11. OCTOBER 2007 - MISC. NEWS
A lot of things have been happening at Brown Punk: Tricky did a remix for The Gospel feat. Kira: Skating Your Pool. The remix can be downloaded on the Brown Punk website for £ 0.95. According to My Space (brownpunknights) <Brown Punk Artists will present a series of exclusive residencies across the country>, currently they're looking for a location, after they had several nights at the Rex Club in London. You can read an article about Tricky and Brown Punk in the "Time Out" Magazine from August here.
Last but not least you can finally hear some new music from Tricky: on his My Space site there are three 'unfinished' tracks, and he recorded a song with Zenzile for their album "Living in monochrome", called "Reflection" (listen to a sound sample on Fnac).
Then you can watch two short video clips of Tricky here and here. 
[Thanks to Terri, Ernest, Tom and MB for these infos]

30. APRIL 2007 - TRICKY ON X17 ONLINE
Just in case you were wondering what Tricky is up to lately: he is having fun in Hollywood! Check out this video on X17 Online.
[Thanks to Theresa Carr for this info!]

7. JANUARY 2007 - MY SPACE & RIP SLYME REMIX 
Tricky has started a new My Space where you can listen to two new songs: an untitled track and a song called "Boys". There are also three videos, including a new trailer for Brown Punk, his label. Brown Punk also has a new My Space with a new Tricky song called "Hold on" (which is in fact the untitled track from Tricky's My Space!).
Some older news: Tricky did a remix for a japanese band called Rip Slyme in 2005. The song is called 'Stepper's delight (Tricky remix)' and released on their best of album "Good Job". The remix was used for a Nike commercial in Asia, as you can read here. Check out more details in the remix discography.
[Thanks to Stephen Grimes for these infos!]
 
30. SEPTEMBER 2006 - TOUR CANCELLED & NENEH CHERRY MATERIAL
After all of Tricky's concerts this summer in the US were cancelled or rescheduled it looks like even the rescheduled dates are cancelled, too! The only show that isn't officially cancelled is the 9:30 Club in Washington.
Check out a Neneh Cherry petition here, the goal is to get the record label to release old unreleased material. Neneh Cherry also recorded a lot of songs with Tricky around 1996 that were never released, so supporting the petition could help release this material, too!

16. AUGUST 2006 - BROWN PUNK ONLINE
Finally there is an official website for Tricky's label Brown Punk at brownpunk.tv which will have more stuff soon. At the moment you can see the Brown Punk trailer (which was already available at You Tube) and a video for Brown Punk's first release "Ladies" by UK hip hop act Face.

31. JULY 2006 - US SHOWS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
As you can read on the official Irving Plaza website Tricky's show on August 19 is rescheduled for November 13. Also other shows have either been cancelled or rescheduled, check the tourdates for an update. Still no words on his official site about any changes to the tour...

28. JULY 2006 - VISA PROBLEMS
The show at The Independet in San Francisco on August 7 is postponed, probably to October 30th. According to the venue Tricky has "visa problems", so maybe also other shows will be rescheduled???
[Thanks to Steve for this info!]

27. JULY 2006 - L.A. CANCELLED
According to Ticketmaster Tricky's show in L.A. on August 4 is cancelled. Also Tricky's website on MySpace (Brownpunk) is gone.... 

11. JULY 2006 - NEW YORK CONCERT ON AUGUST 19
According to the Irving Plaza and also Tricky's MySpace the concert in New York is scheduled for August 19 and not 17, as you can read on Trickyonline.
[Thanks to Ernest for this info!]

10. JULY 2006 - MY SPACE
Tricky has his own website at MySpace, check it out here. It has a link to the Brown Punk movie trailer, as well as three unfinished tracks that you can listen to! At Engine's MySpace website you can read about the filming of the Brown Punk movie as well. On their official website you can see some photos with Tricky from the shooting of the movie. 

6. JULY 2006 - 'BROWN PUNK' MOVIE AND NEW ALBUM
You can watch a trailer for a movie called "Brown Punk" on You Tube, directed by Tricky with filmmaker Lee Jaffe. As you can read here the movie will feature eight artists signed to Tricky's label Brown Punk, for example Engine and Face, also actor Elliot Gould. So the movie is more like a musical or 'rockumentary', as Tricky says himself in an interview during the shooting in Glasgow. The movie will be shot in different locations in the UK and US and will be accompanied by an album released on Palm Pictures, a compilation of the Brown Punk artists.
Tricky also has his own new album ready, but he doesn't want to release it before the movie is out. He says: >The Brown Punk singles will be out hopefully this year and then the movie will be out early next year and then my album.< 
[Thanks to ejb for this info!]

4. JULY 2006 - MORE SUMMER TOURDATES
The official site Trickyonline now published tourdates for this summer! Check out the tourdates page for details.

1. JULY 2006 - TRICKY IN PORTUGAL
Tricky will play another festival this summer: the Vilar de Mouros Festival in Portugal. He is one of the headliners on July 22, among Iggy Pop & The Stooges, The Datsuns and others. You can find more infos on the official site.
[Thanks to Bruno for this info!]
Also check out the tour dates page for more updated concerts in the US in August.

5. JUNE 2006 - TRICKY AT COACHELLA?
As we all could have read in January on Rolling Stone and Billboard Tricky was lined up for this year's Coachella Festival! But he isn't listened in the line up at the official site, so probably plans have changed.... 

4. JUNE 2006 - SAN DIEGO "STREET SCENE" FESTIVAL
Here is the first concert date in the US this summer: The "Street Scene" Festival in San Diego on August 4-5. Tricky is announced for it, as you can read here and on MTV.

1. JUNE 2006 - US TOUR & TWO 'NEW' TRICKY SONGS
Finally the official web site Trickyonline has been updated! Tricky will start a US tour this summer, no dates yet though.... Hopefully this means there will be a new album also????????
Meanwhile Tricky has released a song on the album "Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited" - an hommage to Serge Gainsbourgh. The song is called "Au revoir Emmanuelle", listen to it on Amazon.
Tricky also did a collaboration with Sunshine on the song "Neon Religion", released on Sunshine's album "Moonshower & Razorblades" (read more about it here).
[Thanks to Ernest, Anthony, Ferdinand and Aleksandar for all these infos!]

6. MAY 2005 - TRICKY ON TV
Tricky had a guest appearance on the US TV show "Girlfriends" on May 2 and will be seen on two other episodes, as you can read here:
"Catch trip-hop artist Tricky when he guest stars as Lynn's bandmate Finn on GIRLFRIENDS, Monday, May 2 at 9PM ET/PT, Monday, May 16 at 9PM ET/PT and in the season finale, Monday, May 23 at 9PM ET/PT."
If you follow the link above you can also watch a short clip with Tricky...
[Thanks to Tom and ejb for this info!]

24. MARCH 2005 - COSTANZA ONLINE
Check out Costanza's web site with some updates about a concert in Rome! There's a lot of stuff to download and other cool thing. Costanza worked with Tricky on Vulnerable and will release her debut solo album on his label 'Brown Punk' soon!

15. OCTOBER 2004 - ORIGINAL AFTERMATH MIX
The next DJ Kicks album will be compiled by Daddy G, who also share a rarity with us: >'Aftermath' comes in Tricky's original white label version.< as you can read on the K7 web site! This mix is up to now not released officially (check out the discography for the white label). The album will be released on October 18.
[Thanks to Chris for this info!]

29. SEPTEMBER 2004 - CLEAN
You can find a new Tricky song (with Liz Densmore) on the 'Clean' Soundtrack: "Break Away"! You can listen to it at Fnac. The film also features Tricky as an actor (as "himself"), as you can read on IMDB.
[Thanks to Elforel and Ferdinand for this info!]

18. AUGUST 2004 - STREET TIMES
Tricky's collaboration with Sly & Robbie is released on their album 'Version Born' since August 16 (it was already released in the US in June). It also features Ragadon, check out the collaborations discography for details.

11. AUGUST 2004 - SLY & ROBBIE
Another collaboration with Tricky will be released soon: Tricky and Ragadon are featured on a track on Sly & Robbie's new album "Version Born" called "Street Times". The album also has vocals by Hawkman (one of the main vocalists on Tricky's 'Blowback' in 2001) on the song "Vince Vanity". The album will be released on August 16, see Amazon.

7. AUGUST 2004 - JAM & SPOON
Tricky is featured on one track of the new Jam & Spoon album "Tripomatic Fairytales 3003". The female singer on the track is Costanza, check out details and sounds in the discography.

25. JULY 2004 - BROWN PUNK
Tricky's official web site says that he is busy producing artists on his label Brown Punk (formerly known as Durban Poison). Costanza (the main female singer on 'Vulnerable') will release her solo album soon, check out her official site here (though there's not mcuh to see yet).

22. JULY 2004 - NEWS NEWS NEWS
Tricky produced the soundtrack for the film "Clean" by Olivier Assayas and also plays a little role in it (as himself). The film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival (where Maggie Cheung won the best actress award for her role in 'Clean') and La Rochelle Film Festival this year and will start in France on September 1.
[Thanks to Louise for this info!]
Tricky also played a little role in the film "Red Light Runners", which is still not released. He also has his own little page at IMDB now.
He also did two remixes for Jamaican artist Eek A Mouse (available on his single "Mouse gone wild") and released one song with Jam & Spoon on their new album.... Updates in the discography soon...

6. FEBRUARY 2004 - LIVE SONGS FOR DOWNLOAD
You can download Tricky's set from the Vieilles Charrues Festival 2003 here (click on the year 2003)! BUT you need a password to log in, which you can only get when you contributed to the site (I think)...

30. JANUARY 2004 - TOUR CANCELED
According to Trickyonline the announced US/Canada tour is canceled. Instead Tricky is currently "mixing it up in his home studio with one of his Brown Punk artists",

10. JANUARY 2004 - NEW SINGLE IN FRANCE
Tricky's new single 'How High' was already released in France in November! You can buy CD and  vinyl at Fnac. The b-sides are all remixes of the song - you can also listen to samples here. Check out the discography for more details and scans.

12. DECEMBER 2003 - INTERVIEW IN GALORE
A new interview magazine can be bought in shops: Galore. Besides interviews with Björk, PJ Harvey, David Bowie and others it has a 9-page-long interview with Tricky (from 2000 and 2003), unfortunately in German only. 

31. OCTOBER 2003 - BACK TO MINE, MOVIES...
As you can read in this interesting interview Tricky will maybe be DJing in Australia! He also talks about the tracks he chose for 'Back To Mine' and the last movie he did, Red Light Runners.
According to the french magazin "Première" Tricky also plans to work on another movie, by Olivier Assayas. He also wants to produce an album for one of the actresses, Maggie Cheung.
[Thanks to Utilisateur for this info!]

16. OCTOBER 2003 - TOUR & Q AWARDS
According to the official site Tricky will start a US / Canada tour in the beginning of 2004 (and not October this year as announced earlier)! He also  presented the Q inspiration award for The Cure. Robert Smith was impressed by Tricky, as you can hear and see in an interview he gave.

3. OCTOBER 2003 - BACKATIV
In an interview with YRB NYC Magazine Tricky said his soon released album with Radagan will be called 'Backativ': "Backativ is the album I would have made when I left Massive Attack, if my boys had stayed home."
[Thanks to Ernest for this info!]

23. SEPTEMBER 2003 - NEWS, NEWS, NEWS
You can read on the offial web site: the next single from 'Vulnerable' will be 'How High', with remixes of Jam & Spoon, Vincenzo LoRusso and Lickle Kings and guest appearances of Emilie Simon and Liz Densmore. Currently he is filming "Red Light Runners" in London, in October "Blade Trinity" (with Wesley Snipes) will follow. Also a US / Canada tour will start in November or December, and Costanza and Radanna will release solo albums on Tricky's label Brown Punk.
Tricky did a remix of Peter Gabriel's "Gowing Up", check out the remix discography for details.
[Thanks to Maxime Brousse for this info!]

