'Friend' of the Ting Tings Hits Back

It's quite impressive how much people can warp a story by concealing vital facts, as evidenced by the emergence of the other side of the coin with regard to the 'friend' who was supposedly profiteering off the back of The Ting Tings hard work.

The duo claimed previously that a 'friend' had held back copies of the album and was selling them on eBay for an inflated profit margin.

That 'friend' was in fact the head of the band's former record label Switchflicker who gave the duo their first push of support and paid for the recording of the limited vinyl run to begin with.

The label said in an issued statement, "Switchflicker has the invoice, order form and credit card receipt to prove that the label paid for these [vinyl pressing copies] and not The Ting Tings... Switchflicker is selling the remaining stock at today's market price."

"The Ting Tings recently signed to Columbia Records for [a large amount of money] Switchflicker is, by contrast, a small independent label which has made no profit in respect of releasing the single, which brought the band to everyone's attention. Switchflicker wishes them well."

So, it seems that the pop duo were annoyed because the person who believed in them enough when they were starting out was attempting to make a small profit on his investment. Keeping in mind that the band left his label when the first glimmer of success was waved in their direction. Nice.