Tricky - The Prince, 31 July 2008

Saw Tricky last night at The Prince Bandroom in St Kilda. I last saw him about 10 years ago - also at The Prince - and it was great to see him again. He opened with Love Cats (the Cure) and mixed up material from his latest album and earlier releases. Costanza Frankavilla, the singer - and it being a Tricky gig, the person who did most of the actual vocalising - was fantastic and suited the material perfectly.

Tricky spent at least a third of the night facing away from the audience, either smoking joints or just swaying gently - but when he was facing the crowd he had huge charisma, looked amazing and had great energy. His less accessible material made much more sense live than it does when recorded and overall it was a great show. Although missing many of his crowd-pleasing tracks.


I have a few terrible photos from my Blackberry Curve. It's a great phone, but not perfectly designed for gig photos.