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The band have also announced a number of London shows for September

Teary singalongs, formation dancing and chanting the "eighth chakra"

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Gruff Rhys, Anna Calvi and John Grant also announced for the Jodrell Bank fest

Hot Chip have been covering Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" while on tour. The band introduced the cover into their UK set lists in...

Graham Coxon, Hot Chip and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs are all set to play gigs in an East London branch of the charity shop Oxfam as part of the annual Oxjam event. Theme Park, Lucy Rose, The 2 Bears and Kyla La Grange will all also take part in the sixth annual Oxjam event, kicking off the month long fundraising celebrations.

Elbow, Band Of Horses and Hot Chip are among the new additions to the line-up for London's iTunes Festival this year. Elbow and Bat For Lashes will play together at London's Roundhouse on September 7, while Hot Chip will headline the venue themselves on September 29. Band Of Horses will support Jack White on September 8.

The organisers of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have announced that they will be launching a Coachella cruise, which is due to set sail in December. Headlined by Pulp, Hot Chip, Warpaint and Grimes, the luxury liner, called the S.S. Coachella, will head to the Bahamas between December 16-19 and then to Jamaica December between 19-23. Prices start at £320 ($500). Organisers are already touting a series of at-sea activities, including DJ tutorials and wine tastings hosted by former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy.

Hot Chip have said they feel pop music has become too "conservative".

Things may be different now but, when I was an NME staffer in the 1990s, we were forever being accused of building bands up, only to take delight in knocking them down soon after.