Celebrating Dave Ball, 3rd May 1959 to 22nd October 2025.
I left work on Thursday night and a text popped up from my friend Mike.
"Have you heard....?"
I hadn't, and I still can't quite believe it's true, even though Dave had been seriously ill for the past few years.
A proper tribute will follow this weekend, when I've had time to gather my thoughts. In the meantime, here are a few (of many, many) fine moments from Dave's partnership with Marc Almond as Soft Cell and Richard Norris as The Grid.
Bless you, Dave.
1) Entertain Me: Soft Cell (1981)
2) A Beat Called Love: The Grid ft. Sacha Souter (1990)
3) Figure Of Eight: The Grid (1992)
4) Texas Cowboys: The Grid (1994)
5) Martin (Dave Ball's Hallowe'en Dub Of Doom): Soft Cell (2025)
6) Say Hello, Wave Goodbye: Soft Cell (1982)
In lieu of a new Dubhed selection, I've refreshed the link to a 55-minute collection of The Grid that I did back in March 2022, which you can find here.
Alas, I get the feeling that over 50% of the texts that I send you in future will be something like 'Have you heard...x... has died'.. Judging by the Social Media reaction in the last 18 hours or so a lot of other people feel gutted too..
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