Last year, Soft Cell announced a new album called Danceteria to follow their 2021 comeback LP *Happiness Not Included. Shortly after, Dave Ball passed away. Now the Danceteria lead single is out, and ...

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The Human League has announced dates for The Generations Tour, featuring special guests Soft Cell and Alison Moyet. The 21-date tour will launch June 2 in San Diego. It will hit big cities like Los ...

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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 ...

A musician behind one of the biggest hits of the 1980s is dead at age 66. Dave Ball, one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died Wednesday, according to bandmate Marc Almond. The BBC reports Ball ...

Dave Ball, 66, died from unknown causes on October 22, 2025. The musician was a part of Soft Cell with Marc Almond. The latter additionally confirmed the record producer’s death on Instagram. Both ...

Marc Almond revealed in a statement honoring his Soft Cell band mate Dave Ball, who died Wednesday at the age of 66, that the group had just completed work on a new album shortly before Ball’s death.

Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and perhaps best known for the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” has died. He was 66. Marc Almond, Ball’s music partner and the other half of the ...