May 18, 2009 - Five years after forming as The Shrinky Dinks in Orange County, CA, the band that became Sugar Ray gained headway in 1997 with the single "Fly" from their second album, "Floored." Featuring reggae artist Super Cat, the song received heavy radio airplay and later was certified double platinum.
May 18, 2009 - After four years with the syndicated television show "Extra," affable Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath is pleased to be back in the swing of all things band-related.
May 4, 2009 - Sugar Ray will embark on a round of headlining shows this summer in anticipation of "Music For Cougars," the band's first new studio album since 2003.
April 6, 2004 - Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy reportedly has checked himself into a Chicago rehab clinic for treatment of an addiction to painkillers that he developed while battling migraine headaches.
August 4, 2003 - Sugar Ray kicks off headline support of their latest release, "In the Pursuit of Leisure," with a month's worth of shows focused on East Coast fairgrounds, parks and amphitheatres.
March 3, 2003 - Pop-rock staples Matchbox Twenty, who haven't toured since 2001, take to the road this spring on a lengthy outing to support the band's recently released third album, "More Than You Think You Are."
January 31, 2002 - Currently on hiatus after doing the Christmas radio-festival circuit last month, Sugar Ray will head back out in mid-February for a U.S. tour that primarily comprises college dates.
December 3, 2001 - On the heels of the release of "Answer the Phone," the second single from its latest album, rock band Sugar Ray has scheduled a handful of holiday radio festivals for December, as well as a three-night stand in Lake Tahoe, Nev., for February.
May 18, 2001 - Sugar Ray has scheduled a tour of small clubs and theaters in support of its forthcoming self-titled album. The run, which features openers Uncle Kracker and TheStart, kicks off on July 10 in Dallas and winds up on Aug. 18 in Pompano Beach, Fla.
