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Ball’s death came after Soft Cell played for more than 20,000 fans while headlining Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames in August, according to a statement on the band’s website.

Dave Ball, the man who helped shape 1980s synth-pop, is dead at age 66. The English musician, cofounder of pop duo Soft Cell best known for their 1981 best-selling single Tainted Love, passed ...

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David Ball, instrumentalist of Soft Cell and a key player for "Tainted Love," died on Oct. 22, 2025, at age 66.

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Soft Cell's second single, “Tainted Love” topped the charts in the U.K. and 17 countries around the world and was certified ...

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Magnetic Skies return to Birmingham on Wednesday, November 5, headlining The Victoria as part of their UK tour in support of forthcoming album Fragments, out Friday, November 7.