20. SEPTEMBER 2003 - BACK TO MINE
Tricky's "Back To Mine" compilation was released on Monday (but not in Germany, according to wom.de the release date for the CD is November 4, for the LP September 23). The tracklist is a bit different than announced earlier, check it out in the discography.

29. AUGUST 2003 - LIVE IN LEEDS
BBC 6 Music will broadcast an old concert of Tricky on September 8 (10-11 PM, GMT) and September 13 (6-7 AM, GMT). The concert took place back in 1997 in the Town & Country Club Leeds, check out a tracklist here.

28. AUGUST 2003 - OFFICIAL SITE & COVER
The official site - Trickyonline - has a slightly new design and more sections: photos, tourdates, media and even a store. Also check out the cover for the 'Back To Mine' compilation here.

16. AUGUST 2003 - NEW MESSAGE BOARD
The official site Trickyonline has now a message board! Check it out here....

11. AUGUST 2003 - AGORIA
Here are some more details about Tricky's collaboration with DJ Agoria: they did one song together ('2thousand3'), which will appear on Agoria's next album 'Blossom'. It will be released on September 22, as you can read here.

5. AUGUST 2003 - MORE RELEASES IN SEPTEMBER
Two new Tricky related releases will be out soon: He compiled a CD for DMC's series "Back To Mine", released on September 15. You can check out the tracklist on NME or below, according to Tricky it's "a mixture of stuff I grew up on, and what I'm listening to now". It also contains 4 unreleased tracks from his Brown Punk Label, including a song by Costanza ('Desire') and a collaboration of Tricky and Rodagan ('Believe This').
And as you can read here Tricky did some tracks with DJ Agoria, hopefully released on his debut LP "Blossom", which will be out in September.
[Thanks to Guy for this info!]

8. JULY 2003 - DASANI ADS / MARTINA
A new Tricky song is featured in a TV advertisement from Dasani, check it out here! A second ad uses 'Girls' from Blowback - you can see all TV ads in the "Advertising" section...
[Thanks to Steve for this info!] 
Also Tricky is involved in 5 tracks from Martina's album 'Quixotic', released July 14! Check out the discography for details! 

4. JULY 2003 - US TOUR IN AUGUST?
According to Teen People magazine Tricky will start a US tour on August 26!
[Thanks to Jef for the info!]

3. JULY 2003 - TRICKY & MARTINA
As you can read in Martina's biography (at martinatopleybird.com) Tricky is involved in three tracks on her album 'Quixotic' (released July 14): Ragga, Stevie's (or "Days of a gun") and Ilya. You can listen to the first two in Martina's discography.

2. JULY 2003 - WEBCAST AGAIN
The webcast from the Paradiso concert (Amsterdam) is still available on Fabchannel (or click here).

27. JUNE 2003 - WEBCAST
Fabchannel will have a live webcast of Tricky's concert in the Paradiso Amsterdam on July 1! The concert and the webcast will probably start around 21.00 CET.

23. JUNE 2003 - ANTIMATTER...
... is released today! Check out the discography for details!

18. JUNE 2003 - PRINCESS SUPERSTAR
Check out this pic as a little "proof" that Tricky recorded songs with Princess Superstar.

17. JUNE 2003 - RELEASE AND MORE
Vulnerable is released today in the US and the rest of the world (obviously only as an enhanced CD and not with the bonus DVD). Daniel wrote me about the Australian release:
The main album tracklist is the same, but its a single mixed cd/cdrom disc with the following on the cdrom side:
Vulnerable I Enhanced
Vulnerable Movie
Performances:
Tricky 'Antimatter' - hip hop mix
Radagon & Tricky 'Receive Us'
Total Running Time: 22 Minutes
Also you can read on Burn It Blue that Tricky will not only perform live at the Virgin Megastore in London (June 30), but also sign CDs.
Check out a first review from yesterday's marvellous concert at Meltdown here.

13. JUNE 2003 - 13 TOUR
Tricky's "13 Tour" through Europe starts today in Turin, Italy! Check out the tourdates for details. Read Tricky's revelations about the number 13 in an interivew with Student UK.

28. MAY 2003 - RED LIGHT RUNNERS?
Some more news (I hope not rumours) about the film that Tricky wants to do with Nick Egan (see Playlouder interview): The movie is obviously called "Red Light Runners" - you can read an interview with Nick Egan here (from 2002) where he also mentions Tricky. Here's another web site about the movie. As you can read on the Internet Movie Database the film is still in the pre-production period, probably it won't be out before winter 2004.

27. MAY 2003 - ANTIMATTER
The Antimatter single will be released on June 23. The tracks are:
01. Antimatter
02. Ragga Remix (by Lickle Kings)
03. Jimmy & T Remix (by Tricky & Winston Burris)
04. Ollie Remix (by Toby Clark)
The three remixes will also be released on a 12" (catalogue number 1114-1). There are three more (dance) remixes on a 12", which is probably a promo release (check out scans in the promo discography):
A1. Popstatic Remix
B1. Mazy Remix
B2. Lickle Kings Remix

22. MAY 2003 - COMPETITION
As you can read on Trickyonline there is a competition to win the Vulnerable CD & DVD, plus a Tricky face mask (!). Go here for the competition, it will end on June 3.

20. MAY 2003 - SINGLE DETAILS, DVD PREVIEW, MORE E-CARDS...
According to NME the single Antimatter will be released on June 23 (as a four track CD and transparent 12"). It will have remixes by the Lickle Kings (Ragga Mix), Toby Clark (Ollie Remix) and the Jimmy & T Remix by Tricky and Winston Burris, which is also on the Vulnerable DVD. 
Then check out the DVD preview (if you didn't buy the DVD yet) on Anti: 56K or DSL.
You can send digital poscards not only from Trickyonline, but also here (or download it for PC or Mac).

19. MAY 2003 - VULNERABLE RELEASED
Today 'Vulnerable' will be released in Europe in two different versions: a limited edition with a bonus DVD and as an enhanced CD with a CD-Rom part. For details check out the Vulnerable mini site, where I'Ve also added one sample (Car Crash).
You can send digital postcards from the official site trickyonline.com.

17. MAY 2003 - ANOTHER PREVIEW
You can also listen to 'Vulnerable' at Anti...

16. MAY 2003 - ALBUM PREVIEW & ANOTHER MOVIE?
You can listen to 'Vulnerable' in full length at ProSieben from today on until Monday!
According to Playlouder Tricky is thinking about acting in a movie again: "I won't do it unless it happens naturally and organically; like I've been offered a film now - I'm talking to a guy called Nick Egan..."

15. MAY 2003 - TWO NEW ALBUMS & ANTIMATTER VIDEO(S)
According to Burn It Blue Tricky has already finished another two albums that will be released this year: an electronia album with 14 female guest singer (including Kelis, PJ Harvey and others) called "Nearly Goddess". Then a collaboration with Rodigan (Radagon?) from Jamaica, with the name "Rodigan & Tricka".
The video for 'Antimatter' is now online at Anti, it is directed by Stephane Sednaoui. The Vulnerable DVD also contains a video for Antimatter (Jimmy & T Remix), which is totally different. Check out the videography for details. The 'You Don't Wanna' (live in Rome) video is the same as the regular video that you see at Anti.
Also check out my Vulnerable mini site! I will add the lyrics soon...

10. MAY 2003 - ALBUM DETAILS AND DOWNLOAD
I got a copy of 'Vulnerable' today, so here's the updated tracklist:
CD 1:
01. Stay
02. Antimatter
03. Ice Pick
04. Car Crash
05. Dear God
06. How High
07. What is Wrong
08. Hollow
09. Moody
10. Wait For God
11. Where I'm From
12. The Lovecats
13. Search, Search, Survive
bonus DVD:
01. Vulnerable movie
02. Tricky: Antimatter (Jimmy & T Remix)
03. Radagon & Tricky: Receive Us
04. You Don't Wanna (live in Rome)
05. Photo Gallery
The packaging is really nice, and the booklet has all the lyrics! There's also another version with only one CD, but with 3 bonus tracks (available on Amazon):
14. Tricky: 'Antimatter' CD-ROM part
15. Radagon & Tricky: 'Receive us' CD-ROM part
16. Radagon & Tricky: 'Snap them' CD-ROM part
You can download 'Antimatter' at Anti's Vulnerable web site, where you can also find more toudates, including Serbia!

9. MAY 2003 - TRICKYONLINE, WIN TICKETS IN GERMANY
It seems the official web site Trickyonline.com will be revived soon! You can already sign up for a newsletter...
Also Tricky is the main story on ProSieben Music at the moment! You can win tickets for the German concerts here, listen to Vulnerable three days before the official released (from May 16-18) and see some new photos in the gallery.

2. MAY 2003 - WAITING FOR GOD, IN PARIS
The exhibition with Tricky's photographs started in Paris (Palais de Tokyo). As you can read on the official site it will last until May 18. Perrine wrote me about the vernissage on April 29: 'Tricky was there, it was like an "happening", Tricky in Paris, here to show his photographies, and his new album during all the exhibition! but unfortunately, he didn't play songs, "only" speak with everybody. I was surprise to see him laughing so often, and he was very nice with all that
"special" parisian public!'

24. APRIL 2003 - US RELEASE AND FIRST REVIEW
According to a press release from Anti 'Vulnerable' will be released in the US on June 17 on Tricky's own label 'Brown Punk', distributed by Sanctuary. Read a review of the album at Intro (in German). 

23. APRIL 2003 - TOURS & BONUS CD & EXHIBITION IN PARIS
According to Billboard Tricky will start a European tour on June 13 in Vicenza, Italy. A US tour will follow in autumn. The article also mentions the content of the bonus CD to Vulnerable: "The enhanced CD will feature the Stephane Sednaoui-directed video for "Antimatter," as well as an interview with Tricky, and three guerilla-style films conceived and co-directed by the artist. The "Antimatter" video will be premiered in Paris at Palais de Tokyo during a month-long exhibition of Tricky's digital photography that opens April 29."

7. APRIL 2003 - ANOTHER CONCERT IN FRANCE
Tricky will also play in Lille on July 4 (Zenith Arena). You can buy tickets at Fnac.
[Thanks to Guy for this info!]

1. APRIL 2003 - NEW COVER AND OTHER NEWS

Anti has a different cover for 'Vulnerable' now on their web site  (see on the right). Other little news:  1) Radio artist Joe Frank used Tricky's Ponderosa' in his show "Justine", also Massive Attack's "Protection" and "Weather Storm" in the show "Lost Soul". You can listen to the last one online on his web site, to the first unfortunately not. 2) 'Where I'm From' from 'Vulnerable' has the same music as the live track "Ace Of Spades" that Tricky was playing for a while. But the lyrics are different, the female singer is even rapping in Italian! 3) Two Tricky songs have been used in the TV series "24": Christiansands in the first episode (as you can read here), Bury The Evidence in the third episode!

28. MARCH 2003 - TOUR DATES
Tricky will play the Berlinova, a new German festival in Luckau near Berlin, in June (14th and 15th)! His performance should start on Saturday (14th) at 0.30. You can see the complete lineup (and buy tickets, 35 Euro for both days) here. And also you can buy tickets at Fnac for a concert in Paris (Le Zenith) on June 26.

27. MARCH 2003 - VULNERABLE SOUNDS
You can download some sounds from Auralgasms for two new Tricky songs: 'Car Crash' and 'The Lovecats' (a Cure cover). Also 'Dear God' is a cover song, originally performed by XTC.

