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THE Ting Tings are an English indie-pop band consisting of two members; Jules De Martino and Katie White.

Formed in Salford in 2006, they've been tipped by Radio One's Jo Whiley and various music magazines to be one of the big bands for 2008.

This February they are taking part in the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour featuring The Cribs as headliners.

I caught up with Jules after the Newcastle date to find out what the Ting Tings are really about.

How do you feel about being hotly tipped for 2008? "It's great, we've been recording and touring a lot recently and now it's just hit us as soon as we've stated the NME tour. It's weird when people come up to us and say things about us and the music, it's really interesting too and we're really pleased."

How did the name The Ting Tings come about? "Katie used to work with a girl called Ting Ting, she told me about her and I went and googled it. It was interesting what I found out. Ting Ting is like a melodic sound and because there are only two of us in the band we chose to have two ting's. We both thought it was brilliant, so it stuck."

How do you feel about being part of the NME tour? "It's amazing. We've just been on tour with Reverend and the Makers. That was great because we got to play every night and they really looked after us. We've been exited about the NME tour because the magazine gets a lot of publishing throughout the UK.

"The Cribs have made three albums, so they're really experienced, and all the bands playing seem really nice."

What's the worst thing about being in a band? "The amount of work. When we first started we didn't realise it would be this much work. Also getting up early and going to bed really late is a downer too. We have to fly a lot as well and were both really scared of flying."

In your opinion which is the best song you've ever written? "Be The One, it's on our album."

What did you want to be as a child? "Nothing at the time, I really didn't know. I just liked skating and riding my bike. I just couldn't wait to move out and do what I wanted without getting told off."

What's new for The Ting Tings this year? "Our agent gave us a list of festivals for this year and unless you have an hour I couldn't list them all, but they're in places all over the world, such as Japan, Australia, America and Germany.

They're all major festivals, so it's going to be pretty good."

What's your biggest inspiration for the band? "Talking Heads. We were big fans when we started forming the band, so they were inspirational."

What is the best thing about playing to a live audience? "The energy we create. It's only us two, so we have to gather a lot of energy before we go on stage.

When we're on stage it's like we have to find the finish line and it's a race to get there. We both love the adrenaline we get when we come off stage."

11:00am Monday 4th February 2008

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