11. MAY - UNRELEASED SONGS & MORE
Tricky's guitarist between 1995-1998 (Patrice Chevalier) has published some unreleased songs from the recording of "Pre-Millennium Tension" in 1996 on MySpace!!! There are unreleased songs and alternative versions of songs like "Vent" or "Bad Things", so check it out!
[Thanks to Tomislav for that info!]
Tricky said in a radio interview that he has recorded half a new album with Francesca Belmont in Paris and London. He also performed three songs in that interview (Puppy Toy, Veronika and Past Mistake). Here's another interview.
[Thanks to Damian for that info!]
 

18. MARCH - TRICKY INTERVIEW
Check out this video with an interview on Q TV on You Tube here. And there's another one in London here (you can also find several videos from his London shows on You Tube, if you search for Shepherds Bush).
[Thanks to Ernest for that info!]

11. FEBRUARY - TRICKY IN PARIS
As you can read here and here Tricky has a sort of "atelier" in Paris' 104 since December last year! He already recorded songs with french rapper Amadou, the "working title" for the new album is "Can't you see us". It also says that people brought instruments or old records that he recorded, which will all be material for the new album. He will open his atelier to the public on Friday, the 13th (February), but as far as I heard it's sold out already!?!? He already hosted some events in January (sorry if you missed it, but none of his official websites has the slightest note about these big news!), for example an "open workshop in which he gives a rare opportunity to access his creative domain", as you can read in this blog (on January 12). If anyone was there, maybe you can drop me a line and tell us how it was!?

31. JANUARY - MORE US TOURDATES
According to NME Tricky will tour the US extensively in spring. Check out the tourdates for the full list of shows. On March 3 he will also release a digital version of "Puppy Toy" with unreleased b-sides and remixes of "Council Estate".

19. JANUARY - TOURDATES IN THE US
According to VH1.com and Pollstar Tricky will play some tourdates in the US this spring: New York, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and more. See all the details at the tourdates.

3. DECEMBER 2008 - NME SHOCKWAVES AWARDS TOUR IN FEBRUARY
Tricky will perform live at the NME Shockwaves Awards tour next February. As you can read on NME he will play in London, Manchester and Glasgow.

19. NOVEMBER 2008 - INTERVIEW, TOUR, CANAL+
In an interview with Bigshot Magazine Tricky talks about his fans (for example that he personally doesn't like "Cross to bear", but he still let it on the album because he knew that a lot of people will like it) and the dangerous things about ego. Check out the interview on on their website or on You Tube. The interview will appear in their next issue (23).
Another interesting video is a new or at least unknown song played at the show in Antwerp, where the musicians let the audience on stage!!! You can see it on You Tube. It seems to happen all the time (?) during the latest concerts (Strasbourg and Toulouse definitely). Looks like Tricky changed his live shows radically since the start of the tour: longer concerts (2h30 in Reims!), more older songs like Tricky Kid, Makes Me Wanna Die and others, and also "Ace of Spades", a much-liked live song he already played during older tours. Lucky people, who can catch him at the end of this tour!!!!!!
And last but not least, for all who can receive Canal+: they will broadcast a Tricky concert tonight at 22.20, check it out here!

6. NOVEMBER 2008 - DOUBLE ALBUM
Tricky said in a video interview that he already material for a new album ready! He wants to release a double album: one album with cover songs and the other with new songs. As possible artists he likes to cover he mentioned Rakim, Public Enemy, London Posse, Kate Bush and Gary Numan. The interview has also more interesting parts, so check it out on Faceculture.
[Thanks to Torcida Metz for that info!]

17. OCTOBER 2008 - HURRICANE

Grace Jones will released her new album "Hurricane" on October 31 (according to Amazon). It features the Tricky collaboration "Hurricane" (track 6), which is a reworking of the 1998 song "Cradle to the grave" (see discography). It is a much slower version instead of a dance version, and also has some Tricky vocals on it. You can listen to it already on 7 Digital.

29. SEPTEMBER 2008 - "SLOW" RELEASE DATE AND COVER

As you can see at the Domino website, the single "Slow" will be released on October 20 as a 7 inch. The b-side will be the Bullion Remix of "Slow", which also is a b-side of the "Puppy Toy" single, released some time earlier (although it is not mentioned on the Domino website!?) The cover is also revealed (see right). You can preorder it here.

