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.
In 2018, Cherry Red reissued all ten Felt albums on CD and vinyl, with new mixes of songs plus revised tracklistings and packaging.
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 .