26. MARCH 2003 - VULNERABLE & OTHER NEWS

Anti made a little page about 'Vulnerable' which also has the cover artwork. Tricky did the three photos himself, as you can read besides the photos. The web site also has new biography with interesting news: Tricky now lives in L.A., where the album was recorded. He decided to work with Constanze Francavilla after she sent him a demo of her own songs last year. She will also release a solo album later on Tricky's label, which is now called Urban Poison / Dark Brown. Tricky himself calls Vulnerable "the best record I've done", also he says: "Vulnerable is me breaking free and being myself again".

25. MARCH 2003- EVEN OLDER SOUNDS!
Tricky recorded a song with the Irish Hip Hop group ScaryEire in 1993 called "R U A Friend" (listen to it here). The song features a lot of lyrics from Maxinquaye songs (mostly Ponderosa). Unfortunately the song was never released officially, because ScaryEire had problems with their record label Island.
[Thanks to Thorben and Kieran for this info!]
Other little news: Also NME lists the release of 'Vulnerable' for May 19.

23. MARCH 2003 - NEW PICS AND OLD SOUNDS
The official Tricky web site at Anti now lists the album 'Vulnerable', too, with the release date May 19. It also has some new photos online (photographer: Tricky!). 
My discography was missing three releases that are now added: Paul Oakenfold's single "The Harder They Come" was released in February and surprisingly it is a different version than on the album 'Bunkka'. The female vocalist is Keisha White instead of Nelly Furtado, the Tricky vocals are still the same. Check out details and sounds in the discography. 
Tricky also collaborated with Kool Keith and others last year, the result is a song from the album 'Game', called "Run Dem Red". Read more about the album in the discography. 
And last but not least Tricky's remix of 'Le Grand Secret' by Indochine was released in January (see discography). It seems there also an instrumental version of this remix exising, but I don't know where it is released...

19. MARCH 2003 - VULNERABLE REVIEW
Check out a first review of Tricky's new album here. Although the release date is May 19 you can already find the tracks on the net...

5. MARCH 2003 - BONUS DVD WITH NEW ALBUM
Roger from Anti Record told me that Tricky's next album will be released May 19. The tracklist will be as listed below, with one exception: track 08 is called "Hollow" and not "My Mermaid". Also he said: > ...first single is antimatter. the first pressing of the cd will be a cd + a bonus dvd with interviews, photo gallery, clips, live performances... <
Other good news: a first single from Martina's solo album called "Need One" will be released April 7 (read more here).

3. MARCH 2003 - NEW ALBUM 'VULNERABLE' IN MAY
According to the french magazine Les Inrockuptibles Tricky will release his next album on May, 16. The female parts are this time done by the italian singer Costanza Francavilla, who also did vocals on 'My Head'. The title of the album is 'Vulnerable', and here's the tracklist:
01. Stay
02. Anti-Matter
03. Ice Pick
04. Car Crash
05. Dear God
06. How High
07. What is Wrong
08. My Mermaid
09. Moody
10. Wait For God
11. Where I'm From
12. The Lovecats
13. Search and Survive
According to Mark Thwaite's web site Tricky recorded 16 songs in July / August with Mark Thwaite (guitar), Wayne Nunes (bass), Perry Melius (drums) and Gareth Bowen (keyboards).

24. JANUARY 2003 - INDOCHINE REMIX
Tricky did a remix for the french band Indochine, of their song "Le grand secret". It looks like it's finally released, at least in France. Check out details and a short soundclip at Fnac.

30. DECEMBER 2002- HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The last news update in the year 2002: There are even more Tricky songs in the movie "Bad Company" that are featured on the soundtrack - even two unreleased songs, called "Real People" and "Matrix". Check out my movies page for details.
[Thanks to Spencerand Thorben for this info!]

13. NOVEMBER 2002 - TRICKY'S BENEFIT RECORD!?
According to Princess Superstar's web site Tricky will release a breast cancer benefit record next year! The site says: "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."
[Thanks to Marcos for this info!]

3. NOVEMBER 2002 - A NEW TRICKY REMIX
According to this site, Tricky has done a remix for Indochine, the song is called "Le grand secret". A promo CD with this remix was once sold on ebay (for a minimum of 20 Euro). It will also be released as a b-side of the "Le Grand Secret" single (no release date yet).
[Thanks to Alessio and Julien for this info!]

4. OCTOBER 2002 - DAVE COURTNEY ON TOUR AND CD
Dave Courtney - who worked with Tricky on "Product Of The Environment" and also live in July 2000 - will record an album with Snoop Doggy Dogg, as you can read here. He will obviously also record an album of his own and perform live with Snoop and Dr. Dre in November. At the moment Courtney tours in the UK with his comedy-show "An Audience With Dave Courtney".
[Thanks to Thorben for this info!]

1. SEPTEMBER 2002 - RUFF GUIDE DVD IN THE US
Finally it looks like the "Ruff Guide" DVD will be released in the US too! According to CDNow and DVD Empire it will be released on September 17.

23. AUGUST 2002 - RICO VIDEO
You can download the video for the Tricky / Rico collaboration "Mixed Up Faces" on Rico's official site. The EP will be in shops on September 3, but hopefully you can order it by credit card on the official site soon....

22. AUGUST 2002 - NEW TRICKY REMIX
Among other artists Tricky did a remix of the title theme from the movie "Signs", you can download it on the official site (or here directly).
[Thanks to Peter for this info!]

4. AUGUST 2002 - THIS IS JUST RECORDING
According to Mark Thwaite's home page Tricky and his band have recorded songs for a new album in July! 

25. JULY 2002 - DVD RELEASE IN THE UK
According to NME the "Ruff Guide" DVD will be released in the UK on Monday (July 29). Like the version I have it doesn't contain the three live tracks...

23. JULY 2002 - ALL ABOUT THE DVD
The "Ruff Guide" DVD version was released yesterday! It contains 13 videos (plus 'Poems' as a "hidden" video, if you want to read how to find it, check the discography) and the documentary "Naked & Famous" from 1997. The documentary can only be watched in English without subtitles. The German edition doesn't have the live tracks that were announced on Amazon for the French version. 

22. JULY 2002 - OUT TODAY
The DVD version of Tricky's best-of album "A Ruff Guide" will be released today (in Germany and France at least), more about that tomorrow. Also the collaboration of Tricky and Rico (an EP called "Mixed Up Faces") will be released today in the UK, you can hear the song already on the official Rico web site.
[thanks to Tomaso for this info!]

20. JULY 2002 - NEWS UPDATE
Here are the news from last week while I was away:
- the release of the "Ruff Guide" DVD is pushed back again, to July 22 (next Monday)
- at the same day Tricky's collaboration with Rico will be released
- another big update with additions to the samples, the promo and solo discography (Japanese PMT CD with a hidden track!) and a new section (lyrics) will follow soon!

9. JULY 2002 - FRENCH DVD DELAYED
Although Amazon announced the "Ruff Guide" DVD for July 8, it is now delayed until July 15. This is also the release date for other European countries like Germany.

30. JUNE 2002 - LOTS OF NEW RELEASES
According to DocRock Show the new single 'You Don't Wanna' will be released on July 1 - which is tomorrow! The german music web site also talks about a re-release of Blowback as a double CD with 7 bonus tracks, so it looks like the french version (see discography) will also be released in other countries! According to the german Amazon the release date is August 5.
Then I finally found a tracklist for the 'A Ruff Guide' DVD on the french Amazon, it will contain almost all the video, plus the documentary "Naked & Famous" plus 3 live tracks recorded for MTV:
01. Aftermath
02. Black Steel
03. Broken Homes
04. Christiansands
05. For Real
06. Hell Is Round The Corner
07. Makes Me Wanna Die
08. Money Greedy
09. Naked & Famous
10. Overcome
11. Ponderosa
12. Pumpkin
13. Tricky Kid
14. Poems (Nearly God Collaboration)
• Le Documentaire de 52 minutes « Naked and Famous » en 1998
• 3 titres live inédits enregistrés pour MTV : Antihistamine, Critic, Carriage For Two
According to Amazon it will be released in France on July 8, in Germany on July 15 (see Musicpeople).

27. JUNE 2002 - YOU DON'T WANNA VIDEO, DO YOU?
Interesting news from Anti: Check out their Tricky site to see the video for "You Don't Wanna" in real video! The video has another song in the middle, "Unofficial", which can be found on the french limited edition of 'Blowback' (see discography for details). It has vocals by Tricky and a rapper called Phatt Black. You can also watch the video by clicking on these links directly: 34k or 300k.

26. JUNE 2002 - CONFUSIONS OF ILLUSIONS
Some more confusions about the release of Paul Oakenfold's album "Bunkka": Obviously it was released in the US already on June 18, in the UK on June 24, but in Germany it is not released yet. According to Amazon it will be out on July 8. I've updated the remix discography...
And the 'You Don't Wanna' single which should - according to Anti - be released on June 24, didn't show up in any shop or internet mailorder.

18. JUNE 2002 - BUNKKA DELAYED TOO, DVD IN THE UK?
According to Amazon also the UK release of Paul Oakenfold's album "Bunkka" (with the Tricky / Nelly Furtado collaboration "The Harder They Come") is delayed until June 24 (release date for the US is July 2, and for Germany either July 1 or 8).
Amazon UK lists the release date of the "Ruff Guide" DVD still as June 17, so maybe it is already released in the UK? If anybody has seen it or knows anything about it, please let me know....

17. JUNE 2002 - DVD DELAYED
The DVD version of "A Ruff Guide" that should have been out today is obviously delayed. At least my local record store told me the new release date is July 15. But at least Cyber CD mentions what will be on the DVD: 11 videos and 3 live tracks (at least on an import version - released on May 28 -that you can order there for 55.19 Euro).

14. JUNE 2002 - TRICKY & RICO
According to NME Tricky has recorded tracks with Scottish "underground star" Rico. The EP 'Mixed Up Faces' will be released on July 22. The tracks are called: 'Small Doeses', 'Mixed Up Faces' and 'Remixed-Up Faces' (a remix by Tricky). They also plan a tour together later this year!

6. JUNE 2002 - GERMAN TRICKY SITE & NEWSLETTER
I discovered an advertisement for Tricky's best of album "A Ruff Guide" today, take a look here. The most interesting part of it is a link to a new official Tricky web site (all in German) with a newsletter and a review for the album. You can also get a free newsletter on your mobile by writing a SMS with the word "tricky on" to the number 72477 (in Germany only).

29. MAY 2002 - A RUFF GUIDE CORRECTED
It seems that the tracklists published on NME and eil.com were both not correct. Check out the correct tracklist in the discography.

28. MAY 2002 - THE FUTURE
There are lots of big news today: First of all Tricky cancelled all his tourdates this summer (Werchter Festival, T In The Park, Witnness Festival, Vieilles Charrues Festival)! Sorry for everyone who wanted to go! The reason for this is NOT that he lost the support of his record company (as some of these festival web sites may have announced), but that he's working on a new album which will be released on Anti, who "fully support him for the future to come" (according to Roger from Anti Records). His new single "You Don't Wanna" will (finally) be released on June 24.
[thanks a lot to Roger for these infos!]

27. MAY 2002 - "A RUFF GUIDE" RELEASED
Tricky's best of album "A Ruff Guide To Tricky" is released today! Updates in the discography will follow in the next days... 

26. MAY 2002 - PAUL OAKENFOLD RELEASE
Tricky's collaboration with Nelly Furtado for Paul Oakenfold's album "Bunkka" will be released on June 18, as you can read on several sites like MTV. Listen to a real audio clip of "The Harder They Come" here.

