Hot Chip will play a full UK tour in early 2010 as they look to promote their new album, it has been announced. Skip related content
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Hot Chip 2010
The electro-pop five-piece are currently nearing completion on the follow-up to 2007's "Made In The Dark".
In a posting online, the band confirmed news of their progress, writing: "There will be a new album, set for release in early parts of next year, to warm the cockles of your soul right in the middle of the bleak mid-winter.
"We're just completing the finishing touches right now, and we're also gearing up for a return, possibly triumphant, to the live arena", they said.
The tour calls at:
February 2009
12 Glasgow O2 Academy
13 Edinburgh Picture House
15 Nottingham Rock City
16 Leeds O2 Academy
18 Newcastle O2 Academy
19 Manchester Academy
20 Birmingham O2 Academy
22 Bournemouth O2 Academy
23 Bristol O2 Academy
24 Norwich UEA
26+27 London O2 Brixton Academy
For more information on the dates, visit www.hotchip.co.uk.




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