Reuters - Jun 7, 2009
Mark McGrath, the lead singer of Sugar Ray and former host of the celebrity news show Extra, has often employed an old political tactic for his career: Set expectations low so success seems all the sweeter...
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(4/9/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray s new album, In The Pursuit Of Leisure, will come out June 3 in North America. The first single from the set, Mr. Bartender (It s So Easy), will ship to radio next week...
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(3/4/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- Matchbox Twenty and Sugar Ray will kick off a tour starting April 25 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The tour will end July 6 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Maroon5 will open dates...
More »USRN - Jan 31, 2003
(1/31/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- A Bob Marley tribute is part of MTV2 s Reggae Weekend, which kicks off Saturday (February 1) in honor of Black History Month. The channel will feature videos from Marley and other...
More »USRN - Nov 13, 2002
(11/13/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray is back in the studio working on what will become the band s fifth album for Atlantic Records. Frontman Mark McGrath is pleased with the progress and the prospects...
More »USRN - Nov 5, 2002
(11/5/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray, Michelle Branch, Sixpence None The Richer, and Ashanti performed at the annual Bogart Tour For A Cure charity concert at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on...
More »USRN - Aug 13, 2002
(8/13/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Eric Clapton, Sugar Ray, Matthew Sweet, Van Dyke Parks, and In Bloom have been added to the bill for the upcoming Carl Wilson Benefit Concert. The show, set for October 6 at Royce...
More »USRN - May 17, 2002
(5/17/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Modern rock outfits Sugar Ray, Uncle Kracker, and pop artist Willa Ford have lent their fame to help promote the Six Flags theme parks. The artists will appear in a series of television...
More »USRN - Jan 11, 2002
(1/11/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray s Mark McGrath is one artist who thinks the American Music Awards and the Grammy Awards should be able to peacefully coexist. Speaking backstage at the AMAs in Los...
More »USRN - Oct 31, 2001
(10/31/01, 4 p.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath, country music powerhouse Garth Brooks, hip-hop group the Black Eyed Peas, and Latin-pop artist Thalia will all use their star-power to help sell...
More »USRN - Jun 12, 2001
(6/12/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray releases its fourth Atlantic Records album, Sugar Ray, today (June 12). One of the album s notable tracks is Stay On, which features guest vocals from 311 singer Nick...
More »USRN - Jun 5, 2001
(6/5/01, 6 p.m. ET) -- U2, Sugar Ray, and Destiny s Child are among the talent lined up for halftime of the NBA Finals between the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers, which kicks off tonight (June...
More »USRN - May 23, 2001
(5/23/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray will kick off its tour with Uncle Kracker on July 10 in Dallas. Singer Mark McGrath and company will tour through August 18 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Additional dates...
More »USRN - May 22, 2001
(5/22/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray has released two different videos for its new single When It s Over. The first version will premiere on the Cartoon Network website on June 4. It features animated versions...
More »USRN - May 18, 2001
(5/18/01, 3 p.m. ET) -- Sugar Ray bassist Murphy Karges is being drawn in by his hometown team, the Los Angeles Lakers, as the NBA playoffs heat up. With the semi-final match in the East still up in the...
More »USRN - Jan 12, 2001
(1/12/01, 6 p.m. ET) - Sugar Ray is hard at work in the studio attempting to complete its still-untitled new album, due in May. The band has tapped producer Don Gilmore, who has worked with Eve 6, Lit...
More »USRN - Sep 11, 2000
(9/11/00, 6 p.m. ET) - The new Loud Rocks collection, featuring rockers reworking classic rap songs with the help of the artists who created them, might have spawned a tour idea. Sugar Ray s Mark McGrath...
More »USRN - Sep 6, 2000
(9/6/00, 4 p.m. ET) - Sugar Ray, George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, Common, Ben Harper, Motorhead, and Savage Garden were among the 2000 artists appearing at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle over...
More »USRN - Sep 6, 2000
(9/6/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Ex-members of Snot and current members of Sevendust, Sugar Ray, Incubus, System Of A Down, Disturbed, and Ozzy Osbourne s band converged on a Malibu, California, beachfront Sunday...
More »USRN - Aug 30, 2000
(8/31/00, 10 a.m. ET) - Tha Alkaholiks have been performing on rock tours for years, and now the Los Angeles-based rap trio takes its cross-pollination a step further. They team with Sugar Ray on a remake...
More »USRN - Aug 30, 2000
(8/30/00, 6 p.m. ET) - Sugar Ray is currently in a Los Angeles studio working on the follow-up to its 1999 album 14:59. Lead singer Mark McGrath tells LAUNCH that the group has only skeletals of songs...
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