22. MAY 2002 - A NEW TRICKY COLLABORATION WITH KO-LA
Two new soundtracks feature Tricky songs: The first one is Bad Company, which will be released June 4 on Hollywood Records. It has 'Excess' (track 11), but also a new song by Ko-La featuring Tricky called "Don't Touch" (track 12). Ko-La's song "What's It Gonna Be" will be a b-side of Tricky's upcoming single 'You Don't Wanna' (listen to it here). Another soundtrack is released already (Ultimate X, a sports documentary) - with Christiansands (track 10). You can order this soundtrack here.

16. MAY 2002 - WITNNESS FESTIVAL
Tricky will play at the Witnness Festival (Ireland) on July 14. Check out the tourdates for more details (please note: Tricky cancelled this tourdate, as well as all others this summer).

14. MAY 2002 - UPDATED TRACKLIST FOR NEW ALBUM
Check out eil.com for a slightly different tracklist for "A Ruff Guide" (Poems is the 2nd track instead of 3rd, two bonus tracks):
01. Aftermath
02. Poems
03. For Real
04. Black Steel (Radio Edit)
05. Pumpkin (Edit)
06. Broken Homes
07. Wash My Soul
08. I Be The Prophet
09. Makes Me Wanna Die (Album Version)
10. Tricky Kid
11. Scrappy Love
12. Ponderosa (Original 7" Edit)
13. Christiansands (Album Version)
14. Hell Is Around The Corner
15. Singing The Blues
16. Bubbles
17. Overcome
18. Aftermath (I Could Be Looking For People Remix)
19. Black Steel (In The Draw Mix)
 

4. MAY 2002 - A ROUGH VIDEO GUIDE & A PAINTING According to the German mailorder Cyber CD Tricky's best-of album "A Ruff Guide" will also be released as a "DVD video album" on June 17. It sounds like it will contain videos, but I have no other informations or a tracklist, sorry. Meanwhile the release date of the "normal" CD has changed again to May 27 (as you can read on Intro and Cyber CD, too). Also check out this painting of Tricky (that was sold by Sothebys a while ago). [Thanks to Thorben for this info!]

8. MAY 2002 - A ROUGH REVIEW
Check out this first review of "A Rough Guide To Tricky" (the best-of-album that will be released May 13) on NME.

7. MAY 2002 - BILLIE HOLIDAY REMIX
I've finally added the real audio file for Tricky's remix of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit", check out the discography to listen! The credits for the remix mention Tricky's musicians Perry Melius (drums) and Wayne Nunes (bass) as well as Tool's guitar player Adam Jones (who also directed the latest Tool video with Tricky in it).

6. MAY 2002 - A LITTLE UPDATE ABOUT BLOWBACK
Check out FNAC to order the french double CD or listen to real audio samples! "My Head", "Suffocating" and "Unofficial" are indeed new and unreleased tracks, "My Head" features a femals vocal (Constanza Francavilla), "unofficial" a male one. Check out the discography for sounds and details!

6. MAY 2002 - FRENCH BLOWBACK
According to Dirty Angel Blowback is released in France with a second CD with rare tracks. The tracklisting of the second CD is:
01. Excess (radio edit)
02. My Head (inédite)
03. Five Days (instrumental)
04. Suffocating (démo)
05. Divine Comedy
06. Your Name (instrumental)
07. Unofficial (inédite)
[Thanks to Christophe for this info!]

5. MAY 2002 - WERCHTER FESTIVAL
Tricky will play another festival this summer: the Werchter Festival in Belgium on June 30! As the official site announces, you can expect cameos by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who also play this festival. (please note: Tricky cancelled this tourdate, as well as all others this summer)
[Thanks to Guy Lagrange and Jeroen de Loore for this info!]
The Verve Remix album should be out since April 30, but my local record store told me the release date is tomorrow, May 6.

4. MAY 2002 - ANOTHER FESTIVAL, DELAYED RUFF GUIDE & TOOL VIDEO
Tricky will play another festival this summer: the Vieilles Charrues Festival in Carhaix, France (more details in the tourdates). (please note: Tricky cancelled this tourdate, as well as all others this summer)
And Tricky's Best-Of album "A Ruff Guide To Tricky" is obviously delayed. While it was first announced for a release in March, it will now be released on May 13 according to NME, and on May 29, according to Intro. 
Tricky also appears in the new Tool video "Parabola", which is airing on MTV2.
[Thanks to Matt for this info!]

3. MAY 2002 - TWO SONGS & ONE GIG
I'm back from my vacation, in the meantime Tricky's collaboration with John Forte "Trouble Again" (you can still download it here, but I'll take it offline Sunday) was released on John Forte's album "I, John" and the Dark Angel soundtrack on April 23. Tricky also did a remix for Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" that was released April 30 on a Verve Remix Compilation. Updates in the discography will follow in the next days....
Tricky's next single "You Don't Wanna" and his best-of album "A Ruff Guide To Tricky" are obviously not released yet, more news about that also in the next days.
And last but not least: Tricky will play the Essential Festival in Bristol on Sunday, May 5. For more details check out the tour dates.

2. APRIL 2002 - MY LITTLE SPRING BREAK
Don't exspect any updates until April 26, because I will be on vacation! As a little present I've uploaded "Trouble Again", the new collaboration of John Forte and Tricky. It will be released on April 23, on John Forte's album "I, John", as well as on the Dark Angel Soundtrack. You can download it here (not anymore, sorry!)...

28. MARCH 2002 - JOHN & TRICKY
Obviously Tricky's collaboration with John Forte is called "Trouble Again". The track will also be released on the soundtrack to the TV program "Dark Angel" on April 23 (as you can read here, you can order it at CDNOW, the sound samples there don't work yet unfortunately). At the same day John Forte's album "I, John" will be released, which also contains this track. 

24. MARCH 2002 - NELLY & TRICKY
As you can read on NME Tricky has recorded a song with Nelly Furtado that will appear on Paul Oakenfold's new album, 'Bunkka'. The track is called 'The harder they come', there is no release date for this album yet.

20. MARCH 2002 - A RUFF GUIDE ON NME
According to NME Tricky's best-of album "A Ruff Guide To Tricky" will be released on May 13 (while they said March 25 before ) and it will contain the following tracks:
01. Aftermath
02. For Real 
03. Poems
04. Black Steel
05. Pumpkin
06. Broken Homes
07. Wash My Soul
08. I Be The Prophet
09. Makes Me Wanna Die
10. Tricky Kid
11. Scrappy Love
12. Ponderosa
13. Christiansands
14. Hell Is Round The Corner
15. Singing The Blues
16. Bubbles
17. Overcome
[thanks to Hugo for this info!]

10. MARCH 2002 - T IN THE PARK
A little addition to the last news: The tourdate I added is in fact the T In The Park Festival in Scotland! See the complete line-up here. Tickets went on sale yesterday and cost £62.50. 
(please note: Tricky cancelled this tourdate, as well as all others this summer)

7. MARCH 2002 - UK GIG
According to Pollstar Tricky will play in Balado near Kinross (UK) on July 13. (please note: Tricky cancelled this tourdate, as well as all others this summer)

24. FEBRUARY 2002 - TWO FUTURE RELEASES
As Roger from Anti told me, the title of the Tricky Best-Of-album will be "A Ruff Guide To Tricky", it will be released on Island Records and there will be no tracks from Blowback on it. Now NME lists the album with a release date of March 25.
Also there are some news about Tricky's collaboration with John Forte: his album "I, John" will be released on April 23 (as you can read on Launch), although John Forte was sentenced to 14 years of prison last year.
[Thanks to Steve for this info!] 

17. FEBRUARY 2002 - BEST OF, BUT LATER
As you can read on the German web site Intro, Tricky's "Best Of " album is now delayed until April 15.

12. FEBRUARY 2002 - HERRK
Check out the short animation movie 'HerrK' that uses Tricky's song 'Vent'! It is made by Mark, a German film student - you can find his home page here.

10. FEBRUARY 2002 - BEST OF?
According to Intro Tricky will release a "best of" album on March 15. I'll keep you updated with details...
[Thanks to Stefan from World Of Trip Hop for this info!]

6. FEBRUARY 2002 - HAWKMAN TOUR
According to a personal friend of Hawkman his album is not finished yet, but he will go on tour this spring, probably also coming to Europe.

4. FEBRUARY 2002 - ALL I HEAR IS WORDS
Tricky's book "All I Hear Is Words" is now deleted from the catalogue of the Amazon seller, as they told me by email. So it looks like it really will never be released (details are here)..... 

25. JANUARY 2002 - TRICKYLIVE.COM & BOOK
Check out the new Tricky forum Trickylive.com! 
Tricky's book 'All I Hear Is Words' can be ordered at Amazon, but the seller Medium Books told me that it will probably be released this summer (check out the mysterious history of that book here).

19. DECEMBER 2001 - RADIO 1
The Tricky concert that will be broadcast on Radio 1 (22. December, 11 PM) will be the Festival Eurockéennes de Belfort, 7. Juli 2001. You can listen to Radio 1 by clicking on this link (if you have real player).
[thanks again to Elvis for this info!]

17. DECEMBER 2001 - TRICKY ON RADIO 1
A Tricky concert will be broadcast on the Berlin radio station Radio 1 on Saturday, December 22 at 11 PM. Stay tuned for more details...
[thanks to Elvis for this info!]

12. DECEMBER 2001 - MORE DETAILS
According to people at Anti Records the next single 'You Don't Wanna' will not be released before January, because the video is not shot yet.

08. DECEMBER 2001 - YOU DON'T WANNA
I just got my copy of the 'You Don't Wanna' single today (thanks to the great people at Epitaph!), so I've added sounds to the discography. The b-sides include 'What's It Gonna Be' by Ko-La (produced by Tricky's drummer Perry Melius and his bass player Wayne Nunes, executive producer is Tricky) and an unreleased Tricky song called 'Intro Outro' (with Hawkman, Tricky and Tricky's brother Marlon on vocals). I still don't know any release date for this single, but i'll keep you updated.

22. NOVEMBER 2001 - HAWKMAN
As you can read in this review by Oli (who talked to Tricky at the Manchester show), Tricky will be producing Hawkman's solo album, which will come out in January!

21. NOVEMBER 2001 - QUESTION
The song 'Question' - a collaboration with Alanis Morissette - was up to now not released anywhere (only played in a radio show). But the song can be found on a Canadian promo CD with the titles 'Diss Never', check out details in the promo discography.
[Thanks to Swami for this info!]

03. NOVEMBER 2001 - YOU DON'T WANNA
As I heard from Anti Records yesterday, "You Don't Wanna" will be the next single, though no release date is set yet, but the song and video will be sent out by the end of this month. The surprising thing is that one of the b-sides is a track by a girl-band called Ko-La (according to Tricky 'the first credible girlband worldwide'), the other is an unreleased song by Tricky. 

This is the tracklisting: 1. Tricky - You Don't Wanna (Radio Edit) 2. Ko-La - What's It Gonna Be 3. Tricky - Intro Outro See the bigger cover picture here. [Big thanks to Roger from Anti!!!]

02. NOVEMBER 2001 - EUROPEAN TOUR & ANTI
The official Anti web site has a new design! Check out the Tricky section here. It also has a complete list of all European tourdates, starting from November 16th in the UK (also check out my tourdates for details). Pollstar lists two different venues and cities for December 15 and 16, I'll keep you updated which are correct.

23. OCTOBER 2001 - PRE-CHRISTMAS TENSION
Also Dotmusic and NME announce that Tricky will play in Manchester on the 19th November, not 14th (as reported by Pollstar).

11. OCTOBER 2001 - BLOWBACK AUCTION
You can bid for an autographed copy of the Blowback vinyl (limited edition!) at 97X WOXY Radio. The money raised goes to charity, but you need a credit card to bid. The auction ends October 26.

10. OCTOBER 2001 - AUSTRALIAN TOUR
According to Best of the Bunch Tricky will be touring Australia and the US in January. Also his future plans include a remix of Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' and production for Lisa Stone.

9. OCTOBER 2001 - MANCHESTER SHOW
According to Pollstar the Manchester concert takes place on November 14, not 19 (as previously reported on Ticketline). The official Manchester University sweb site doesn't list any Tricky concert.... I'll keep updated on this strange show.. 

8. OCTOBER 2001 - LONDON SHOW
According to Aloud.com Tricky plays one show in London on November 21 (Shepherds Bush Empire), more European tourdates will probably follow. And according to Ticketline he also plays in Manchester on the 19th.
(Thanks to Oli for this info!)

28. SEPTEMBER 2001 - TOUR WITH TOOL
As Tricky soon will go on tour with Tool I've added the rest of the tourdates that are not yet confirmed for Tricky, but at least for Tool (according to Pollstar). See the complete list here.

25. SEPTEMBER 2001 - REMIXED BY...
A remix CD of Tricky will be released on October 1 through Universal Music. It also contains some really rare remixes like Aco - Natsu No Hi (only available in Japan!) or Garbage - Milk (only available on the rare 7" or promo CDs), or his production for Cath Coffey ('Summer Nights'). Check out details here. 

19. SEPTEMBER 2001 - SINGLE AND SHOWS
Another concert is cancelled, check out the tourdates. Also according to Best of the Bunch the next single will be 'You Don't Wanna'.

17. SEPTEMBER 2001 - MORE SHOWS CANCELLED
Some changes have been made to Tricky's US tour - some shows are cancelled, some new tourdated added. Check out the tourdates section for details.

12. SEPTEMBER 2001 - LONDON CANCELLED
As you all know a lot of people have lost their lives due to terrorist activity in the US. Tricky's concert in London, part of the GAP Hi-fi show, is cancelled, as announced by NME - the same will probably be done with the Paris show in two days. I will probably not update my site in the next days... 

9. SEPTEMBER 2001 - PARIS SHOW & DOOBIE AWARDS
Here are some more infos on the Paris show on September 14 like the London show it is free, tickets are available at the GAP store. The concert takes place at the tent "Chapiteau", other acts include: Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Jim o'Rourke, Dj Olive, The increbible Moses Leroy.
(Thanks to Julienfor this info!)
And 'Blowback' is nominated for the Annual Doobie Awards for Conscious Music in the category 'Best Dance Album'. The awards will take place in New York on September 12.

6. SEPTEMBER 2001 - TOURING
Like NME announced earlier, Tricky also plays a Gap show in Paris (September 14). And some more US tourdates were added to the official site, including three shows with Tool. Check out the tourdates for a complete list.

2. SEPTEMBER 2001 - EVOLUTION REMIX & TOOL
According to the official site Tricky will tour with Tool, beginning October 28. 
And I finally found out who did the remix of 'Evolution Revolution Love' (bonus track on the limited edition of Blowback): Marlon (one of Tricky's brothers) and Mad Dog (the light-speed-rapper from Juxtapose). The track can also be found on a promo 12" - check out the promo discography for details...

1. SEPTEMBER 2001 - FREE LONDON SHOW!
According to NME Tricky will play a free show in London on September 12, as part of the 'Gap Hi-Fi Global Concert Tour'. The tickets are available at the GAP store (Oxford Street) on September 8. Similar shows are planned for Tokyo and Paris, and Tricky is also starring in their new ad campaign (see a photo at NME).

27. AUGUST 2001 - AUSSIE INTERVIEW
Check out this recent real audio interview from ABC Australia.

26. AUGUST 2001 - COVER GIRL
For all those who always wanted to know who the girl on the 'Blowback' cover is: According to Tricky's management it's a model named Sabrina whom he met in a gym!

24. AUGUST 2001 - LIVE PUKKELPOP
The Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium will be streamed live throught the official web site. According to this site, Tricky will perform on Saturday at 10.35 PM (Marquee Stage).

21. AUGUST 2001 - RELEASES... NOT
The 'Evolution Revolution Love' single as well as Live's single 'Simple Creed' are not released in Germany in the near future, as I found out today. But according to Brainwashed 'Evolution Revolution Love' was released in the UK yesterday.

20. AUGUST 2001 - RELEASES
The 'Evolution Revolution Love' single will be released today - at least in the UK. Check out the discography for details and sounds. Also Live's single 'Simple Creed' which features vocals by Tricky. More news about it probably tomorrow... 

18. AUGUST 2001 - TRICKY BIZARRE
Tricky played the German Bizarre Festival yesterday - the concert was broadcast on TV (Rockpalast, WDR). But for all those who missed it (like me!): the broadcast will be repeated on September 16! See all the Rockpalast dates here, including a highlights special on August 26 and a backstage report on September 4. Also check out my Bizarre Festival page for a tracklist and more.

15. AUGUST 2001 - HAWMAN'S ALBUM
According to MTV Hawkman's solo album, produced by Tricky, will be released early next year.
(Thanks to Tristan Frank for this info!)

9. AUGUST 2001 - SIMPLE CREED VIDEO
You can download the new Live video ('Simple Creed') with a short appearance of Tricky in it at this Live fan site (sorry it has been taken down now!). Also check out the videography. 

8. AUGUST 2001 - US TOUR
Some new tourdates in September and October have been announced at the official site, including one for today in LA! Also check out the tourdates for details.

29. JULY 2001 - CRAIG KILBORN
According to the Hollywood Records site Tricky and Ed Kowalczyk will play at the Craig Kilborn show (American TV show) on August 7.

26. JULY 2001 - NAMES
As you can read at Best of the Bunch guitarist Mark Thwaite revealed the (unofficial) names for the two live songs that Tricky is playing lately: "Critic" (the one earlier called "Original, Original") and "Ace Of Spades" (named after the same Motorhead song where the guitar riff is taken from) featuring Tricky's brother Marlon.

23. JULY 2001 - BILLBOARD & TOUR
'Blowback' entered the Billboard album charts at number 138.
(Thanks to Tristan Frank for this info!)
And according to an interview with Amazon Tricky is planning a European tour after the summer festivals.

18. JULY 2001 - SWISS RADIO
Check out this radio interview on Swiss Radio Couleur 3 (click on the Tricky picture on the right side). Unfortunately most parts are dubbed in french.
(Thank to Andreas for this info!)

16. JULY 2001 - GIRLS TRICKY
According to this Austrian web site there's a slight chance that the short film that Steve McQueen made about Tricky (sometimes simply called "Tricky", sometimes "Girls Tricky", because it shows Tricky in the studio recording the track 'Girls') will be shown on MTV. Some rights have to be cleared first, though. Also check out this short article about Tricky on the same web site.

15. JULY 2001 - TRICKY IN PORTLAND, DJS
Tricky will play the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon on August 3. 
(Thanks to Steve for this info!)
Also check out this short article at Music365, in which Tricky says that DJs shouldn't make music.

14. JULY 2001 - MONTREUX LIVE
You can hear Tricky's show at the Montreux Jazz Festival from 11. July here, unfortunately with a jingle every few minutes.

11. JULY 2001 - V
According to the official Live web site their new album will be called 'V' (five) instead of 'Ecstatic Fanatic', as announced earlier. The album will feature a collaboration with Tricky: 'Simple Creed', which will also be the first single (released on August 20). A demo version of the song is downloadable here, though the album version is said to sound different.

8. JULY 2001 - REVOLUTION IN BELGIUM
The 'Evolution Revolution Love' single has been released in Belgium yesterday! It seems to be a different version, because it only has two tracks. Check out the discography for details.

6. JULY 2001 - NME INTERVIEW
You can see (and hear) an interview with Tricky at NME.com (though the audio parts didn't work when I tried them).

5. JULY 2001 - GERMAN CHARTS & BLOWBACK POSTERS
As you can read here, 'Blowback' entered the German album charts at number 49. And according to NME Blowback posters have been banned in Hollywood << because local authorities believe they may advocate drug use >>.

4. JULY 2001 - ERL REMIXES AND MORE
A little Billboard article mentions that the Thievery Corporation did dance remixes of 'Evolution Revolution Love' and that Tricky and Hawkman will work again together in the future. Hawkman's solo album will come out this year, which was earlier said to be produced by Tricky. Another project Tricky will work with is 'Southwest Battalion' with his younger brothers Aaron and Marlon.
And some little news about the Berlin concert tonight: it was moved to the Columbia Halle instead of the (much smaller) Columbia Fritz! Support act is 'Delicate' and it will start at about 9 PM.

1. JULY 2001 - SPINNER AND VH1
As the official Tricky newsletter announced, the radio show with Tricky is available at Spinner (check it out here now). It also includes the unreleased song 'Question' with Alanis Morissette!!! Also check out Tricky on VH1's 'You oughta know', the web site also has parts of an interview.

30. JUNE 2001 - EVOLUTION
I got the 'Evolution Revolution Love' single! So check out the discography for details and sounds.

29. JUNE 2001 - NAPSTER & TOOL
According to MTV Tricky plans a tour with a bigger act in autumn, maybe Tool. Another article explains that Tricky's music will still be free on Napster.

28. JUNE 2001 - QUESTION
You can download 'Question' - the (unreleased) version of 'Diss Never' with Alanis Morissette - at Best of the Bunch. Also check out a silly Tricky game at Anti (in the 'media' section), together with the screen saver from Les Inrockuptibles.

27. JUNE 2001 - VIDEOS ON DOTMUSIC
Dotmusic shows some video footage, for example Tricky and Ed talking about the video for 'Evolution Revolution Love'.

26. JUNE 2001 - BONUS SOUNDS
I've finally added sounds for the two bonus tracks to the discography, plus a review from Q to the blowback mini site.

26. JUNE 2001 - LOTS OF NEWS
First of all: Blowback is released in the US today! Also check out the Dotmusic review of the London show. And the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles has put together a Tricky site, with a Blowback screensaver (more a promotional thing), click on 'economiseur d'ecran to download it. They also have a long video, a sort of documentary with interview parts. The magazine also has a big Tricky interview with him on the cover, but it's not available at their web site... In case you don't receive the official Tricky newsletter (to subscribe go to Trickymusic) here are the news: an interivew with KCRW is available at Spinner for two weeks and VH1 will show a Tricky special ('You oughta know') soon.

25. JUNE 2001 - BLOWBACK AGAIN
I've updated the discography, so take a look if you haven't bought 'Blowback' yet... 'You Don't Wanna' contains indeed a sample of 'Sweet Dreams' (Eurythmics)!

25. JUNE 2001 - BLOWBACK OUT TODAY!
Tricky's new album 'Blowback' is released today in most European countries (in Italy and Belgium it was already available some days before). More details later today...

24. JUNE 2001 - JAPANESE BONUS TRACKS
The two Japanese bonus tracks are the same as on the European edition, only in a different order:
14. Evolution Revolution Love Remix
15. The Hawkman Is Coming
The album is already released in Japan (check out the discography for details), you can read a review here (in Japanese!).
(Thanks to Taku for this info!)

24. JUNE 2001 - LONDON IS CALLING
You can read a short review about last night's gig in London on NME. And as you can read here, Blowback has already been sold in Belgium, though the official release date is tomorrow (Brainwashed lists it as July 2, but Tricky's management told me some time ago it would be June 25). But at least the release date for Evolution Revolution Love (CD and 12") is official: according to Brainwashed it's August 20!

23. JUNE 2001 - BLOWBACK BONUS & COLLABORATIONS
The two bonus tracks of the limited 'Blowback' edition will be:
1. The Hawkman Is Coming (b-side of 'Evolution Revolution Love' single)
2. Evolution Revolution Love Remix
(Thanks to Oliver for this info!)
Check out a Blowback review from Visions, the June issue also contains 'Evolution Revolution Love' on CD, as does the German Rolling Stone June edition. And according to Best of the Bunch Tricky will contribute a vocal to John Forte's upcoming album and has produced four tracks for Martina's solo album.

22. JUNE 2001 - REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Sonicnet shows videos from the Doritos Sessions with Tricky, including an interview and live performances of 'Evolution Revolution Love', 'Excess' and Girls'. Also Dotmusic has a video interview with Tricky. Then check out two reviews for Blowback: one at Rolling Stone, one from the NY Post. You can also read short parts of more reviews at Tricky Music, who also announced that Tricky will be on Conan O'Brien on July 19. And take a look at this new Tricky page, which has some really cool design.

20. JUNE 2001 - SEVERAL NEWS
NME reports now that August 20 is the new release date for the 'Evolution Revolution Love' single. According to Best of the Bunch Tricky will not play the Benicassim Festival. Also the official Tricky site was redone and contains sounds for all the Blowback tracks now, also a link to an interesting CMJ interview.

19. JUNE 2001 - UNDER THE BAMBOO TREE
Blowback contains another cover song besides 'Wonder Woman' and 'Something in the way': 'Your Name' is a short version of the song 'Under The Bamboo Tree', written by Rob Cole. It was performed a couple of times, the most famous recording is probably one by Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien from the movie 'Meet Me In St.Louis'. Check out the Blowback mini site for sounds.
(Thanks to Ron for this info!)

18. JUNE 2001 - REVOLUTION PART 2
Also NME noticed today that 'Evolution Revolution Love' will not be released everywhere in Europe. According to Epitaph it is only released in the Netherlands, France, Italy and Sweden. Also one tourdate has been added to the list: Arvika Festival in Sweden on July 14. Check out the tourdates for details. And last but not least check out the complete lyrics for Blowback here.

18. JUNE 2001 - THE REVOLUTION HAS JUST BEGUN... NOT
'Evolution Revolution Love' was announced to be released today. But obviously it is delayed, as not one store has it or even a release date. 

17. JUNE 2001 - PUKKELPOP
According to the official web site (and also this unofficial site) Tricky will play the Belgian Pukkelpop Festival on August 25.

14. JUNE 2001 - BLOWBACK CREDITS
Check out the detailed credits for every song of Blowback here. The singer of 'Excess' is Stephanie McKay, but Alanis Morissette contributes backing vocals. See also the blowback mini site for details.

13. JUNE 2001 - VIDEO INTERVIEW
Though announced for tomorrow, the video interview at Intro is already online... 

13. JUNE 2001 - BIG NEWS UPDATE
Here are the news from the last days: According to a german promo sheet Blowback will be released as a limited edition with two bonus tracks. It also names all the magazine in which Tricky will appear next month, as diverse as the Financial Times and the Playboy. According to Best of the Bunch also the Japanese edition of Blowback will feature two bonus tracks and the Evolution Revolution Love single will contain the following tracks: 
1. Evolution Revolution Love (Radio Edit)
2. The Hawk Is Coming
3. Bury The Evidence (Don't Watch My Face Mix)
At NME you can win tickets for the V2001 Festival where Tricky will play. The german web site Intro will show the Evolution Revolution Love video and a big video interview with Tricky from tomorrow on. Another german site reports that Wim Wenders was asked to direct the Evolution Revolution Love video, but didn't have the time to make it. According to this Live fan site the Tricky collaboration 'Simple Creed' will be the first single from the upcoming Live album and will be released August 20.

8. JUNE 2001 - BLOWBACK PREVIEW AND TOURDATE
MTV will host a listening preview of 'Blowback' from Monday (11.6.) on! You can already listen to all the tracks on my Blowback mini site and the official Anti web site. And I found out today that Tricky will play in Berlin on July 4.

7. JUNE 2001 - VIDEO AND ALANIS
The video for 'Evolution Revolution Love' is online at the official Tricky site. According to MTV the version of 'Diss Never' with Alanis Morissette will not be on the album, because it is held back by her label Maverick. And according to NME Tricky and Alanis Morissette are planning an entire album together! 

6. JUNE 2001 - MTV INTERVIEW
Check out this interview on MTV. It also says that Tricky will play the Playboy Mansion in LA on June 14.

4. JUNE 2001 - IDRO PARK FESTIVAL
Tricky will play the Idro Park Festival in Milano on June 27. More details in the tourdates...
(Thanks to Ingmar for this info!)

4. JUNE 2001 - JAKE SCOTT
In case you wondered who directed the video for 'Evolution Revolution Love': it's Jake Scott, son of Ridley Scott! Check out the videography for details and links.

3. JUNE 2001 - ERL VIDEO
The video for 'Evolution Revolution Love' is already available at Launch! Also check out the videography... Also the Live fan site reports that the release date for Live's 'Ecstatic Fanatic' is pushed back to September 25.

2. JUNE 2001 - BOA GOA FESTIVAL
Tricky will play the Boa Goa Festival in Genua, Italy on June 28. Check out the tourdates for details.
(Thanks to Francesco for this info!)

1. JUNE 2001 - INTERVIEW IN 'UNCUT'
According to NME Tricky did an interview for the 'Uncut' Magazine, in which he talks about his past life and candida: >>I thought I was schizophrenic and the doctors were very close to committing me to a mental hospital.<< The magazine will be out on June 7.

30. MAY 2001 - V2001
According to the official site Tricky will play the V2001 festival on August 18 and 19. Check out the tourdates for details.

29. MAY 2001 - BLOWBACK SOUNDS
I received an advance copy of 'Blowback' yesterday - check out the promo discography for sounds and the updated Blowback mini site! And expect  my review in a few days...

28. MAY 2001 - GERMAN RELEASE DATE
The web site sound.de lists the release date for 'Evolution Revolution Love' as June 18 (in Germany). It also features a real audio interview, which is in fact the commentary of the Blowback promo site.

27. MAY 2001 - NEWS UPDATE
These are the news from the last days while I was away: NME reported that Tricky will play Ireland's Witnness Festival on August 4-5, his appearance is also confirmed by the official site of the festival's promoter, though he is scheduled to play two US festivals at these days. The official Witnness web site doesn't mention Tricky.
Finally the title for Live's new album (with the Tricky collaboration 'Simple Creed') is available: 'Ecstatic Fanatic'. 
And check out Tricky's playlist for Uplister here.

23. MAY 2001 - TRICKY NEWSLETTER
Here are the news from the first official Hollywood Records Tricky newsletter: Blowback will contain a hidden web link to exclusive enhanced features, a new official web site (TrickyMusic) will be launched soon, some more US tourdates are added (click here for details), Tricky will appear in a GAP advertising campaign, the Mixer Magazine will feature a Tricky cover story soon, and last but not least 'Evolution Revolution Love' got remixed by Kool Keith!

18. MAY 2001 - MORE FILM NEWS
Apparently Tricky is involved in another film project with Zadie Smith, young British writer. According to The Guardian >>Zadie is currently making a film with Turner prize-winning artist Steve McQueen and musician Tricky.>> In an interview she said: >>It's an art movie by someone who's never written one and someone who's never made one, and someone who's constantly caned, so I doubt we're going to get very far with it.>>

18. MAY 2001 - VIENNA EXHIBITION AND CONCERT
Check out this site, which announces an exhibition in Vienna about Steve McQueen's work. As Mark Thwaite told me earlier, he filmed the recording session of 'Blowback'. This film - simply called 'Tricky' - premieres now in Vienna (Kunsthalle Wien, Neues Haus) until August 19. Steve McQueen also did an interview with Tricky lately, for download at showstudio.com.
Tricky will also play a concert in Vienna (Sophiensäle) on July 1!
(Thanks to Stefanie for the concert info!)

17. MAY 2001 - COLLABORATION DELAYED
Live's new album which features Tricky on the track 'Simple Creed' (listen to it here) is delayed. According to this fan site it will be released September 11, not in July as posted earlier.

15. MAY 2001 - ANOTHER FESTIVAL
I just found out that Tricky will play the WBCN River Rave in Foxboro (USA) on May 26. Check out the tourdates or the official site for details.

11. MAY 2001 - MELTDOWN FESTIVAL
NME announced that Tricky will play the Meltdown Festival (London) on June 23, check the tourdates for details. Special guest is Saul Williams, according to NME, but the official Meltdown web site doesn't say so.

10. MAY 2001 - INTERVIEW
There's an interesting video interview with Tricky at Showstudio! The interviewer is Steve McQueen, who also filmed the recording sessions for 'Blowback', according to Mark Thwaite. You can either watch a short clip of the video or download the whole interview (length 106 minutes, 12MB!).
(Thanks to Dave for this info!)

9. MAY 2001 - ALANIS MORISSETTE
One tiny information added to the Blowback mini site: the background singer of Excess is Alanis Morissette!

8. MAY 2001 - BLOWBLACK PLAYER
The Blowback promo site is launched! Check it out here! It features sounds from the new album, plus short statements from Tricky and a contest to win a Tricky pack. One 'old' song managed its way to the album: 'Girls', often played live at the Juxtapose tours (called 'Bad Boy' by the fans).

2. MAY 2001 - SOUNDS
You can already listen to three songs in full length at Hollywood Records (in the Advance Music section): Excess, Evolution Revolution Love, Give It To 'Em. 

2. MAY 2001 - SOUNDS COMING SOON
Hollywood Records are putting together a promo site for 'Blowback' with sounds from 'Blowback' and interviews. The site will also have the video and a download of 'Evolution Revolution Love'. The whole thing looks really good and will be online around next week! Check out the cover art of Blowback on my mini site in the meantime...

1. MAY 2001 - MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
Tricky will play at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 11, check out the tourdates for details. Alanis Morissette will play at the same evening. 

30. APRIL 2001 - ANOTHER FESTIVAL
According to the official site Tricky will play the German Bizarre Festival on August 17. It's one of the biggest festivals in Germany and often some performances are broadcast on TV, so keep looking out for it!

29. APRIL 2001 - 'SIMPLE CREED'
According to this site Live's new album (which features Tricky on the song 'Simple Creed') will be released July 31 - you can read the lyrics of 'Simple Creed' here. A prerelease of the Tricky collaboration can already be downloaded at this dutch site or here.

21. APRIL 2001 - MORE BLOWBACK DETAILS
Allstarnews' gossip mentions a couple of songnames from Blowback: "Girls" (with Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante), "Wonder Woman" (with John Frusciante and Flea), "Five Days" (with Cyndi Lauper), "Over Me", "You Don't Wanna", "Your Name" (with Ambersunshower), "Evolution Revolution Love" (with Ed Kowalczyk and Hawkman). The songs will be sent to radio stations on May 1. The article also mentions the release date for Blowback as July 10, though formerly it was July 17 for the US and June 25 for Europe. Check out the Blowback mini site for more details.

18. APRIL 2001 - ALBUM DETAILS
Tricky revealed some album details to NME today, nothing really new though. The first single will be 'Evolution Revolution Love', a tour will follow, but no UK dates are known yet.
(Thanks to Scott for this info)

16. APRIL 2001 - NIRVANA COVER
According to Mark Thwaite's web site 'Blowback' will contain a cover of Nirvana's 'Something in the way'.

6. APRIL 2001 - BLOWBACK AND SINGLE RELEASE
According to Best of the Bunch 'Blowback' will be released on June 25 in Europe and July 17 in the US. The first single with be called 'Evolution Revolution Love' and be released in May. Tricky also changed the name of his label Durban Poison into Nearly God and will be working on a project with his brother. And he will appear on the song 'Simple Creed' on Live's new album, released in May.

