Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Live" CD will be released September 28th on Nacional records. The album features select tracks from the 'Live @ the Clubhouse' album as well as a latin alternative remix tribute to "Genius of Love". While Tom Tom Club has performed from Connecticut to Spain, London and Japan in the past year, they will embark on their first lenghty U.S. tour in ten years this fall.

The following dates have been confirmed:

9/21 – StageOne – Fairfield, CT
9/22 – StageOne – Fairfield, CT
9/23 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
9/24 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
9/25 – Midpoint Music Festival – Cincinnati, OH
9/26 – Exit In – Nashville, TN
9/27 – The Old Rock House – St. Louis, MO
9/28 – Metro – Chicago, IL
9/29 – Mickey Finn’s Pub – Toledo, OH
9/30 – Phoenix Theatre – Toronto, ON
10/1 – Cabaret Mile End – Montreal, QC
10/2 – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge – Burlington, VT
10/3 – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
10/8 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
10/9 – The Getty – Los Angeles, CA
10/10 – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA
10/12 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
10/14 - Santos party House - New York City, NY
10/16 - Brooklyn Bowl, New York City, NY

“It will be a real pleasure for us to see so much of the USA again this fall,” says Tom Tom Club drummer/founder Chris Frantz. “We are all very excited about this tour, to go out and make new friends and reconnect with old friends. The band consists of seven players, is smoking hot and completely live. We don't use any sequencers or backing tapes at all!”.

Read the full press release on the forum.