The outing launches November 20 in Washington, D.C., and makes tracks across the States to wrap in San Francisco December 6.

Soft Cell had to postpone their U.K. and European dates, which were due to precede the U.S. shows, when singer Marc Almond took ill during the first week of October. He had previously avoided treatment for an aggravated hernia, citing “heavy promotional commitments,” but nature won over and he was forced to undergo an operation.

That tour is expected to be rescheduled in the new year.

Formed in the early ‘80s by British art students – singer Almond and synth player David Ball – Soft Cell broke big with their rendition of “Tainted Love.” Subsequently, the group’s next LP, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, and remix collection, Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing, were hits as well.

However, all good things must come to an end and a short few years later, in 1984, Soft Cell broke up. Almond went on to form a few bands and eventually settled on a solo career, while Ball resurfaced with the techno group Grid.

This tour reunites Almond and Ball after 18 years apart and also finds the duo back with some new tunes. The new album, Cruelty Without Beauty, was released in September and contains a bonus CD as well as a “Monoculture” music video.