2. APRIL 2001 - GAP QUICKTIME
The TV commercial that Tricky did for Gap can be seen at their web site in Quick Time! Also check out the discography for details.

31. MARCH 2001 - GAP COMERCIAL
According to Tricky's management Tricky did a spot for The Gap. In the commercial you can see a girl with a white t-shirt and jeans dancing, while the music goes "Hallelujah, hallelujah...". It can be seen in the US and Canada only, and only for one week:
March 30: Fox - Lone Gunmen (9-10pm) 
April 1: Fox - Simpsons (8-8:30pm) 
April 3: ABC - NYPD Blue (10-11pm) & CBS - Letterman (11:30-12:30pm) 
April 5: WB - Charmed (9-10pm) 

27. MARCH 2001 - BLOWBACK AGAIN
According to Allstar News Tricky's next album - Blowback - "maintains the emotional energy of previous Tricky records, but possesses a much brighter sound". Also revealed are two song titles: "Girls" (with the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and "Evolution Revolution Love" (with Ed Kowalczyk).

18. MARCH 2001 - BLOWBACK
The title for Tricky's next album - 'Blowback' - is also confirmed by Mark Thwaite's web site.

4. MARCH 2001 - COACHELLA
The Coachella Festival, where Tricky will play, will take place on April 28 (not April 29 as previously reported). Tickets are $65, check the official Coachella site for details.

2. MARCH 2001 - ALBUM TITLE
According to Best of the Bunch Tricky's new album will be called 'Blowback'.

24. FEBRUARY 2001 - DATE, BOOK & MARTINA
First the good news: Tricky will play the Coachella Festival in Palm Springs on April 29th. According to his management he will produce a couple of songs on Martina's fourthcoming album (check out the Martina news for details). Now the bad news: the planned book "All I hear is words" will not be released any time soon.

15. FEBRUARY 2001 - TWO MORE ARTICLES
Two more recent articles about Tricky's new album and guests: Intro (in German) and Q. They both contain no new facts, though.

14. FEBRUARY 2001 - WEBCAST TONIGHT
Tricky's DJ set in the Knitting factory will be broadcast live on their web site, starting probably around 8 PM. 

13. FEBRUARY 2001 - ROB CAVALLO
According to Allstar News Tricky's next album will be co-produced by Rob Cavallo, who has also produced Green Day and the Goo Goo Dolls in the past. The album will be released in July.

9. FEBRUARY 2001 - KNITTING FACTORY
According to Best of the Bunch Tricky will be DJing at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles on February 14. The show starts at 8 pm and tickets are $13.

8. FEBRUARY 2001 - LABEL NEWS AND CYNDI LAUPER
According to an official press release Tricky has signed an exclusive deal with Hollywood Records in the US, while he is still signed to Epitaph in Europe. The press release also revealed: >> Tricky is currently working on his Hollywood debut, which will feature guest appearances from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper and Ed Kowalczyk from Live among others. The album is due for release this July.<<

6. FEBRUARY 2001 - MISSION OUT TODAY
Today is the release date for Tricky's new EP "Mission Accomplished" in the US. The Italian magazine 'Il Mucchio Selvaggio' reported some news about his collaboration with the Red Hot Chili Peppers (read a short translation here).

2. FEBRUARY 2001 - TRICKYONLINE
The official site TrickyOnline is working again!

31. JANUARY 2001 - TRICKY REMIXES
Tricky did two remixes recently, one for Erykah Badu ("Bag lady") and one for the swedish band International Noise Conspiracy ("Smash it up"). The Erykah Badu remix is already released (as a bonus track on "Mama's Gun"), while the other one will be released soon by Epitaph. Check out the remix discography for details.

30. JANUARY 2001 - COLLABORATIONS
According to Tricky's management he has just been in the studio with Alanis Morisette and Ed Kowalczyk. On March 25 he will be having a record listening party at the music winter conference in Florida.

21. DECEMBER 2000 - TRICKY WEBCAST
The Durban Poison christmas party takes place tonight in New York! For all those who can't go, there will be a live webcast at digitalnoise.com starting at 11 pm EST...
(Thanks to Emerson for this info!)

20. DECEMBER 2000 - CHILI PEPPERS AND INTERVIEW
Check out two articles at NME and Intro (in German) about Tricky's collaboration with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Also, Ferdinand sent me a short recap from an interview with Tricky in the Dutch magazine OOR (from 11. December):
# Mad Dog won't be on the new album, he will record a solo album
# Tricky will focus himself as much as he can on his own work, so less co-operations with other artists
# on the new album he wants to give it a lot of energy and finish the songs, not like in the past when he just put his demos on the CDs
# the new album will not sound like Mission Accomplished, he regards that EP as something inbetween to fill up the gap
# the album he did with Mad Dog (once called "Street Dog and Scrappy Love") is very much just improvization by the two, but as both are working solo Tricky doesn't want to release the album in the near future
(Thanks to Ferdinand for the infos!)

13. DECEMBER 2000 - MISC. NEWS
Some news and details from Tricky's management: Tricky's album will be completed in February and released in May or June 2001 and he will play summer festivals in Europe and the US. Together with Genaside II and Swax he will be spinning underground UK garage, drum n' bass, old school hip-hop, elektro and reggae at the Durban Poison christmas party (December 21, 11pm to 4am, Limelight, NYC). And he will produce the debut album of Hakwman, new Durban Poison reggae artist, which will be released in summer or fall 2001. 

12. DECEMBER 2000 - NEW TRICKY REMIX
According to Tokyo Classified Magazine Tricky did a remix for Japanese singer Aco. The song is called "Haru Hi No" and is on her remix album "The other side of absolute ego". Check out the remix & collaborations discography for details! 
(Big thanks to Ferdinand for this discovery!!!)

8. DECEMBER 2000 - DURBAN POISON X-MAS
According to Best of the Bunch Tricky will be host of a Durban Poison christmas party featuring Genaside II and Swax. Tickets are $30 and the party takes place at the Limelight, New York on December 21, 10 pm.

5. DECEMBER 2000 - COLLABORATION
According to an Alternative Press review and Best of the Bunch Tricky recorded some tracks with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, including a cover of 'Wonder Woman'.

17. NOVEMBER 2000 - TRICKYONLINE
The official web site TrickyOnline ist back!

16. NOVEMBER 2000 - Q INTERVIEW
In an interview with UK magazine Q Tricky said his album will probably released in June 2001, he doesn't know what title it will have. Read the full article here, you can also listen to 'Crazy Claws' in real audio on their web site.

13. NOVEMBER 2000 - AWARDS RESULTS
The votes for the Artists Direct Online Music Awards are over now. Tricky is third in both categories he was nominated for, the winners are Björk (favorite tattooed artist) and Keith Flint (coolest artist with dyed hair).

9. NOVEMBER 2000 - Q & A
I've got the answers to all the questions you sent me about Tricky, read them here. They not only reveal details about Tricky leaving Island, but also the vocalist featured on 'Mission Accomplished', which is a bit of a surprise!

7. NOVEMBER 2000 - REGGY KRAY DEAD
British gangster Reggie Kray died of bladder cancer in October, as you can read here. So the collaboration with Tricky that was announced at NME earlier (maybe it was only a rumour anyway) will never happen.

6. NOVEMBER 2000 - NEW EP OUT
Tricky's new EP 'Mission Accomplished' is released today! It features three new tracks and 'Divine Comedy', formerly only released on a bootleg 12"  Check out the solo discography and the Mission mini site for more details.

2. NOVEMBER 2000 - NME REVIEW
Read a first review of 'Mission Accomplished' at nme.com! They call 'Mission Accomplished' a >>truly unlistenable Tricky record<<.

31. OCTOBER 2000 - VIDEO
Mark Thwaite, guitarist who recorded with Tricky for the new album, told me this:>>Award winning artist Steve McQueen was filming the recent recording session we made a few weeks ago, so hopefully will get a future DVD release at some point.<<

25. OCTOBER 2000 - ANSWERS & QUESTIONS
According to Tricky's management the definite release date for 'Mission Accomplished' is November 6th in Europe (check out the cover art and biographical information) and February 6 in the US.
Some other infos: The album will feature Ambersunshower (with whom Tricky already did one song, 'Chaos') and Hawkman, a new Durban Poison artist. It will be released in summer/fall 2001, a tour is not planned before next year. Although Shaun Ryder and Tricky are friends, they didn't record anything together, nor did Tricky and Bahamadia (like some online magazines said earlier).
The management offered me to ask them a bunch of questions, so send me a mail with your favourite question about Tricky and I'll collect and send the best and most interesting!

24. OCTOBER 2000 - TRICKYONLINE
According to Tricky's management the TrickyOnline.com website will be redone soon. Currently they're recruiting people for a Tricky newslist. If you want to be added to the list, send me an email!

24. OCTOBER 2000 - MISSION IN NOVEMBER
Tricky's management told me the release date for 'Mission Accomplished' in Europe won't be before November!

23. OCTOBER 2000 - ALBUM IN NOVEMBER
The new EP 'Mission Accomplished' is supposed to be out today in Europe, but I couldn't find it anywhere! My local record dealer says the release date for the single is November 6th in Germany.

22. OCTOBER 2000 - AUDIO MISSION 
The new Tricky EP 'Mission Accomplished' will be released in Europe tomorrow, check out first audio snippets:
1. Mission Accomplished
2. Crazy Claws
3. Tricky vs. Lynx (live)
4. Divine Comedy

19. OCTOBER 2000 - FIRST 'MISSION' BRIEFING
Here's a short review of the new EP from Scott:
>> Beware all those who hate Mad dog, he's back. IMO, he's brilliant. This release is much more hip hop orientated vocal wise, music is AWDF style live band feel.
Mission Accomplished:
Live sounding track with upfront riff, sounds quite similar to "Mission
Impossible" theme. Tricky on nearly unintelligible vocals, with a female on backing, sounding quite Grace Jones-esque (but it isn't). Feels most similar to AWDF. Weakest track on EP.
Crazy Claws:
Little jungle loop, cool bassline. Trick on vocals first, then Mad Dog takes over. I think the next MC is Tony from the baby Namboos, He's definately a UK MC. Those offended by faintly sexist rhymes, steer clear.
Tricky Vs Lynx:
Mad Dog solo style. Only 2:43 long.
Divine Comedy:
You all know this from the bootlegs.<<

17. OCTOBER 2000 - ALBUM DETAILS
Mark Thwaite's web site says that he (a guitarist, who worked with Tricky since 1999) also plays guitar on 'Mission Accomplished' along with other tour musicians: >> Further recordings are planned with the full Tricky band lineup of Perry Melius (drums), Wayne Nunes (bass), Gareth Bowen (keyboards/samplers) and Mark in a London studio at the end of September.<<
The site also says about the album: >> Aside from the EP tracks, there are a further 14 recorded due for release Summer 2001.<<

16. OCTOBER 2000 - TRICKY NOMINATED FOR AWARD
Tricky is nominated for the Artist Direct Online Music Awards (Adoma) in two categories, though not for his music: "favorite tattooed artist" and "coolest artist with dyed hair" (why???). Go here to the category 'Electronic', if you want to vote.

10. OCTOBER 2000 - QUAYE COLLABORATION?
Scott sent me this info:
In the latest issues of UK music Magazine Select and Q there are interviews with Finley Quaye about his new briliant LP "Vanguard". He is asked about Tricky in both pieces and both give the same details about  his relationship with Tricky, here is the Q comment.
"...and he's reconciled with Tricky, who may or may not be his cousin. 
They're planning to make an album together."

9. OCTOBER 2000 - EUROPEAN RELEASE IN OCTOBER
Also Brainwashed lists October 23rd as the release date for 'Mission Accomplished' on Epitaph Europe, UK.

