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  Simon Tong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Tong (born 1975, Wigan, England) was a guitarist and keyboardist for The Verve between 1996 and their break-up in 1999.
In July 2006, it was reported that Tong would again be working with Damon Albarn.
NME reported that Albarn had foregone plans to record a solo album and instead formed a new band which featured Tong with Albarn, former Clash bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Tony Allen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Tong   (248 words)

  
 The Verve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a replacement, the band chose old Wigan schoolmate Simon Tong to fill in the lead guitar duties for the remainder of the tour.
After the band's final collapse, Simon Jones and Simon Tong formed a new group called The Shining as well as working with former Stone Roses-guitarist John Squire on a group that never properly formed.
Tong has also appeared as a live replacement for ex-guitarist Graham Coxon in Blur and the additional guitarist for Gorillaz.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Verve   (1391 words)

  
 Blur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The band soldiered on and saw the project through in 2003 and also toured hiring guitarist Simon Tong of The Verve.
Ex-Verve guitarist Simon Tong has been standing in place of Coxon on live dates.
The band said in interviews that they might record a new album in 2004, but it was canceled as Albarn and the rest of the band devoted their energy for solo projects.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blur   (2504 words)

  
 wedding reviews
Simon, who is also experiencing the pressure of Wei-tong's family, urges Wei-tong to just tell his parents the truth, but he feels he cannot reveal his true self to his traditional parents.
Simon must also deal with a lot of pressure pretending to be someone he is not.
Simon representing the west is the female in the relationship.
www.wooster.edu /chinese/Chinese/reviews/wedding.html   (4843 words)

  
 Simon: Publications
A-54 Niu, Y., Simon, T. W., Gedeon, D. and Ibrahim, M. B., 2004, “Direct Measurements of Eddy Transport and Thermal Dispersion in a High-Porosity Matrix,” accepted for the AIAA J. of Thermophysics.
Simon, T. and Volino, R. "Experiments in Transitional Boundary Layers with Emphasis on High Free-Stream Turbulence Level, Surface Concave Curvature and Strong Favorable Streamwise Pressure Gradient Effects," Proceedings from the Syracuse University Workshop on Transition.
Simon, T. I-P Shih, and R. Pletcher, 2003, “Simulations of Turbulent Flow,” in the Summer 2003 Research Bulletin of the Univ. of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation, vol.
www.me.umn.edu /research/faculty/simonpub.shtml   (6703 words)

  
 The Shining   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Simon Jones (bass) and Simon Tong (rhythm and keyboards) were in the Verve and all the legendary intense goings-on that that entailed.
Simon says the thing with the single is "there are so many different flavours to the band that it's difficult if you've only got one record out because that isn't necessarily the definitive sound of the band." "Like, people want to compare it straight away", adds Duncan.
Simon explains "that was the reasoning behind putting out a limited edition of that tune (Quicksilver) so that...
www.vanguardonline.f9.co.uk /interv4.htm   (991 words)

  
 Tong / Tonge / Tongue Document Index
Thomas Tonge of Farnworth, 1731, Husbandman, Infra and Admon; John Tonge of Bolton, 1802, Carpenter, infra.; John Tonge of Bolton, 1809, Shopkeeper; Robert Tonge of Bolton, infra and admon.
Tong of Tong, Kent : Various extracts relating to the Tong family of Tong, Tunstall, Pitstock and Bredgar in the county of Kent.
Tonge Hall, Middleton : Photographs and sketches of Tonge Hall, Middleton, Lancashire, residence of the Tonges of Tonge from the late 1300's until 1725.
www.tongefamily.info /resources/contents.htm   (4311 words)

  
 The Verve biography - 8notes.com
At the height of their fame in 1997, the Verve were considered one of the finest bands from the UK and were one of the most popular groups worldwide before they abruptly called it quits in 1999.
After the band's final collapse, Simon Jones and Simon Tong formed a new group called The Shining along with former Stone Roses guitarist John Squire.
Tong has also appeared as a live replacement for departed Graham Coxon in Blur.
www.8notes.com /biographies/verve.asp   (1328 words)

  
 the verve fanlisting // A STORM IN HEAVEN
At this point, Simon Tong, an old friend of the band, was asked to join as McCabe's replacement, and the new lineup began working on songs for a third Verve album.
Tong also remained, and the band recorded their third album with input from both guitarists.
Simon Jones and Simon Tong formed a band called The Shining, which released one album, True Skies, in 2002.
still-enchanted.net /verve/index.php?bio   (768 words)

  
 Robert Key .com Web site : current concerns
I had a meeting with Simon Tong yesterday and believe that he has sent you a letter highlighting the key issues regarding the school, now that it is in Special Measures.
I understand that Simon Tong is replying directly to Mr Rickman and will copy you into this, but just wanted to make clear that it is primarily a matter for the Diocese how it spends its money on buildings rather than for the LEA.
Simon Tong has been especially helpful and enthusiastic and I am very grateful to him for his patience in answering so many of my letters and enquiries.
www.robertkey.com /farley-school.htm   (11040 words)

