Hot Chip to tour North America

London band Hot Chip have announced that they are to embark a North American tour in the latter part of 2008.

The tour will kick off on 21 September 2008 in the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles before moving on to Dallas, Chicago, Montreal and Washington DC before drawing to a close on 9 October 2008 with a show at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse.

The tour is to be the band's second trans-atlantic trip in support of their latest album Made in the Dark.