# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-tong
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:25:26.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-tong"
name: "Simon Tong"
slug: "simon-tong"
description: "Simon Tong is an English guitarist and keyboardist who was a member of the Verve between 1996 and 1999. He has played with Damon Albarn on tour with his bands Blur and Gorillaz, and as a member of the Good, the Bad & the Queen. He ranks in BBC's \"The Axe Factor\" as the 40th greatest guitarist of the last 30 years."
tagline: "English rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Tong_mg_6648_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1972-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.6
  momentum:             4.307116104868914
  historical:           9.330068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2482629/"
    handle:    "nm2482629"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/317702"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "سيمون تونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ef0d97fa-ac17-4a84-8422-9f20e63b5319"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137710"
    title: "Simon Tong"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump