Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almond took to social media to mark the occasion, posting some stills from a past live performance of the song as he wrote, ...

A tribute to the New York club and Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball, who died last year after the album’s completion ...

Believe it or not, “Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go,” the groundbreaking debut single by synth-pop duo Soft Cell, celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2026. A medley of two songs from the early 1960s ...

Californian hardcore punks Cell Rot have released a new two-song single. The songs are called “Shadow People” and “Cosmic Vertigo”. The single is available via Convulse Records. Cell Rot released ...

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 ...

Multi-instrumentalist David Ball, who scored a No. 1 hit with 1981’s “Tainted Love” as part of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. According to a statement from his ...

Soft Cell, the synth-pop duo made of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball, had a huge anniversary on Sept. 5, celebrating 43 years since their cover of "Tainted Love" hit the No. 1 spot ...