Katie White and Jules De Martino of The Ting Tings
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Now, the band is "over the moon," says Katie White, half of the duo, about the group's Best New Artist Grammy nomination.
Upon reading the news of their nod on the Internet, White, 26, and bandmate Jules De Martino, 36, who were both in Berlin, called up a few friends and started partying. They partied so hard in fact that they missed a flight to next day. "We got overexcited, got to the airport really late and then realized we'd left all of our passports back at home."
Not only did they miss their flight, but White pulled a stomach muscle while jumpstarting her red carpet regimen. "I was like 'I need to get fit' so I started doing some sit-ups. I was trying to do it all in one day to fit into one of those beautiful dresses. It's such a girl thing to do isn't it?"
Hailing from Hackney, London the duo formed in 2007 after living together in a coffee factory. "We used to play house parties there," says White. "I could play two chords on guitar and Jules could play like five instruments. We put two songs on MySpace and that was it."
Are they as excited about Grammy night as they were about the Ivor Novello Awards, U.K.'s equivalent to the Grammys? White sums it up: "When you're a kid dreaming about being a musician you don't ever think about winning a Grammy because it seems such a big thing to win. We're in shock."
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