Seven years ago, Soft Cell were about to perform at a sold-out O2, a one-off event they entitled, after 16 years apart, One ...

If knowing the words to “Tainted Love” describes the breadth of your appreciation for Soft Cell, you probably weren’t at Wednesday night’s concert at the YouTube Theater, but you wouldn’t have ...

In 1981, an unlikely group from Leeds scored a number one hit with their icy cover version of an obscure 60s soul hit. With Tainted Love, Soft Cell set a template for 80s synth-pop duos: The ...

’80s English synthpop duo Soft Cell played their final concert tonight at London’s O2 Arena. The band broke up in 1984 after releasing four albums, reunited in the early 2000s, and shared a new album ...

UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 01: Photo of Marc ALMOND and SOFT CELL; Marc Almond & Dave Ball (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Forty years ago, U.K. synthpop duo Soft Cell released 1981’s song of the ...

The Soft Cell story is one of wild, hedonistic success. Here, Marc Almond and Dave Ball confess all – about controversial performance art, New York’s depraved club scene, the perils of having hit ...

David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, his bandmate ...

Then they smash into the queasy battering electronic opening, Almond still a mischievous sprite, something Hispanic, impetuous, hysterical about the way he delivers a lyric. 20,000 join him, roaring ...

Soft Cell are reuniting next month for their last show ever. That show, which will also be the legendary UK synthpop duo's first in 15 years, is set to take place on 9/30 at London's O2 Arena. But ...

Dave Ball, one half of the successful electronic pop duo Soft Cell, has tragically passed away at the age of 66, as confirmed by the band in a heartbreaking tribute. The electronic music maestro died ...

Soft Cell star Dave Ball has been praised as a “wonderfully brilliant ... Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, and Torch. Their debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981), is one of the most acclaimed albums of ...