The Day-Glo Duo: The Ting Tings
Caroline Sullivan, Guardian, The, 18 February 2009
"ALL I'VE BEEN thinking about," says Jules De Martino, the male half of the Ting Tings, seated in a swish Manchester restaurant, "is steak and fries and ketchup." Across the table is his bandmate, Katie White, who is studying the boulder-sized baconburger that has just been placed in front of her. "I am quite hungry," she murmurs gamely.
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