Tricky Mounts Another US Tour

What, exactly, would a "special performance" with Devo entail?

By Blurt Staff

After a September US club tour that ushered his triumphant return to the stage, Tricky announces his most extensive US tour to date. Kicking off in March, the five week coast to coast trek includes a special performance with Devo at SXSW and a featured performance at the Langerado Music Festival. Select dates are on sale now.

To coincide with the tour, a digital "Puppy Toy" single with unreleased b-sides, remixes and videos for "Puppy Toy" and "Council Estate" is set for a March 3^rd release.

After the September 2008 release of his acclaimed album Knowle West Boy, Tricky embarked on a mammoth nine week, nineteen country European tour that saw the iconic British musician and his new band sell out the London Barbican and played for packed houses from Antwerp to Zurich. At home in the UK, Tricky has been invited by NME to headline three of their Awards shows in February 2009. Tricky will perform at Shockwaves NME Awards shows in Manchester, Glasgow and at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on February 20^th .

Tricky will be performing songs from his entire catalog, as well as tracks from the new album. Produced by Tricky, Knowle West Boy is named after the urban ghetto where Tricky was raised. The album finds Tricky reaching into the post-punk, Two-Tone, reggae, hip hop and pure pop he grew up adoring and twisting it all into surreal songscapes, creating the most varied and accessible set of his career

Tour Dates:

3/2 Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey

3/3 New York, NY @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza

3/6 Miami, FL @ Langerado Festival

3/7 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre

3/9 Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre

3/10 Baltimore, MD @ Ram's Head Live

3/11 Boston, MA @ The Roxy

3/13 Chicago, IL @ Epiphany

3/14 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Hall

3/18 San Antonio, TX @ The Scout Bar

3/20 Austin, TX/ SXSW Performance with Devo @ Austin Music Hall

3/23 San Diego, CA @ Belly Up

3/24 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

3/25 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater

3/26 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine

3/27 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir

3/28 Seattle, WA @ Showbox