When Soft Cell—the legendary British synthpop duo of singer Marc Almond and keyboardist David Ball—performed at London's O2 Arena in 2018, the event was initially billed as a farewell show for a group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ball, right, with Marc Almond of Soft Cell in London in 1981. (Fin Costello / Redferns) David Ball of Soft Cell, whose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marc Almond said in a press release, "Danceteria is a love letter to New York in the early '80s," including the storied Manhattan ...

When Marc Almond and David Ball formed Soft Cell, shortly after meeting while studying at Leeds Polytechnic art school in the late ’70s, the duo also began recording a number of cover songs. There was ...

Synth-pop favorites Human League, Alison Moyet and Soft Cell delivered an '80s dance party. Find out which moments stole the show.

1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell will re-release their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, on October 20 through Mercury-EMI/UMR. The group is perhaps most known for their hit cover of “Tainted Love,” ...

Synthpop icons Soft Cell have shared full details of their final album Danceteria which will be out September 25 via Republic of Music. It was finished last year before co-founder Dave Ball passed ...

Dave Ball, one half of iconic synthpop duo Soft Cell, has died after a long illness. He was 66. The news was shared via his bandmate Marc Almond, who wrote a lengthy tribute: It is hard to write this, ...

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 announced ...

One of the biggest hits of the 1980s didn't become a worldwide sensation until 17 years after it was first recorded. But the song refused to disappear. Nearly a decade later, British DJ Richard ...

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Dave Ball, one half of the pioneering synthpop duo Soft Cell, has passed away. Soft Cell's Instagram account confirms that Ball died peacefully at home in London on Wednesday. No cause of death has ...