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In September 2025, the band performed at an NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Carolina Panthers .

In July 2019, the band released Little Yachty . The album title is a reference to both the rapper Lil Yachty and the fact that McGrath views Sugar Ray as a ” yacht rock ” band.

In June 2019, ten years after the band last released music, Sugar Ray signed with BMG Rights Management and signed a talent management agreement with APA.

Drummer Jesse Bivona and bassist Justin Bivona left Sugar Ray in 2016. Drummer Dean Butterworth became a full member in fall 2014, while bassist Kristian Attard became a full member in 2016.

McGrath released an EP as a solo EP entitled Summertime’s Coming in 2015.

In a lawsuit filed in October 2013, Karges and Frazier claimed that McGrath forced them and Bullock out of the band to be able to claim a higher share of revenues.

McGrath and Alexakis disagreed on the future direction for the “Summerland” tour, leading to Sugar Ray leaving its 2013 incarnation in favor of starting a rival nostalgia tour called “Under the Sun”, which ran from 2013 to 2015. .

Percussionist Al Keith (Khalil Al-Rashad) injured his foot in July 2012 at Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, during the song “Fly”. He was absent from shows until August 2012. The tour was deemed a success, and McGrath initially spoke of the possibility of it becoming a yearly event.

In 2012, McGrath worked with Art Alexakis , frontman and vocalist of Everclear , on starting up a 1990s nostalgia tour, the “Summerland” tour, which included Marcy Playground , Gin Blossoms , and Lit .