4. OCTOBER 2000 - RELEASE PUSHED BACK
According to 'Best of the Bunch' the US release date of 'Mission Accomplished' is pushed back to February 2001.

28. SEPTEMBER 2000 - PETER GABRIEL LYRICS
Music365 revealed some more details about Tricky's next single 'Mission Accomplished': It features the following lyrics from Peter Gabriel's 'Big Time': >>Big time, I’m on my way, I’m making it<<

27. SEPTEMBER 2000 - RELEASE IN OCTOBER
As dotmusic announced, 'Mission Accomplished' will be released October 23rd on Epitaph.The short article says it will have "assured rhythms, twisted, mashed-up beats and sinister production".

26. SEPTEMBER 2000 - TRACKLIST
According to 'Best of the Bunch' the tracklist for Mission Accomplished is:
1 - Mission Accomplished
2 - Crazy Claws
3 - Tricky vs. Lynx
4 - Divine Comedy

25. SEPTEMBER 2000 - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
According to Intro the new single 'Mission Accomplished' will have four tracks, but the song titles are still unknown, as the promotion agency didn't have any more pressinfos.

16. SEPTEMBER 2000 - NEW EP: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Mission Accomplished is definitely the name of the EP, not the album, as Emerson found out via email from Epitaph:
>>We have signed Tricky in Europe for the full-length, but only for the EP in America. The EP is called Mission Accomplished.  We are still trying to decide on the release date, but it's looking like it's going to be in February.<< 

15. SEPTEMBER 2000 - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Emerson called the Epitaph label in California and tells me this: 
>>I asked them when the Tricky album will be coming out and she said 
it would be released in February 2001 and that the name would be 
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED<< 
The German mailorder Cyber CD lists the following, only that they say 'Mission Accomplished' is a single, not an album:
Tricky - Mission Accomplished - CD single - ANTI - 20.10.00
Tricky - t.b.a. - CD - ANTI - 30.12.00

14. SEPTEMBER 2000 - NAKED & FAMOUS FAKE
According to David, PR rep, the tracklisting and album title "Naked & Famous" was only a fake! He writes at the Apocalypse message board:
>>Now, for true information: Tricky is currently recording an album and it is like nothing like he's ever done...surprise, surprise. We do not have a confirmed date, but are aiming for early 2001. In addition, his autobiography will be released around the same time and contain a cd of unreleased and remixed tracks from the newest album. Also, we are hoping to release a live album in the summer of 2001. Tricky plans to tour through the spring and summer.<<

14. SEPTEMBER 2000 - NEW ALBUM JUST A RUMOUR!
Scott sent me the following: >> I got in touch with someone at DHR and they said that Alec Empire has done no production work on any of tricky's music.They did say it sounded like a good idea though.<<
So the whole story about the new album could be just a rumour, especially since Epitaph's web site doesn't say anyting baout a new Tricky album.(Thanks a lot to Scott for this info!)

6. SEPTEMBER 2000 - ALL I HEAR IS WORDS
According to 'Best of the bunch' the release date of 'All I hear is words' on Amazon UK is pushed back to September 2001! Payback Press still lists February 2001 as the release date.

4. SEPTEMBER 2000 - ALL I HEAR IS WORDS
Amazon UK says the release date for Tricky's autobiography 'All I hear is words' is 30th November 2000. Check out the All I hear is words page for details.

2. SEPTEMBER 2000 - NAKED & FAMOUS
Someone sent me the ground breaking news that Tricky has finished his next album entitled 'Naked & Famous'! He has the info from the sound engineer Austen Lord (See the tracklist and other details here):
>> Lord could only say that once again Tricky has found a new sound. This is a very guitar-heavy, "Timbaland style" drum programing, soulful, and harmonic. His rapping is the same and lyrics range from everything from oral sex to satin worshiping. The stand out classic tracks are "Ashes Vs. Dust", "Illgotten" with DJ Milo of the Wild Bunch, a semi-radio-friendly R&B atempt "Libido", and a brilliant string-filled  cover of Prince & The Revolution's "Darling Nikki". Drawbacks include the title track (horrible)and the poor hip-hop display on "Street Dog and Scrappy Love". The one that will cause the controversy will be "When Chistel,The Rain" (sic). The song is a seven minute noisefest where Tricky rants about having sex with Satin and Jewish children. >>

27. AUGUST 2000 - REGGIE KRAY
The album of imprisoned Reggie Kray, which Tricky was rumoured to contribute one track (as NME reported in May), will probably never happen. As the news said yesterday Reggie Kray will be released from prison, because he has a fatal disease and only some weeks left to live. 

27. AUGUST 2000 - NO NEW TRICKY TRACK???
It seems the Smashing Pumpkins tribute album (which should contain one cover song by Tricky) was only a rumour. The news vanished from all Smashing Pumpkins web sites and also Aphex Start declared: 
<< All evidence seems to deny the previously reported rumour of an Aphex Twin Smashing Pumpkins cover track. No further information will be posted without concrete evidence. That's why I hate posting rumours. Ah well,they're still fun.>>

5. AUGUST 2000 - NEW TRICKY TRACK???
The imusic mailing list reports that Tricky will contribute to a Smashing Pumpkins tribute album which should be released next spring. His contribution is a cover of the song "Luna" and it features Beth Gibbons from Portishead. Read the full story and tracklist here.
[Thanks a lot to Scott for this info!]

7. JULY 2000 - THE AFTERMATH
NME called Tricky's performance in New York last night "bizarre, almost farcical". Read the whole article here! Check out other reviews here!

4. JULY 2000 - 'CONCERT' IN NYC
The announced gig on New York's Central Park summer stage will not be a concert, but a reading or speaking or whatever. The Summer Stage program says Tricky will be speaking about his latest project 'Product Of The Environment', special guest is Dave Courtney and the author Luc Sante. The event begins at 7.30 pm, and State Of Bengal will be DJ-ing at 6.30.

3. JULY 2000 - ALL I HEAR IS WORDS
Tricky's book 'All I hear is words' will maybe released earlier than February 2001, at least a German magazine said so. According to this magazine the release date is November! Check out the All I hear is words page for more details.

31. MAY 2000 - MARTINA'S ALBUM
According to NME David Holmes will produce three tracks on Martina's solo album. Check out the new Martina news page for more details!

13. MAY 2000 - BOOK RELEASED IN 2001
The release of Tricky's autobiography "All I hear is words" is pushed back to February 2001! A CD with new and unreleased material will be included, check out more on All I hear is words.

3. MAY 2000 - TRICKY ON KRAY ALBUM
As you can read at NME Tricky will be appearing on an album by Reggie Kray (who is imprisoned at the moment): 
>> Kray has been in prison for 31 years for murder, and has apparently been writing lyrics for the last three years. Also slated to appear on the record are Joe Strummer, Ian McCulloch and Tricky.<<

2. MAY 2000 - MARTINA AND DAVID HOLMES
David Holmes' next album, "Bow Down To The Exit Sign", will have a collaboration with Martina. It will be released May 29, according to NME.

23. APRIL 2000 - 'DREAMWORLD' SAMPLER
Tricky's "Hell is round the corner" is featured on a sampler of 'essential late night listening' called Dreamworld, released by Priority Records. Other artists on this CD include Massive Attack, Moby, Spiritualized, Craig Armstrong and many more. Check out the web site for this sampler!

3. APRIL 2000 - NEW RECORD DEAL AND NEW MATERIAL
Tricky is currently in the studio and will release an EP in July with an album later to follow! According to NME Tricky signed a new record deal after leaving Island Records last autumn with Epitaph. The California based independent label is home of punk bands as Bad Religion or The Offspring, but recently also signed Tom Waits. 

18. APRIL 2000 - TRICKY'S BOOK IN NOVEMBER
Tricky's book (which he started a while back with the title 'All I hear is words') finally will be released in November. It's a sort of autibiography, but will also contain poetry, lyrics and a CD with unreleased or rare tracks. Read more about it on my 'All I hear is words' page!

12. APRIL 2000 - TRICKY PLAYS MELTDOWN FESTIVAL
According to NME Tricky will play at London's Meltdown Festival that will take place from June 17 to July 2. Other musicians to play that festival include Björk, Radiohead, Blur, Orbital, Pulp, Jim O'Rourke and others.

28. MARCH 2000 - ANTI HISTAMINE MIX ON SOUNDTRACK
The soundtrack of the new Crow movie has a remix of Anti Histamine - "Forgotten by the world mix". Read more details in the solo discography.

18. MARCH 2000 - FUTURE BAHAMADIA COLLABORATION 
According to MTV news female rapper Bahamadia is working on her album, which will feature collaborations with Tricky, Roni Size, The Prodigy and more.

28. JANUARY 2000 - VIDEO CHAT & LIVE ALBUM
The video chat with Tricky and the Baby Namboos that took place on Sonicnet in December can be seen here! He said in this chat that he has two albums ready, one of them will be a live album.

17. DECEMBER 1999 - TRICKY LIVE IN NY
According to Trickyonline Tricky will play in New York on the 31st of December: 
>>New Year's Eve 2000 with Tricky anyone? he and the band are playing in New York City at the Toy Factory...if you want more details please email "heaps@banet.net"<<
According to shag2000.com the cheapest tickets are $250!!!

20. NOVEMBER 1999 - VIDEO CHAT
Sonicnet features a video chat with Tricky and the Baby Namboos on December 2 (9 pm EST,  2 am GMT):
>> Trip-hop's dark genius enters the next millennium at the helm of his own label, Durban Poison. Join Tricky for a rare online video chat and meet his newest signees Baby Namboos featuring his very own kith and kin. <<

11. NOVEMBER 1999 - A MESSAGE FROM TRICKY
You can read a message from Tricky himself at Trickyonline about Juxtapose, reviews, the tour, DJ Spooky and more! (Now you can read the message here.)

9. NOVEMBER 1999 - MARTINA AND PRIMUS 
The new Primus disc "Antipop" (released October 19) features Martina on backing vocals on two tracks: 'Dirty drowning man' and 'Coattails of a dead man'. 

27. OCTOBER 1999 - TRICKY LEAVES ISLAND RECORDS
According to NME Tricky is no longer with his record label Island, "following disappointing sales of his fourth album, 'Juxtapose'." The article didn't say what will happen to future releases and his own label Durban Poison.

27. OCTOBER 1999 - PRODUCT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Finally the "Product of the environment" album is out in Europe, an album featuring stories of British gangsters with Tricky as the executive producer. About the same time the store at Trickyonline opens, where you can order the "Product..." album. 

25. SEPTEMBER  1999 - LIVE TRICKY AT HOB.COM
The Tricky concert from New York's Bowery Ballroom (September 16) is still to see at House of Blues in video (Real Player or Windows Media Player).

20. SEPTEMBER 1999 - TRICKY RADIO
The last day of Tricky radio on House of Blues... but check out my tricky radio page to see the tracks he played and listen to the three unreleased tracks (Yukiko, Cradle To The Grave Remix, Mellow Remix). 

7. SEPTEMBER 1999 - MARTINA'S ALBUM
An interview with Tricky in the Italian music magazine 'Il Mucchio Selvaggio' confirmed that Martina's solo album will soon be released, finally! Read a short translation here.

3. SEPTEMBER 1999 - TRICKY RADIO
House of Blues broadcasts a radio show until September 20th with Tricky spinning exclusive tracks, for example "Yukiko", an unreleased track. 

24. AUGUST 1999 - NYC Cybercast
The Durban Poison concert in NYC (16. September) will be broadcast live through House of Blues! 

12. AUGUST 1999
Finally the new official Tricky web site TrickyOnline.com is up. 
Tour dates for Northamerica. 

26. JULY 1999
The release date of "For real" is pushed back to August 3. 

JUNE 1999
Tour dates for Europe and Japan