14. SEPTEMBER 2008 - NEXT SINGLES: PUPPY TOY & SLOW
The second single from "Knowle West Boy" will be "Puppy Toy", released digital on October 5. You can download it here, it has two remixes and a new song on it: 

1. Puppy Toy (Tom Elmhirst Radio Edit) 2. Numb 3. Slow (Bullion Remix) I don't know if there will be physical release also, there are no news about the singles at all on anyofficial website. There is also a video of the song, you can watch it here.

And as you can read here, only 8 days later another single - "Slow" - will be released (on October 13). The b-sides are not announced yet, but Slow will be released as a 7 inch and digital.

DOUBLE ALBUM
Tricky said in a video interview that he wants to release a double album next, for which he already has material: one album with cover songs and the other with new songs.

unreleased projects that the world is still waiting for:

TRICKY - NEARLY GODDESS
As you can read in an interview on Exclaim Tricky has finished an album called 'Nearly Goddess' in 2003 (referring to his 1996 album 'Nearly God') and features 14 female singers: Kelis, PJ Harvey, Miss Medusa, to name a few... Tricky said on burntblue.com (not online anymore): "It’s more electronica and I’m using samples. I did the album in like three days. It worried me but then I listened back and I thought, ‘nah, you can’t recognize any of these samples, it’s alright!" It should be out in 2003, but never has up to now.
Probably it is the same album that was mentioned earlier on Princess Superstar's official site (the article is not online anymore) and on I like music: "Princess also just dropped some vocals on Tricky's new benefit record to fight breast cancer (also featuring Ms. Kittin and Medusa) which will be out sometime in 2003."

RADAGAN & TRICKA - BACKATIV
This is another album that Tricky recorded in 2003, with Rodigan (Radagon? Rodagan?) from Jamaica. It is "the album I would have done if I hadn’t been in Massive Attack", Tricky told Burn It Blue. The name can be explained easily: "Jamaican kids, they don’t call me Tricky, they call me Tricka. It’s an album with me and this Jamaican kid (Rodigan), so it’s kind of like reggae, two tone and hip hop.” Two songs with Rodigan (although he is written Radagon on the Vulnerable cover) will be released as bonus tracks on 'Vulnerable' ("Receive Us" on the DVD and "Snap Them" on the enhanced CD). One track of the two will be released on the 'Back To Mine' compilation on September 15 (see above).

TRICKY - UNRELEASED MATERIAL
Tricky's autobiography 'All I hear is words' was announced to be released with a CD of unreleased tracks. But it seems it won't be published in the near future. Check out the 'All I hear is words' page for more details.

TRICKY - LIVE ALBUM
Tricky said in a chat at the Sonicnet.com (1999) that he will release a live album, maybe even with some video material. According to a post from Tricky's PR rep on the Apocalypse message board (which is not online anymore) the live album should be released in summer 2001, but it never happened so far.

THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY - SMASH IT UP (TRICKY REMIX)
Tricky did a remix of this song, but it is not released yet. It should be on a 12", but it is not known when or where this will be released.

HAWKMAN - ???
Tricky will produce Hakwman's debut album. It will probably be released in January, as Tricky told a fan at a concert. But a personal friend of Hawkman told me that it's not finished yet....

SOUTH WEST BATTALION - ???
According to Billboard Tricky will work with his younger brothers Aaron and Marlon on this project. Marlon also was on tour with Tricky in summer 2001 and did a remix of 'Evolution Revolution Love' (which can be found as a bonus track on Blowback or on the promo 12").

TRICKY - 'STREET DOG AND SCRAPPY LOVE'
According to an interview on German TV in August 1999 (listen to it here) Tricky has recorded an album with the title 'Street Dog and Scrappy Love'. An article in the British  magazine Hip Hop Connection (HHC) confirms this and says further that it was recorded with Mad Dog, the British rapper who also contributed vocals to Juxtapose. In an interview with a dutch magazine Tricky said that it is very much just improvization by the two, and it won't be released in the near future, though, since they both focus on their own projects.

