Quick Update: Usher, The Ting Tings

Usher's sixth studio album Raymond vs. Raymond is set for release on Monday, December 21.

According to new reports indie pop/rock band The Ting Tings have signed with a new US deal Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label.

Now! That's What I Call Music!

I can't believe how many Now! CD's have been made. The latest CD, Now! 31, will be available on June 30. Check out the track listing before to see if your favorite star's hit song is on it.

1. The Black Eyed Peas -Boom Boom Pow
2. Flo Rida -Right Round
3. Lady Gaga -Poker Face
4. Pitbull -I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
5. Jamie Foxx -Blame It
6. TI w/Justin Timberlake -Dead And Gone

7. Kid Cudi -Day & Nite
8. Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em -Kiss Me Thru The Phone
9. Beyonce -Halo
10. Ne-Yo -Mad
11. Pink -Please Don’t Leave Me
12. Ciara w/Justin Timberlake -Love Sex Magic
13. Britney Spears -If U Seek Amy
14. Kelly Clarkson -My Life Would Suck Without You
15. 3OH!3 -Don’t Trust Me
16. The Ting Tings -That’s Not My Name
17. The Fray -You Found Me
18. Nickelback -If Today Was Your Last Day
19. Lady Antebellum -I Run To You
20. Charice -Note To God 

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The Ting Tings - Thats Not My Name Live

The Ting Tings performed their hit "Thats Not My Name" live on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

Etelle & The Ting Tings Perform At 2009 Brit Awards

Estelle performed with The Ting Tings at the BRIT Awards 2009 in London on Wednesday. Watch their mashup of “American Boy,” “Shut Up and Let Me Go,” and “That’s Not My Name.”

New Video: The Ting Tings - Thats Not My Name

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The Ting Tings Ban Lights

BRITS nominees The Ting Tings have put a ban on fancy lighting for health reasons.

Drummer Jules De Martino suffers with an eye problem which can cause fits similar to epilepsy.

Singer Katie White told me: “We don’t have strobe lighting any more because Jules has been having fits.

“That’s the reason he wears sunglasses all the time, to prevent dizzy spells.”

The 34-year-old sticksman’s swollen right eye has been a long-running problem but the duo’s chart-topping exploits have only made it worse.

Katie, 25, said: “It gets worse if he’s tired or if the lights are too bright, or with flash photos. We’ve done hundreds of shows in the last year, which takes its toll after a while.”

The Salford twosome, who will perform at this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival, have devised a stage show with screens rather than extravagant lighting.

Jules explained: “We’re using screens to highlight what we do on stage because there’s only two of us up there.”

One of the bonuses of wearing shades is that nobody recognises Jules without them. Katie added: “He can go out wherever he wants and nobody bothers him.”

The duo release new single We Walk on February 23 before heading out on a seven-date UK tour.
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The Ting Tings Tour Dates

The Ting Tings will return to the states in October for a series of concerts at a variety of US clubs, theatres and college campuses.

The Ting Tings - US Fall Tour 2008
10/14/08  Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern w/ Santogold
10/16/08  Las Vegas, NV Jillians
10/17/08  Dallas, TX Pontiac Room @ House of Blues
10/19/08  Austin, TX The Parish
10/20/08  Houston, TX House of Blues
10/21/08  New Orleans, LA House of Blues
10/23/08  Atlanta, GA Variety Theatre
10/25/08  Williamsburg, VA College of William & Mary
10/26/08  Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
11/01/08  New York, NY Webster Hall