Pete Tong Responds to John Summit Remix Theft Accusations: ‘Those Allegations Are Simply Not Supported by the Facts’
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Earlier this week, Summit accused Tong of stealing his remix of Everything But the Girl's 1994 classic "Missing."
Por Billboard | 10/07/2026
A dance music drama broke out earlier this week when John Summit publicly accused Pete Tong of stealing his unreleased remix of “Missing” by Everything But the Girl. July 8 on X, Summit posted “Hey @petetong thanks for promising to release my missing remix with u (while doing nothing in terms of production) then jacking my remix to release with franky rizardo release class act you are. to think i actually looked up to u too.[sic]” Related Self-Proclaimed Devil-Worshiping Duo Twin Temple Say They Were Removed From Charley Crockett Tour Due To 'Our Satanic Imagery' The Pacha Group CEO on the Club’s New York Opening: ‘I Don’t Think I Could Have Had a Happier Moment’ SZA Hit the Brakes on 'Scorsese Baby Daddy' Video Because Its Freaky Concept 'Scares' Her 'Too Much' Summit posted screenshots of texts he exchanged with Tong regarding an orchestral remix of the song they were working on together. Summit then posted on X that he’d spoken with Dutch DJ Rizardo “on the phone and he had no idea about all of this to be clear.” Later that day, Rizardo posted on X that “After learning more today about the background surrounding this release, I’ve come to the conclusion that it no longer feels right for me to be part of it.” On Friday (July 10), Tong and his team have responded to these allegations. In an interview posted on Friday between Tong and Alex Tripi , the CEO of the Pete Tong DJ Academy, Tong explains his side of the story, saying that he and Summit “had positive conversations on text about making a new version of his remix, and at the same time I was talking to Franky about doing a new version of his remix… It’s quite normal when releasing a song to have different versions of the same song, or in this case it would have been a cover version, so there could have been a Pete Tong orchestral version, a version with Franky Rizardo and a version with John Summit.” Tong continues, explaining that he was preparing this orchestral rendition of “Missing” for the upcoming winter leg of his Ibiza Classics tour, in which he plays classic dance songs with a live orchestra. He claims he requested permission from Everything But The Girl members Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt to perform the rendition, which they agreed to. Tong claims he also asked the duo for their permission to arrange a remix of “Missing” with Summit and Rizardo; they agreed. “So that’s what we did,” Tong says in the interview. “I started the conversation with both [Summit and Rizardo]. I got to it quickly with John because he was particularly interested in the orchestra, because he wanted to perform the song with an orchestra himself, and I handed it over to my management team and label.” Related The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List The video posted on Friday shows a screenshot of this alleged proposal, da