# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lol-tolhurst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:49:35.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lol-tolhurst"
name: "Lol Tolhurst"
slug: "lol-tolhurst"
description: "Laurence Andrew Tolhurst is an English musician, songwriter, producer, and author. He was a founder member of the Cure, for which he first played drums before switching to keyboards. He left the Cure in 1989, and later formed the bands Presence and Levinhurst. He has also published two books and developed the Curious Creatures podcast. His most recent studio release is the album Los Angeles (2023), in collaboration with Budgie and Jacknife Lee."
tagline: "British drummer and keyboardist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lol_Tolhurst_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             13.09101080899473
  historical:           17.40155466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866129/"
    handle:    "nm0866129"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://loltolhurst.com/"
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    title: "Laurence Tolhurst"
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    title: "Laurence Tolhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lol Tolhurst"
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    title: "Lol Tolhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lol Tolhurst"
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    title: "Lol Tolhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lol Tolhurst"
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    title: "Толхерст, Лол"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump