Sugar Ray are returning from their break with a new album and tour. Music For Cougars comes out July 21st, and the lead single, "Boardwalk," will hit airwaves later this month.
Vocalist Mark McGrath, who left his role on TV's "Extra" for this project, tells Billboard.com, "We have realistic views of how the music industry is today. I know people aren't sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for a Sugar Ray record. But that wasn't the point. It was purely because we love to make music." Click here for the article.
Known tracks include "She’s Got The...(Woo-Hoo)," "Love Is The Answer," and Eddie Hodges' "(Girls Girls Girls Are) Made To Love," and Guests on the album include Collie Buddz, Rivers Cuomo, Donovan Frankenreiter, Tim Pagnotta, Dean Butterworth, Josh Freese, and Wayne Jobson.
The band will kick off a tour three days after the album hits stores. The dates are:
7/24 Hankinson , ND Dakota Magic Casino
7/25 Lac Du Flambea , WI Taste Of Torches Resort
7/26 Chicago , IL Taste Of Lincoln Ave.
7/28 Detroit , MI Hall
7/29 Cleveland , OH House Of Blues
7/30 Dewey Beach, DE Bottle & Cork
7/31 Baltimore , MD Sonar
8/1 Binghamton , NY Spiediefest
8/3 Albany , NY Northern Lights
8/4 Boston , MA Paradise
8/6 Stamford , CT Columbus Park
8/7 New York , NY Fillmore
8/8 Washington , DC 9:30 Club
8/10 Norfolk , VA NorVa
8/11 Charlotte , NC Amos’ South End
8/12 Atlanta , GA The Loft
8/14 Ft. Lauderdale , FL Culture Room
8/15 Orlando, FL Downtown/Orange Ave.
8/16 St. Petersburg , FL Jannus Landing
8/18 Nashville , TN Cannery Ballroom
8/19 New Orleans , LA House Of Blues
8/21 Austin , TX La Zona Rosa
8/22 Houston , TX House Of Blues
8/23 Dallas , TX House Of Blues
9/11 Seattle , WA Showbox
9/12 Portland , OR TBA
9/14 Sacramento , CA Empire
9/15 San Francisco , CA Grand Ballroom
9/16 Santa Cruz , CA Catalyst
9/18 Newport Beach , CA Taste Of Newport
9/19 Santa Margarita , CA Pozo Saloon
9/20 Ventura , CA Ventura Theater
9/22 Tucson , AZ Rialto
9/23 Phoenix , AZ Marquee
9/25 Las Vegas , NV House Of Blues
9/26 San Diego , CA Hard Rock