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The Ting Tings: 'Bring back Top Of The Pops'

Duo want to be first band to play on revived TV show

October 17, 2008 | 13 Comments
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The Ting Tings have called for 'Top Of The Pops' to be resurrected, and want to be the first band to play on the revived TV show.

Drummer and songwriter Jules De Martino told Absolute Radio the Salford band plan to "force our way onto it."

"Bring back TOTP and let us be the first band to play on it," he said.

The music TV show, which ran for 42 years, was axed by the BBC in 2006.

Andy Burnham MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has already called for the programme's return, saying the programme was "a great thing that was always putting a new mix of music in front of the British public".

The Ting Tings, meanwhile, are due to start work on their new album early next year.

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jeepcat

Oct 17, 2008

By the time TOTP comes back, you'll be confined to the history bin!

aaronclack

Oct 17, 2008

Top of the Pops AND the ting tings.......two wrongs certainly don't make a right. Here's to hoping this never EVER happens!

fnchy77

Oct 17, 2008

The Ting Tings..... biggest joke band since ever. I have posted their lyrics to "Thats Not My Name" on my noticeboard by my desk at work simply because it makes me laugh so hard when I read them!!! Did I read somewhere that the lyrics were part of a competition in local primary schools??? Which 6 year old could write a hit song?

hness

Oct 17, 2008

TOTP coming back would be good if they split it evenly tween pop/dance/rap/rock....when it was last on it was just kiddie music

underclasshero

Oct 17, 2008

Combine two truly terrible things to create some sort of super piece of crap.:)

Willy Plonka

Oct 17, 2008

Bollocks to fucking Top of the Pops, what about bringing back Chigley and Trumpton.............and........Torchy the Battery Boy.............

Soundedd

Oct 17, 2008

The Ting Tings.......haha what a load of shite! Juels De Martin and Katie White or whatever their fucking names are, do one!

caescarna

Oct 17, 2008

It's like Daphne and Celeste haven't been away! Throw these disposable pop wombles back in the bin they belong in.

doidgey172

Oct 20, 2008

Top of the pops was a laugh. Bring it back!

qcardy

Oct 20, 2008

they should learn to play their instruments better before offering to play at all!

rockgeek

Oct 20, 2008

Soundedd - do one yaself. Although I agree with ya comment.

gaffnech

Oct 24, 2008

what are you on about? The Ting Tings are great!

simonmaal

Jan 4, 2009

Oh dear God please no; this completely irrelevant smorgasbord of pre-pubescent intellect AND the worst band since Shampoo blighted the airways? The only solace I can take is in the knowledge that this grisly duo will grace the bargain bins long before good old ToTP returns to "brighten" up our evenings!