BBC Radio 1 disc jockey from Dartford, Kent, England
Pete Tong
MBE
Tong at the Glastonbury Festival in 2009
Background information
Birth name
Peter Michael Tong
Born
(1960-07-30) 30 July 1960 (age 63) Dartford, England
Genres
Electronic
Balearic beat
house
Occupation(s)
DJ, music producer, radio presenter
Years active
1981–present
Website
www.petetong.com
Musical artist
Peter Michael TongMBE (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1.[1] He is the host of programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records[2] and for his own performances at nightclubs and music festivals. Tong has also worked as a record producer and is regarded as the "global ambassador for electronic music."[3]
The phrase "It's all gone Pete Tong", where the name is used as rhyming slang for "it's all gone wrong", was reputedly coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987 in an article about acid house called "Bermondsey Goes Balearic" for Terry Farley and Pete Heller's Boys Own fanzine.[4][5][6]It's All Gone Pete Tong is also the title of a 2004 film which portrays a fictional DJ's experiences as he realizes he is becoming deaf.[7] Tong appears briefly in the film. It is also the name Tong has adopted for his club night at the nightclub Pacha in Ibiza and his nightly radio programme in the United States on iHeartRadio's "Evolution" EDM format platform.[8][9]
In 2008, Tong was involved with organizing the International Music Summit in Ibiza,[10] an event that has become an annual fixture (the 2016 Summit was held during 25–27 May).[11] In 2017, Tong won Radio Show of the Year at the Electronic Music Awards for "The Essential Collection".
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^"ARISE, SIR PETE OF TONG!". DJMag.com. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^"The Story of Boy's Own: The Acid House Gang Who Changed British Clubbing". VICE. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^Romero, Dennis (7 April 2015). "Pete Tong Wants to Save EDM From Itself". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^"Pete Tong Issues a Wikipedia Correction and Announces Concert at Mansion October 27" S. Pajot "CrossFade, the Music Blog", 19 October 2010, accessed 19 October 2010, Miami New Times
^"It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)". IMDb. IMDb.com, Inc. 1990–2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
^"Evolution 101.7 – All Things Dance for Boston | Listen Live | iHeartRadio". Iheart.com. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^"About All Gone Pete Tong". Evolution. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^"Pete Tong - IMS". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^Antwan Shalom (2012). "Pete Tong Interview for IMS 2012 (English)". electrocorp (in English and French). Electrocorp – Le Magazine des Musiques Electroniques. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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