December 2008 – Katie White and Jules De Martino escaped the industry trappings they once experienced in a previous band and went back to basics as a duo.
After a captivating performance on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury that summer, The Ting Tings signed the Columbia Records but retained complete control over how and when their music was released.
2008 has also seen Katie and Jules win best UK video at the MTV Music Video Awards in LA. They were also invited to play at the 2008 MTV European music awards in Liverpool in November.
To round off their truly amazing year, the band have released a deluxe version of ‘We Started Nothing'. This features the original album on disc one, with a bonus DVD featuring videos, ‘making of's' and acoustic versions of their four hit singles - Great DJ, That's Not My Name, Shut Up and Let Me Go and Be The One. These acoustic tracks were recorded exclusively for this package and feature a string quartet. There is also documentary footage from their early launch events in Salford, London, New York and Berlin in Oct '07.
The Ting Tings will head to Australia (for the Big Day Out Festival) and Japan at the start of 2009. They will be back for the release of the final single –‘We Walk' - in February before the 2009 tour which will see them play bigger venues across the country including Brixton Academy - no less than a year since first single proper "Great DJ" was released.
