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Canadian musician
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Torquil Campbell (born March 17, 1972) is the co lead singer and a songwriter for the Montreal based indie rock band Stars. In addition to singing, he also plays the melodica, trumpet, synthesizer, and tambourine. He is a co host of Soft Revolution, a podcast about the intersection of art, culture, and politics, along with Toronto based actor Ali Momen. Previously, Campbell was the co host of The Basement Revue Podcast, along with musician Jason Collett and poet Damian Rogers, as well as a regular contributor to the CBC radio program Q.

Campbell is the cofounder of the indie rock band Stars, formed in 2000. He is involved in a solo project called Dead Child Star, created in March 2008. Dead Child Star's debut album, titled Cold Hands, Warm Heart, came out in January 2011. Campbell is also one half of the musical duo Memphis. They have released four albums to date: I Dreamed We Fell Apart (2004), A Little Place in the Wilderness (2006), Here Comes a City (2011), and Leave with Me (2019). This album was financed through a crowdfunding campaign. In addition to his involvement in these projects, Campbell occasionally records and performs with Broken Social Scene, a Canadian indie rock musical collective. In 2024, he composed music for the drama film We Forgot to Break Up.

Campbell has worked as an actor for much of his life, appearing onstage throughout North America, playing roles as diverse as Gary, the teenage prostitute, in the original New York production of the controversial play Shopping and Fucking, Additionally, he has designed music and sound for theatre. Campbell toured a play across Canada co created with Chris Abraham about convicted murderer and imposter Christian Gerhartsreiter. Entitled True Crime, the play has been performed in various large and small venues across the nation. He resides in Vancouver with his family.