Coverville 1556: The David Ball Tribute and Soft Cell Cover Story

Coverville: The Cover Music Show (AAC Edition)

Brian Ibbott

Coverville, Music, Cover

4.9 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In tribute to David Ball, who passed away on October 22, a cover story for the band that he shared with Marc Almond, Soft Cell (62 minutes)

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0:00.0	Today's episode of coverville is brought to you by Gig Salad.
0:03.5	Take the first step to booking more shows with GigSallad.com.
0:07.8	Find out more later on in the program.
0:11.7	Coming up on episode, oh, what number are we?
0:14.8	Number 1656.
0:16.4	That's right, because, yeah, we had 1655 last week.
0:20.6	I'm sorry, 1556.
0:24.4	I can't count, folks.
0:26.6	We have a tribute today to David Ball,
0:29.1	half of the duo known as Soft Cell,
0:31.9	at least in their most famous iteration,
0:33.8	they were a duo, Mark Allman and David Ball.
0:36.2	David passed away on the 22nd of this month.
0:39.6	Let's pay tribute to the music of Soft Cell with a cover story.
0:43.6	All this and more coming up right now on Coverville. The times are tough now
0:57.0	Just getting tougher
0:58.0	Whole world is rough
1:00.0	It's just getting rougher
1:02.0	Cover me
1:03.0	Come on, baby, cover me
1:07.0	Well, I'm looking for a hoover.
1:12.6	Come on in and cover me.
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