"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 4/12/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 19 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Soft Cell is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Soft Cell concert reviews describe live shows and performances as memorable, defiant, lyrical, soulful, provocative, and energetic.
ON TOUR
Brookside at the Rose Bowl; Brookside at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States; Pasadena, United States (May 11; May 11); Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil (May 18); Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, United Kingdom (June 14); Château de Tilloloy, Tilloloy, France (June 28); Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (July 5);
Goth music fans descended on the majestic YouTube Theater for a rare performance by electronic music pioneers Soft Cell. Along with a handful of other experimental pioneers in the genre, like Gary Numan and Depeche Mode, Soft Cell helped create the music that would become the soundtrack of the 1980’s
Soft Cell stopped on their "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" 40th Anniversary Tour at Hammersmith Apollo where tickets for the shows were in high demand. Fans knew that they would play their highly acclaimed album, but were eager to hear songs from their upcoming album "Happiness Not Included" as well.
OK, let's start with the elephant in the room - didn't SOFT CELL retire? Yes they did! But hey, with a new album on the way, ‘*Happiness Not Included', I'm so pleased they changed their mind! With over forty years of electronic soulful, seedy, tortured ditties behind them they remain a strong favourite and still as cur
“Forty years, and back where it all started!” Marc Almond calls to the rafters early on, arms aloft, dressed in all black and topped with ink-shaded aviators.
As debuts go, 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' was a statement of intent - one of the most influential, defiant albums of the 80s. Soft Cell emerged fully formed, with a clutch of bed-sit dramas tarted up in synthesized sheen, and set the pop duo blueprint for the rest of time.
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