Pop-synth legend Marc Almond is celebrating his 69th birthday today. Peter Mark Almond — known professionally as Marc Almond — was born on July 9, 1957, in the seaside town of ...

Soft Cell recorded 'Tainted Love' after Marc Almond heard it playing in a club, deciding to put their own personal spin on it ...

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A hit 1980s music group is set to release its final album. Soft Cell, best known for their version of “Tainted Love,” ...

Soft Cell's final studio album will be a "fitting farewell" to late musician Dave Ball, his bandmate Marc Almond has said.

“I’VE always been a rock ’n’ roller. I come from punk music and make controversial songs like Sex Dwarf,” says Marc Almond. “But now I go to garden centres and like potted plants. And I wanted to make ...

Last year, Marc Almond and David Ball reunited Soft Cell for their first show since 2004 in London, which they also said would be their last show ever, and they also released their first new song in ...

It's hard to imagine that Soft Cell — the British synthpop duo of singer Marc Almond and keyboardist Dave Ball — nearly passed on recording and releasing "Tainted Love," their iconic cover of Gloria ...

It’s great you are returning to Belfast and, in particular, performing Ten Plagues. What convinced you to perform the multi-award winning song cycle again after nearly 10 years? Conor Mitchell (the ...

Onetime Soft Cell singer Marc Almond had decided that his 2010 solo LP Varieté would be his last. At least until English producer and songwriter Chris Braide dropped him a line. Says Marc: I felt the ...