Soft Cell’s Marc Almond details fears of destroying vocal cords after coronavirus battle
EXCLUSIVE: The Tainted Love singer, 63, said he kept his sense of taste and smell but was ill for ‘a couple of weeks’
Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond feared his vocal cords had been damaged forever due to the coronavirus.
The 63-year-old, known for hits like Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye feared the worse after being struck down with the virus.
He said: “When it first happened I was sick for a couple of weeks with Covid. It was pretty awful to be honest, I was very worried for a few days and even though we’re five months later, even now I still get symptoms occasionally.
“I’ll feel fantastic for a few days and then I get breathing problems and was very fatigued.”
He continued: “I wasn’t as bad with the taste and smell symptoms but it was very scary and worrying for a while. Thankfully I didn’t have to go to hospital.
“I went for some check ups recently because I was worried about my vocal cords, I’d been doing some vocals in the studio and sometimes I’m absolutely great, but other days I’m sounding strange.
“My vocal cords are actually in fantastic shape, it’s my sinuses that have been damaged quite a bit so I have to go on a month’s course of steroids to mend them.”
He added: “It’s nothing compared to what some people have been through, hopefully I can get over it.”
Speaking on BBC Essex Radio, Marc told how the the Eighties band will reunite in 2021.
Soft Cell rose to prominence in the early Eighties with four Top 20 albums and in 2018 held a gig that was described as final reunion concert at the time.
But Marc said: “Next year is 40 years since Tainted Love and our first album, can you believe it, so we’re going to have to celebrate that in some way, there will be something special for Soft Cell fans.
“We’ve been writing together, there’s something bubbling away, definitely.”
Marc, who released an album shortly before lockdown, is also going on a solo tour next April.
He explained: “I have been doing these online shows and had viewers all over the world but it is not the same as having an audience and seeing everybody having a good time. Being on a tour is exciting.
“I wasn’t sure anyone would buy tickets but they have been selling well, people want to look forward to something happening in the future and some normality. I will do lots of hits and popular songs. I am conscious people want to get out and have a good time.”
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