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To get pumped before a show, some bands huddle up and say a prayer while others might do a random chant. Katie White of the Ting Tings, who braved a rocky flight from the U.K. with bandmate Jules De Martino to perform at
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All Points West last weekend, loves to down a cocktail and sing some UB40 before she steps onto the stage. "We drink vodka and Red Bull because halfway through the set I'm so tired and lose so much energy," White tells Spinner. "I also have been singing 'Red Red Wine' by UB40, and I don't know why I keep singing that a lot before I go onstage."
If that doesn't help, the band has their own favorite tracks that give them that extra energy boost to perform -- 'Once in a Lifetime' by the Talking Heads for De Martino and Ray Parker Jr.'s 'Ghostbusters' theme for White. "We do this thing on stage when Jules plays 'Ghostbusters' to the crowd where he kind of DJs midway through the set and gives me 20 seconds to breathe," White says. "It's brilliant because it's like, 'Yeah, come on!'"
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