Soft Cell star Dave Ball, a pioneer of the synth-pop sound that came to define the 1980s, has died aged 66, the band has confirmed. The electronic musician - who scored a Number One with the band's ...

Dave Ball, one-half of the electronic music duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The electronic music pioneer passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Wednesday 22 October, ...

The producer and synth player, best known for his work as one half of the '80s pop duo, passed away peacefully on Wednesday Dave Ball, legendary synth player, producer, and one-half of Soft Cell, has ...

Marc Almond is listing what got him through lockdown and how he and Dave Ball wrote the band’s first new album since 2002’s Cruelty Without Beauty. Almond adds: “The one thing I was grateful to ...

Soft Cell confirms the passing of Dave Ball, remembers him as a 'brilliant musical genius' Upcoming album 'Danceteria' to stand as his final studio work Electronic music pioneer Dave Ball, best known ...

Soft Cell star Dave Ball has been praised as a “wonderfully brilliant musical genius” by his bandmate Marc Almond, following his death aged 66. Ball’s death was confirmed by the band on Thursday, with ...

Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys have teamed up for a joint single, ‘Purple Zone’, which appears on the former’s new album ‘*Happiness Not Included‘. It unites the synthpop stalwarts for a dazzling new ...

Marc Almond and Dave Ball confess all: “It was sex, drugs and electronic rock’n’roll!” “There was always a darkness around Soft Cell,” says Marc Almond, warming to the story of his band’s relentlessly ...

Soft Cell have returned with ‘Northern Lights’, their first new song in fifteen years. The synthpop icons, comprised of Marc Almond and Dave Ball, have released the new offering ahead of a farewell ...

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart, Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond chats OfficialCharts.com about the group’s million selling single Tainted Love. To date, it has sold ...

Sometimes it’s the quiet ones who have the best stories. And in the case of Dave Ball, Soft Cell’s gruff multi-instrumentalist and synth player, this couldn’t be more true. “It’s always the singer ...

Electronic music pioneer David James Ball, one half of groundbreaking electronic music duo Soft Cell and successful acid house act The Grid, has passed away aged 66. Leading the tributes is his ...