TRICKY & DJ MUGGS: STONEPONY PROJECT
According to a small article in the July 1999 issue of the German Visions magazine Tricky and DJ Muggs wanted to release an album under the name "Stonepony" in autumn 99. (Read a detailed interview with both of them in the April Raygun article!) But according to Allstar News he album was cancelled and won't be released: > ...after a meeting with Lyor Cohen, Co-President, Island/Def Jam Music Group, Tricky decided that the sonic sum of his work with Muggs wasn't as hip-hop as he wanted it to be ... <
 

8. SEPTEMBER 2008 - TRICKY & GRACE JONES
As you read here, Tricky worked with Grace Jones for her new album "Hurricane", which will be released on October 27. He already recorded one track with her in 1998 ("Cradle to the grave", see discography).

6. SEPTEMBER 2008 - LETTERMAN & TRICKYONLINE
Tricky was on the Late show with David Letterman last Wednesday, as you can read here, and performed "Council Estate". If you missed it, you can watch it at You Tube.
The old official website Trickyonline.com is back! It has a lot of articles, so check it out. 
[Thanks to Ernest for that info!]

2. SEPTEMBER 2008 - LIVE VIDEO
You can see a live version of "School Gates" at the Wire website, check it out here.

4. AUGUST 2008 - INTERVIEWS 
Check out this Jenny Greene interview with Tricky on You Tube from Ireland's 2FM and also this one from the Domino website. And you can read a big interview with The Wire here.

16. JULY 2008 - SECOND SINGLE: PUPPY TOY & WIRE COVER
As you can read in the Brownpunk blog "Puppy Toy" will be the second single and video from "Knowle West Boy". According to this review from the Oxegen Festival the female singer for this year's tour is Kira (danish singer, who is working on her first album on Brownpunk). Her MySpace site confirms it...
Tricky will also be on the cover of the August issue of The Wire, see it here.

14. JULY 2008 - MORE TOUR DATES (INCL. JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA)
As you can read here (where do they all get their infos from???), Tricky has planned more tourdates, including eastern countries like Japan, South Korea, Russia and Lithuania! Check out the tour dates for details.

13. JULY 2008 - AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
As you can read here Tricky plays some more concerts in Australia. Check the tour dates for details.

9. JULY 2008 - RANDOM NEWS AND VIDEOS
Tricky revealed to Uncut that he plans to work with Tom Waits! Also: Tricky performed live on TV (Nokia's The Green Room), you can see a funny interview with Chris Neadham on You Tube and the performance here (but only if you live in the UK). and while you're already at You Tube, check out this live version of "Puppy Toy" from French TV (France 2).

6. JULY  2008 - KNOWLE WEST BOY RELEASED!
Tricky's new album "Knowle West Boy" was released on Friday in Germany and will be released tomorrow in the UK (and probably the rest of Europe?). After listening to it a couple of times I must say I like it, although it's not as great as my favorite albums (PMT, AWDF). I really like some of the songs, especially the slower ones like "Past mistake", "Cross to bear" and "School Gates", but also "Coalition" which reminds me musically and lyrically of "Money Greedy" or "Tear out my eyes". The booklet is a big letdown, it doesn't even have proper credits (who wrote the songs, who sang, who played which instruments etc.). Also the lyrics are not in the booklet, so I tried to write down the lyrics, if you want to help, send me an email!!!
There's an interesting little video at the Domino website, where Tricky explains who the people on the back of the CD cover are (it's an old family photo), I also wrote it down with the scans of the CD artwork, check it out here. 
There are two cover songs on the album: Veronika is a cover song of "Livido Amniotico " of the Italian band Subsonica. The singer of that band, Veronika, obviously translated the lyrics into English (or wrote new lyrics?) and recorded the song with Tricky. You can see a live version of the original song here. And "Slow" is a cover of the Kylie Minogue hit, written by Emiliana Torrini. Check out cover me for details.

1. JULY 2008 - RELEASES
There's some confusion on my end about the release of "Council Estate". It should have been released yesterday, but all I can find to buy is a double 7 inch vinyl. A release on CD is announced on Amazon.com for August 5 in the US.
About the album "Knowle West Boy": Amazon.de lists a release date of July 4 (for Germany), while other sellers say July 7 (for the UK). The album will be released on CD and vinyl.

5. JUNE 2008 - WIN AN iPOD!
There is a remix competition for Tricky's single "Council Estate" at Relab. You can submit your remix until the release of the single (June 30), and the remix with the most votes wins an 80GB iPod!

27. MAY 2008 - TRICKY ON BBC RADIO
Tricky was on BBC's 6 Music this afternoon, you can listen to the show with the interview and two songs from the new album (Council Estate, Bacative) here. A tracklisting of the show is here (to get the times for the songs).

