover of Gloria ...