Ball’s death came after Soft Cell played for more than 20,000 fans while headlining Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames in ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist in hit ‘80s British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66. The duo was best known for ...

Soft Cell was renowned for its 1981 cover of “Tainted Love,” a massive hit that brought electronic music to a mainstream ...

Toto’s “Africa” is officially having another moment. The 1982 yacht rock favorite just re-entered Billboard’s Global 200 chart, peaking at No. 198 this week, and even landed at No. 156 on the Global ...

In one of his Spectator A.M. letters this week, our Dan Flynn noted that Taylor Swift occupies eight of the top ten slots on ...

Apparently, the best dance music has come out of Boston. Donna Summer’s 1977 smash hit “I Feel Love” was named the best dance ...

These somewhat obscure musicians from the 80s disappeared from the US charts in a flash, and I can't imagine why.

Peter Gabriel's iconic song holds the record for the most wins for a single video at the MTV Music Video Awards in 1987. It ...

Peter Gabriel's iconic song holds the record for the most wins for a single video at the MTV Music Video Awards in 1987. It ...

The iconic music TV channel is closing five stations in the UK, including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live, ...

When that version hit American TV in the summer of 1985, everything changed. Suddenly, the world couldn’t get enough of ...

MTV is set to shut down five of its stations in the U.K. at the end of the year, although its main station, MTV HD, will ...