JLS have reaped the benefits of having friends in the right places after they revealed they've blagged tickets for this summer's Olympic Games.

The global sporting event will be based in London this summer, with tickets proving to be hot property.

JLS have admitted however that they've managed to get tickets for some of the events due to their connections with some of the performers - but, of course, they'd be happy to give them gig tickets in return. JB Gill told the Daily Star:

"I'm friends with Jessica Ennis who’s doing the heptathlon. She's given us some too. We didn't even have to go through the ballot. It works both ways though. We offer our concert tickets in return."

As Olympic excitement begins to reach boiling point, Dionne Bromfield recently spoke about her collaboration with Tinchy Stryder for the Games' official Torch Relay song - claiming that she had been after a duet with him for years.