Editing Soft Cell (section)

===Reunions===
Almond and Ball reunited as Soft Cell in 2000 with a series of live dates. They performed at the opening of the Ocean nightclub in London during March 2001. A mini-tour followed later in the year. The track "God Shaped Hole" featured on the [[Some Bizzare]] compilation titled ''[[I'd Rather Shout at a Returning Echo than Kid Someone's Listening]]'', released during 2001. A new Soft Cell album, ''[[Cruelty Without Beauty]]'', was released during late 2002, followed by a European tour and a small US tour during early 2003. The second single from the album, a cover of [[The Four Seasons (band)|the Four Seasons]]{{'}} "The Night", reached No.&nbsp;39 in the UK. Soft Cell had considered recording "The Night" in place of "Tainted Love" during 1981, though keyboardist David Ball stated in a 2003 interview with the BBC, "I think history has kind of shown that we did make the right choice [in 1981]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/20/how-we-made-tainted-love-mark-almond-dave-ball-interview|title=How we made Soft Cell's Tainted Love|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=20 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2005 they released an album compiling some of their early demo recordings called [[the Bedsit Tapes]]. Another similar compilation entitled [[Demo Non Stop]] was also released around this time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marcalmond.co.uk/history/discography.html#softcellalbums|title = Marc Almond Discography}}</ref>

In November 2008, the band released a remix album entitled ''Heat''. The album included Soft Cell tracks remixed by such acts as [[Paul Dakeyne]], [[the Grid]], [[Manhattan Clique]], [[Cicada]], [[Richard X]], [[Ladytron]], [[Manhattan Clique|MHC]], [[Atomizer (band)|Atomizer]], [[Mark Moore]], [[Spektrum (band)|Spektrum]], [[The Dark Poets]] and many more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=25539_0_2_0_C |title=Soft Cell remix album in the pipeline |website=Side-line.com |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref>

In February 2018, Soft Cell announced that they would reunite for one last UK reunion concert. On 21 August 2018, Almond revealed on the [[Chris Evans (presenter)|Chris Evans]] Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 that Soft Cell were releasing two new tracks ahead of the concert: "Northern Lights" and "Guilty (Cos I Say You Are)".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/soft-cell-release-first-new-single/|title=Soft Cell release first new single in 17 years|date=2018-08-21|newspaper=[[Gay Star News]]|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en-US|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160345/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/soft-cell-release-first-new-single/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Entitled "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", the reunion concert took place at the [[The O2 Arena|O2 Arena]] in London on 30 September 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2019/01/review-soft-cell-the-o2-london-live/|title=Review: Soft Cell, The O2, London live|website=Classicpopmag.com|date=17 January 2019}}</ref> It was stated this was their final live UK show as a duo, but that they may still perform abroad and record material together.

In 2019 Ball said a new Soft Cell album was in the works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/9292/Soft-Cell-Interview-with-Dave-Ball|title=Soft Cell - Interview with Dave Ball|first=John|last=Clarkson|date=14 June 2019|quote=“We are working on a new record, and we have signed to BMG, and there will be a new album, but I think that more what we are going to do now is more recording based.”|website=Pennyblackmusic.co.uk|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> In May 2019, the ''To Show You, I've Been There'' book was released, which came with a vinyl copy of the ''Magick Mutants'' EP,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.softcell.co.uk/announcing-the-limited-edition-magick-mutants-vinyl-ep-to-accompany-soft-cells-to-show-you-ive-been-there-book/|title=Announcing the limited-edition 'Magick Mutants' vinyl EP To accompany Soft Cell's 'To Show You I've Been There' book – Soft Cell (Marc Almond & David Ball)|website=Softcell.co.uk|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> a sequel to their debut ''[[Mutant Moments]]'' EP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.softcell.co.uk/say-hello-wave-goodbye-the-o2-london-london-film-premiere/|title='Say Hello Wave Goodbye: The O2 London' – London Film Premiere – Soft Cell (Marc Almond & David Ball)|website=Softcell.co.uk|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref>

In June 2020, the ''Mutant Moments'' EP received its first official release. Originally to be part of the UK June [[Record Store Day]] 2020, the 10 inch EP was sold directly through the band's website, as the event was cancelled due to the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recordstoreday.co.uk/releases/rsd-2020/soft-cell/|title=Soft Cell - Record Store Day|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322100746/https://recordstoreday.co.uk/releases/rsd-2020/soft-cell/ |archive-date=22 March 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In July 2021, the duo announced that their new album would be called ''[[Happiness Not Included]]'' and would feature tracks such as "Heart Like Chernobyl",
"Light Sleepers" and "Nostalgia Machine".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/soft-cell-announce-happiness-not-included-first-new-album-in-20-years/|title = Soft Cell Announce *Happiness Not Included, First New Album in 20 Years|website=Pitchfork.com|date = 28 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/07/happiness-not-included-soft-cell/|title = Happiness Not Included: Soft Cell announce new album|website=Classicpopmag.com|date = 29 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/soft-cell-announce-first-new-album-in-20-years-happiness-not-included-3005301|title=Soft Cell announce first new album in 20 years, '*Happiness Not Included'|website=Nme.com|date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.softcell.co.uk/happiness-not-included/|title = *Happiness Not Included|website=Softcell.co.uk}}</ref> The album was released in May 2022, 20 years after their previous studio album release, with Dave Ball revealing [[Pet Shop Boys]] were working on a remix for a forthcoming single.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-12-22|title=Soft Cell plotting Pet Shop Boys collaboration ahead of new album '*Happiness Not Included'|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/soft-cell-pet-shop-boys-collaboration-happiness-not-included-exclusive/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Retro Pop|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Despite claiming their 2018 reunion show would be the last in the UK, Soft Cell reunited again for 5 performances in 2021. The short tour was to mark 40 years of the ''Non Stop Erotic Cabaret'' album, with the band performing the album in full, as well as some hits and new material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marcalmond.co.uk/news/index.html|title = Marc Almond News}}</ref> The run began at the O2 Academy in Glasgow, Scotland on 10 November<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19708767.soft-cell-comeback-band-waved-goodbye-say-hello-glasgow/|title = Soft Cell: The comeback band who waved goodbye only to say hello to Glasgow|website=HeraldScotland.com|date = 11 November 2021}}</ref> and ended at the London Hammersmith Apollo on 16 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/soft-cell-hammersmith-eventim-apollo-review-still-irresistible/|title = Soft Cell, Hammersmith Apollo, review: still-irresistible hymns for hedonistic outsiders|website=telegraph.co.uk|date = 16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120133840/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/soft-cell-hammersmith-eventim-apollo-review-still-irresistible/ |archive-date=20 January 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 September 2023 they opened the BBC Radio 2 "Live in the Park" event in Victoria Park Leicester. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e4jqwh/acts/avcmn3]