  
 Simon Yam 2002 News | on Simon Yam.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Simon in an ad for Omega watches, the brand he has promoted for years.
Simon and Qi Qi were among the celebrities spotted at the airport
Stephen Chow, Stanley Tong, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Kar Fai and Simon Yam.
simonyam.com /News/2002   (535 words)

  
 Under the Radar - News - New Verve Best Of to Include Two Unreleased Songs
The Verve (singer-lyricist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, Bassist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury) originally formed in Wigan, England in 1999.
Previously, The Verve were critics darlings with a devoted fanbase, but Urban Hymns propelled the band into the mainstream when "Bittersweet Symphony" became a worldwide hit and "The Drugs Don’t Work" and "Lucky Man" also became hits in their native England.
Simon Jones and Simon Tong formed The Shinning, who broke up after 2003’s poorly received debut album True Skies.
undertheradarmag.com /verve_news.html   (510 words)

  
 RTE.ie Entertainment - Ex-Verve guitarist Tong joins Blur
It has been confirmed that former Verve guitarist Simon Tong will be Blur's new live guitarist.
Tong has been in rehearsals in London with the other band members preparing for live shows later in the year.
Tong joined Blur on stage at a Parlophone record company preview night in London during the weekend.
www.rte.ie /arts/2003/0210/blur.html   (83 words)

  
 Verve Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Whatever went through their minds and into their mouths in the months that followed can only be guessed at, but whatever it was, it worked.
These were to be the last releases from The Verve for almost two years as the band split after their performance at the T In The Park festival in Glasgow.
Richard, Simon and Pete later decided to continue working together, with new recruit Simon Tong, and early in '97 Nick returned to the fold.
www.oopnorth.com /verve/biography.html   (1291 words)

  
 DBLP: Simon Tong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Simon Tong, Daphne Koller: Restricted Bayes Optimal Classifiers.
Simon Tong, Daphne Koller: Support Vector Machine Active Learning with Application sto Text Classification.
Simon Tong, Daphne Koller: Active Learning for Parameter Estimation in Bayesian Networks.
www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/t/Tong:Simon.html   (115 words)

  
 NME.COM - News - THE TONG WAY ROUND!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
As we revealed, Tong has been in rehearsals in London with Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree preparing for live shows later in the year.
Tong played with The Verve alongside fellow guitarist Nick McCabe during the peak of their success, in the 'Urban Hymns' era.
A schoolfriend of Richard and The Verve's ex-bassist Simon Jones from Wigan, he is credited with originally teaching the two to play guitar.
www.nme.com /news/104168.htm   (245 words)

  
 Simon Tong's Research page
Simon Tong, Daphne Koller International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2001.
Simon Tong, Daphne Koller IJCAI Workshop on Support Vector Machines 1999.
Simon Tong, Daphne Koller Presented at the SnowBird Learning Workshop, April 1999.
ai.stanford.edu /~stong/research.html   (447 words)

  
 The Shining - Interview @ Designer Magazine
Featuring ex-Verve members Simon Jones and Simon Tong alongside rock superstar in the making Duncan Baxter (think Northern Swagger ala Liam Gallagher mixed with the looks of Jonathan Rhys Meyers) they deliver the dirtiest rock and roll riffs and massive grooves in the style of Led Zep meets Oasis.
Simon: For me I met John at the last ever gig that the Verve gig did in Ireland at Slane Castle.
Simon: When I started we were making pretty heavy guitar music, way back when I was 18, 19.
designermagazine.tripod.com /TheShiningINT1.html   (1019 words)

  
 Gorillaz-Unofficial Simon Tong Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Played guitar on some tracks on second Gorillaz album 'Demon Days', as well as taking part in the Demon Detour sessions in May 2005 at Sarm Studios.
Simon Tong a British a musican, a school friend of Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury played with the The Verve on Urban Hymns and replaced Nick McCabe.
Since the breakup of The Verve, Tong has served as guitarist for Blur in live appearances and contributed to the second Gorillaz album, Demon Days.
www.gorillaz-unofficial.com /biography/simontong.htm   (81 words)

  
 Excellent Online: It's The Other One!
In an official announcement from the Blur camp, Simon Tong (read the "other" guitarist in The Verve and member of The Shining) has become the hottest guitar player south of Manchester.
you'll still be hearing Graham on the new album (due out early summer) but Simon will now have to wallow in the corner during the live version of the Albarn show instead of Graham.
Tong's a good guitarist who was never really used in the Urban Hymns days once Nick came back.
www.excellentonline.com /article.php3?story_id=924   (280 words)

  
 The Latest Verve News
Two of his fellow Shiners - bassist Simon Jones and guitarist Simon Tong - were in The Verve.
Simon: "What I can say is that The Verve were going off in a direction of strings and ballads, and that's not where I was coming from at all.
the "Simon's" from the Verve are in the band.
www.musicsaves.org /verve/02news.shtml   (3763 words)

