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, 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 ...

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 ...

Ball's death was confirmed by the band on Thursday, with a statement from Almond, 68, saying he wished his musical partner, who died on Wednesday, days after completing the band's final album, would ...

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 ...

Electronic music pioneer Dave Ball, one half of Leeds synth-pop legends Soft Cell and successful acid house act The Grid, has died 66. The Blackpool-born musician passed away peacefully in his sleep ...

Dave Ball, the musician behind hit electronic pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66, the band has confirmed in a heartbreaking tribute. The electronic musician died in "peacefully in his sleep ...

The PR said that the synth pop pioneers would reunite for one last time at the o2 in London in 2018 - in their first UK show for 15 years. It appears to be a big fib. Because tonight in another o2, ...