25. MAY 2008 - TRICKY ON JOOLS HOLLAND
In case you missed Tricky on Later with Jools Holland on Friday or didn't have a chance to see it, here are two videos on You Tube: Council Estate and Puppy Toy. I must say I'm really (positively) surprised by Puppy Toy, reminds me of the "Angels with Dirty Faces" era...
[Thanks to Tristan for this info and for sharing the videos!]

21. MAY 2008 - SEVERAL NEWS

Check out the cover for Tricky's new album "Knowle West Boy" on Amazon! You can also hear some of the album tracks (Puppy Toy, Past Mistake, Council Estate and a South Rakkas remix of Council Estate) on his MySpace site! MySpace has also the cover for the single "Council Estate". Tricky was on Later with Jools Holland (BBC 2) yesterday, you can see a short interview with him here (and probably also the show with his live performance will be online later?). As you can read on knowlewestboy.com there will be another live performance on the show on Friday (23. May). There is also an interesting article / interview on the Domino website, where he talks about the album and some songs in details. And last but not least: some tour dates are announced (mostly European festivals this summer), I've added them to the tour dates.

12. MAY 2008 - US RELEASE DATE
According to NME Tricky's new album "Knowle West Boy" will be released in the US on September 9 (and July 7 in the UK).
[Thanks to Thorben for this info!]

6. MAY 2008 - ALBUM RELEASE IN JULY
Finally there is a new release date for Tricky's album "Knowle West Boy": July 5 (according to last.fm). The single "Council Estate" will be released on June 21. The website also lists the tracklist for the album, which sounds a bit strange, to be honest: 
1. Puppy Toy
2. Bacative
3. Joseph
4. Veronica
5. C’mon Baby
6. Council Estate
7. Past Mistake
8. Coalition
9. Cross To Bear
10. Slow
11. Baligaga
12. Far Away
13. School Gates
Tricky will also play at Australia's Splendor In The Grass festival in Byron Bay on August 2 or 3.

13. APRIL 2008 - ALBUM RELEASE DATE, ANYONE???
Tricky new album "Knowle West Boy" was announced for April 7, but up to now it is not released, nor a new release date announced. Also the various official websites don't say anything about it. But you can read on Brownpunk that you can download a Brownpunk Promo Sampler on iTunes. 

3. APRIL 2008 - COUNCIL ESTATE
Some updates at knowlewestboy.com: it looks like the first single from Tricky's new album will be "Council Estate". You can download parts of the track and send in your own remix to the official website, maybe it will be released on the single??? Three 'professional' remixes already exist which will probably be on the single: two by Mowgli, as you can read on his MySpace site: "Mowgli less'z more mix" and "Mowgli back in the jungle mix". And one by Toddla T called "Toddla T & Duckbeats RMX" (see again MySpace).

1. APRIL 2008 - NEW ALBUM WEBSITE
As the release of Tricky new album "Knowle West Boy" draws near a new website is launched for the album: http://www.knowlewestboy.com. At the moment you can see a new video, but probably there will be a more soon.... The official Brownpunk website (brownpunk.tv) is closed, or rather moved to moved to http://www.brownpunkonline.com.

24. FEBRUARY 2008 - TONGUE TIED
Tricky recorded a song with Balay, you can listen to the song here (song 12 in the radio section on the right side), but it here for $0.99 or watch a video on YouTube. In her blog she writes that they used old Tricky footage for the video. Balay's debut album "Belong" will probably released soon this year, as you can read here.

23. FEBRUARY 2008 - KNOWLE WEST BOY RELEASE DATE
According to One Little Indian Tricky's new album "Knowle West Boy" will be released on April 7. 
Obviously it is produced by Switch (Dave Taylor), as you can read on his MySpace site.
[Thanks to Terri for this info!]

3. JANUARY 2008 - NEW ALBUM "KNOWLE WEST BOY" & BROWNPUNK NIGHT IN PARIS
Mojo reported that Tricky's new album will finally be released in April, as you can read on Wikipedia. It will be called "Knowle West Boy", which is a reference to a part of his hometown Bristol. 
[Thanks to Jerry for this info!]
If you are in Paris, you should check out the Brownpunk Night (hosted by Tricky!) on January 10. Read more about it on MySpace.