Tainted Love, Say Hello Wave Goodbye and Bedsitter were just three of the Soft Cell hits that became part of the musical landscape for teenagers in the 1980s.

Some 37 years after the release of Tainted Love in 1981, the pioneering synth-pop band is finally calling it a day on their live performances. The farewell show at the O2 arena in London has sold out.

But fear not. Dig out the black eye-liner and bondage gear, because the show will be broadcast live to cinemas across the country at 7.30pm on Sunday, including both the Empire Cinema at Greenbridge and Cineworld at Shaw Ridge.

This year the band is celebrating their 40th anniversary. This will be the group's only and last show, as well as their first in 15 years.

The live broadcast will be a unique way to experience a moment of pop history as one of Britain's seminal bands bows out with an incredible finale, live on the big screen.

One of the most influential groups to emerge from the electronic music scene in the UK in the 1980s, Soft Cell produced five albums of original material, beginning with their debut; 1981’s NonStop Erotic Cabaret, and ending with 2002’s Cruelty Without Beauty.

The incredible string of hits Soft Cell produced during this time, including ten tracks that reached the UK Top 40 singles charts, include the emblematic Tainted Love, as well as Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.

Tainted Love, originally a Northern Soul tune by Gloria Jones, sold 1.35 million copies, and counting. In the UK, it was the biggest-selling single of 1981, and won Single Of The Year at 1982’s Brit Awards. It was also a number one hit in 17 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany and South Africa.

Marc Almond and Dave Ball first met in 1977, in the punk era, as students at Leeds Polytechnic. Almond was a Bowie and Bolan fan, and Ball, an art student, was a fan of Northern Soul and Kraftwerk. Their early collaborations tended towards the transgressive, the challenging and the avant-garde before developing into a group inspired by dark synth minimalism, as the duo began writing their own songs.

The show will be broadcast in 5.1 surround sound audio and will be filmed in full HD with a comprehensive 13 camera set-up, directed by Tim Sidwell.

To book, visit empirecinemas.co.uk or cineworld.co.uk.