The Ting Tings 'have few friends left'

The Ting Tings have revealed that they are losing friends due to the success of their debut album.

Jules De Martino and Katie White have been busy travelling the world after finding fame with chart-topper We Started Nothing last year, causing some of their loved ones back in Manchester to cut ties for good.

De Martino told Absolute Radio: "It's been pretty constant. I don't think we've been back home to Manchester for about three days in that entire time. So I've got not many friends left or family, unfortunately."

White added: "But we've seen the world. God, we've seen it about five times. We were even flying over Siberia the other day, from the aeroplane there was just not one sign of life, not one tree, nothing. It was amazing.

"Japan, Hong Kong were great. America's good, we do long tours there and you know, there's some amazing cities there, but you're driving for so long just to get to the next city."

The duo recently announced plans to record their second album in a Berlin jazz club.