Human League, Alison Moyet, Soft Cell deliver a rush of '80s nostalgia

Synth-pop favorites Human League, Alison Moyet and Soft Cell delivered an '80s dance party. Find out which moments stole the ...
Medical Xpress

Innovative soft robotic heart offers new way to study disease and test life-saving devices

Re-creating the beating heart The model developed at UNSW is a soft, flexible replica of the left side of the heart. Silicone membranes form the internal chambers, while soft robotic artificial ...

How Soft Cell's 1981 Cover Turned 'Tainted Love' into a Global Hit 17 Years After Its Release

Originally released in 1964, this song found worldwide success 17 years later after it was transformed it into one of the ...
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Why is Heeseung leaving ENHYPEN? All about the K-pop singer's surprising exit

Heeseung has been a member of the popular K-pop group since their 2020 debut ENHYPEN is a popular South Korean boy band, which was formed in 2020 On March 10, it was announced that one of the group's ...
Brighton and Hove News

Alison Moyet announces UK tour including Brighton date

Additionally, the tour will also feature select songs from Alison’s critically lauded solo LPs ‘the minutes’ (2013) and ‘Other’ (2017). Both albums, produced by and predominantly co-written with Guy ...
The Arts Desk

Moz rattles the cages once more with 'Make-Up Is a Lie'

Nope. He’s still unloveable, persecuted and about to die. He was ‘born for bad news’ and is "trapped by censorship". Having said that, musically this album is eclectic, which is no bad thing. Boz ...
The Guardian

Dave Ball obituary

One half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell best known for its No 1 single Tainted Love When the synth-pop duo Soft Cell formed in 1977, Dave Ball, who has died in his sleep aged 66, made the perfect foil ...
The Guardian

Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66

Synth player and producer had huge success with Tainted Love and other Soft Cell hits, and later returned to UK Top 10 with dance project the Grid Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell brought dark, ...
Sky

Dave Ball, one half of Tainted Love hitmakers Soft Cell, dies aged 66

Electronic musician Dave Ball, who was one half of the popular 1980s band Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The musician, who formed the duo with Marc Almond, died on Wednesday, just days after ...
The Independent

‘Musical genius’ and synth pop pioneer dies aged 66

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
London Evening Standard

Soft Cell’s Dave Ball dies aged 66: Marc Almond pays emotional tribute to ‘brilliant musical genius’

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals Ball’s death was confirmed by the band on Thursday, with a ...
Uncut

Soft Cell: “I suppose you could say it was a strange career path. But there were some amusing moments…”

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 ...