The Ting Tings' song delay

11 months ago 19th Dec 13:15

The Ting Tings won't write new material until the end of their world tour.

The duo say they won't begin work on their second album until April or May next year because they find themselves unable to work while on the road.

We'd like to do a bit of recording in Berlin and in Paris, in Salford of course and maybe a bit in New York as well

Singer Katie White said: "We have to lock ourselves away a bit, go and see lots of different things, like art and bands, and just get inspired.

"It's not inspiring in hotel rooms. So we consciously made an effort to not write.

"We have ideas and we have song titles and things we want to say but we've not actually turned them into songs yet."

When the band finally do get recording under way, they are planning to take their sound in a new direction.

Drummer Jules de Martino explained to BBC Newsbeat: "I think we'll be more experimental because we can bring new instruments in.