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The Ting Tings perform in the Current studio

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by Mark Wheat and The Ting Tings

August 04, 2008

Katie White of The Ting Tings
Katie White of The Ting Tings
Minnesota Public Radio / John Nicholson

Fresh off a lauded performance at this year's Lollapalooza, the English indie-dance-popsters, The Ting Tings, have been selling out venues across the US and are nearing the end of the first US tour here in the Twin Cities.

The twosome made up of Katie White and Jules De Martino formed in 2006 and named themselves The Ting Tings after White's Chinese coworker's name, which is supposed to mean "the bandstand" in Mandarin.

Songs performed: "Shut Up and Let Me Go," "That's Not My Name," and "We Walk."