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TING TINGS - Happy Birthday - Yo Gabba Gabba

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Description: The Ting Tings are a British indie pop duo composed of Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, vocals, piano) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, and cow bells). They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Artist Studios in Salford. The band's debut album, We Started Nothing, was released on 13 May 2008. It was leaked onto the internet on 19 May 2008. Shortly after the release of the album, the band released a statement on the social network service MySpace which explained to fans that their single "That's Not My Name" had reached number 1 in the UK Singles Charts, the s The Ting Tings are a British indie pop duo composed of Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, vocals, piano) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, and cow bells). They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Artist Studios in Salford.
The band's debut album, We Started Nothing, was released on 13 May 2008. It was leaked onto the internet on 19 May 2008. Shortly after the release of the album, the band released a statement on the social network service MySpace which explained to fans that their single "That's Not My Name" had reached number 1 in the UK Singles Charts, the statement went on to encourage fans to purchase legal copies of the single in order to keep it at the top position for the official Sunday Chart release on 18 May. The band went on to secure Number 1 in the UK Singles chart on 18 May.
Their singles "Shut Up and Let Me Go" and "We Started Nothing" were featured in the Gossip Girl series, while the song "Be the One" was featured in One Tree Hill. Their single "Great DJ" was featured in the theatrical trailers for the Anna Faris comedy The House Bunny, the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire and recently the Michael Cera comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

The band began writing their second album in Paris, France, and will record the album in a converted jazz-club in Berlin after the Pink tour, from October. White says that the new album would show some subtle changes to their sound. Since then, it has been reported that the band would collaborate with rapper Jay-Z on the new album. The duo have reportedly been assisted by label mate and Barbadian-American R&B star Rihanna with her vocals contributed on a track on the upcoming album. It was revealed by NME that the album has a working title Kunst (art in German) and will be released summer 2010.

The names of two potential singles: "Help" and "Hands" were confirmed in January 2010.

In April, they updated their blog, announcing that they were 9 tracks into the new album. In May, there was a message on their website saying that they had nearly finished the album and the website is to be refurbished. It is expected that they will announce a release date once the website is updated.

On July 2, 2010, they played Wireless Festival and performed "That's Not My Name", "Shut Up and Let Me Go", "Great DJ", "Fruit Machine", "We Started Nothing", "Keep Your Head", "We Walk" and their new single "Hands". ... (more)