Last weekend, the Ting Tings played to a sold out crowd that was moved last minute from Webster Hall to Terminal 5 to account for the high demand. PopWreckoning got a chance to see the set, and it was a full-on dance party. Jules De Martino opened the show on the keyboard with the first strains of “We Walk†and Katie White was nowhere to be found. The moment she took the stage, though, the crowd erupted in applause, from the floor all the way up to the second balcony (it should be noted that T5 is the largest of the Bowery Presents-owned venues at a capacity of 3,000).
The band breezed through their set, including encore, in a short forty-five minutes. They played all of their hits and some of their more questionable tracks—“Impacilla Carpisungâ€, anyone?—and closed out the show with “That’s Not My Nameâ€. Good times were had by all. One criticism, though: I’ve loved every Ting Tings show I’ve ever been to, but I don’t think they’re ready to be headliners just yet. The CW (among others) sure has gotten the band lots of attention, but they haven’t earned the top spot in a lineup for the sheer fact that they have one album out and don’t really do covers. If you can’t play at least a solid hour-long set, you shouldn’t be headlining. This doesn’t mean I love the band any less, I just remember way back in October when they opened the Popped! Music festival in Philadelphia. What a rise to stardom! Ah, the joys of media exposure.
Nice shots. They are by far the worst dressed band I have ever seen.
Nice pics Des.
I’m excited to see them in a couple weeks here in a 200 person venue!
I’m jealous. That’ll be an amazing show.
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