Sugar Ray live in concert.
ON TOUR

Sugar Ray

6
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
6
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Critic Consensus

Based on 6 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Sugar Ray is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths.

ON TOUR

Ocean City Inlet, Ocean City, United States (September 27);

Latest Release

Little Yachty (July 25, 2019)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Newport Beach, United States (1986 - present) (1986 – present)
Bio
Sugar Ray is a rock band from Orange County, California. The band formed in 1992 with the name Shrinky Dinx, later changing it to Sugar Ray after the boxer Sugar Ray Leonard.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Music-News.com (UK)

September 17, 2023
80
%
The summer concert season is slowly winding down, and soon most outdoor amphitheaters will be silent until next spring.

GIGsoup (UK)

July 22, 2017
%
Sugar Ray took the stage in downtown Stamford, CT as rain threatened to pour. The band performed as part of the city’s weekly summer Alive@5 concert series. The band’s frontman, Mark McGrath, promised the crowd filling the closed off Main Street that rain would not scare the band away. This show took place in

Living Out Loud Los Angeles (USA)

July 21, 2015
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The annual ‘90s summer tour that kicked-off last Sunday, July 19, at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre was titled Under the Sun, but this time around the show was actually under a grey blanket sky and rain.

The Sun Chronicle (US)

March 22, 2015
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Sweet return to the ’90s with Sugar Ray and Gin Blossoms

Rock Show Critique (USA)

May 1, 2014
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The band may have only played ten songs but it was the charisma of McGrath that stood out as he talked between songs and had control of the audience.

The Orange County Register (USA)

January 30, 2010
%
By the time Sugar Ray took the stage Friday night at the Galaxy Theatre, it was past 10:30 p.m. and the audience had already sat (or in my case stood) through a trio of mostly forgettable performances from three openers. Maybe that explains why the show itself was a letdown: While the crowd was more than re

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