Simple Minds is most often categorized and marketed as an ’80s new wave group. Yet, that’s very misleading, since this multiplatinum-selling band is about as straightforward rock ‘n’ roll as it gets, ...

Soft Cell have announced a tour of Australia for April 2025 – their first ever, 46 years after they originally formed. The Leeds synthpop duo will belatedly celebrate the 40th anniversary of their ...

Simple Minds are embarking on their biggest North American tour in four decades. And they are bringing along some very cool company for the ride. Simple Minds will be accompanied on this road show by ...

CLARKSTON, MI - Get ready for a night of New Wave music at Pine Knob with three UK bands who you probably haven’t seen in concert in a while. Simple Minds last headlined a show in Michigan at the ...

Seven years ago, Soft Cell were about to perform at a sold-out O2, a one-off event they entitled, after 16 years apart, One ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Dave Ball, one half of the English electronic music duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. Ball passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Oct. 22, according to an ...

British music producer and instrumentalist Dave Ball, best known as one half of the pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66. Ball, who had been battling health issues in recent years, ...

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 ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist in the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, who enjoyed a massive worldwide hit with their 1981 cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love," has died, according to the BBC. No ...