  
 The Verve Info ..:::: SIMON JONES ::::..
He was in the band Shining with fellow Verve member, Simon Tong.
Actually he is the fulltime bass player of Cathey Davey, again with the company of Simon Tong as guitarrist in some tracks.
He declared in the Wigan Evening Post recently thet he isn't happy about the Greatest Hits album - "there were five of us in that group, and only one (Ashcroft) was consulted about it".
www.the-verve.info /theband_simonjones.html   (91 words)

  
 Little Gem: Thinkin' About History
The day after this show Richard informed their manager at the time, John Best, that the band was through, claiming, "It no longer felt right." In the midst of overwhelming critical success, Richard pulled the plug.
Ironically the final single off their second album, "History", a song based on William Blake's poem entitled, "London", was released in two parts with one cover saying "All farewells must be sudden." In an interview years later, Simon Jones remembers hearing the song on the UK radio and simply crying.
Shortly afterwards Richard, Simon, and Peter decided to work together with an old school mate, Simon Tong.
www.stwing.upenn.edu /~pmarin/verve/history.html   (1295 words)

  
 Ex-Verve Members Form New Band, the Shining (NY Rock)
Ex-Verve members -- bassist Simon Jones and guitarist Simon Tong -- have formed a new band called the Shining.
Squire ultimately left the mix, but Jones brought in ex-Verve guitarist Simon Tong and fellow guitarist Dan MacBean.
Jones and Tong obviously hope for a promising post-Verve future.
www.nyrock.com /worldbeat/06_2002/062002b.asp   (252 words)

  
 tong - ResearchIndex document query
Tong and Lim, 1980] Tong, H. and Lim, K. John Wiley, New York.
Tong and Lim, 1980] Tong, H. and Lim, K. 1980)Threshold
References Braudaway and Tong, 1989] W. Braudaway and C. Tong.
citeseer.ist.psu.edu /cis?q=Tong+An   (593 words)

  
 The University of Chicago Medical Center
Hue H. Luu, Quan Kang, Jong Kyung Park, Weike Si, Qing Luo, Wei Jiang, Hong Yin, Anthony G. Montag, Michael A. Simon, Terrance D. Peabody, Rex C. Haydon, Carrie W. Rinker-Schaeffer, and Tong-Chuan He: (2005) An orthotopic model of human osteosarcoma growth and spontaneous pulmonary metastasis.
Hue H. Luu, Lan Zhou, Rex C. Haydon, Andrea T. Deyrup, Anthony G. Montag, Dezheng Huo, Robert Heck, Claus W. Heizmann, Terrance Peabody, Michael A. Simon, and Tong-Chuan He: (2005) Increased expression of S100A6 is associated with decreased metastasis and inhibition of cell migration and anchorage independent growth in human osteosarcoma.
Rex C. Haydon, Andrea Deyrup, Akira Ishikawa, Robert Heck, Wei Jiang, Lan Zhou, Tao Feng, David King, Hongwei Cheng, Benjamin Breyer, Terrance Peabody, Michael Simon, Anthony Montag, and Tong-Chuan He: (2002) Cytoplasmic and/or Nuclear Accumulation of the beta-Catenin Protein is a Frequent Event in Human Osteosarcoma.
www.boneandcancer.org /publications.htm   (1780 words)

  
 Single Pitch Award courses in Devon uk
Course Director Simon Tong (MIA) will be running SPA (single pitch award) training and assessment courses in a variety of locations in the south west.
Contact Simon directly on 01626 833570 for course details and dates.
Larger courses have dual benefits; the varied experience of the candidates enables an individual to have a better opportunity of seeing how his/her own skills compare and they ensure that you receive the opinion of two assessors.
www.geocities.com /maldickson/single_pitch_award.htm   (944 words)

  
 Excellent Online: Ex-Verve Members In A New Band
Simon Jones (bass) and Simon Tong (guitars, keyboards) from the Verve are in a new unnamed band.
My site, The Verve Universe, has the news on how you can download their first track.
And you're right there is no "proof" that this is a Simon Jones/Tong band other then the fact that some guy from a label emailed me about it.
www.excellentonline.com /article.php3?story_id=652   (392 words)

  
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www.pure-health-beauty.com /indexa122.html   (629 words)

  
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Damon Albarn first worked with Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) in 2002, two years later Tony and Simon Tong (The Verve) joined Damon at Aphrodisia studios in Lagos for two weeks of recording.
They are due to play a live date at the Roundhouse in Camden later this year [as part of the BBC's Electric Proms] and a single is slated for release around this time.
The Blur frontman was working on a solo project with Danger Mouse producing, but now the pair have switched their attention to working on a new album called 'The Good, The Bad And The Queen'.
www.blurcentral.co.uk /news.htm   (2914 words)

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