After quickly selling out residencies in New York and London last fall and releasing its first new music in 30 years, the reunited Bob Mould-led rock trio Sugar has confirmed an extensive 2026 tour and unveiled another new song, “Long Live Love.” See the Lee Gregory-directed video below.
Mould says he wrote the track in 2007 while living in Washington, D.C. “It was the George W. Bush era, I was deep in my DJ world with Blowoff, yet still writing pop songs on guitars,” he recalls. “Garbage 2.0 is one of my desert island albums, so it’s not surprising that ‘Long Live Love’ reminds me of a long lost Garbage song.” “Long Live Love” will serve as the B-side of the physical “House of Dead Memories” single, which will be released May 1 by BMG.
As for Sugar’s return to the live stage for the first time since 1995, the group will first play three shows in New York and two in London before beginning the tour in earnest May 26 in Dublin. As of now, the reunion is scheduled to wind down Oct. 24 in Barbe’s Athens, Ga., home base. Click here for tickets.
Despite its short lifespan during the height of grunge, Sugar provided Mould, now 64, a crucial bridge back into playing in a rock band after he’d spent the initial years after the demise of Hüsker Dü recording and performing solo. The group is best-known for the single “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” from the 1992 debut album Copper Blue and went on to release the ferocious 1993 EP Beaster and the 1994 full-length File Under: Easy Listening before disbanding amicably.
Here are Sugar’s tour dates:
May 2nd | New York, NY – Webster Hall [sold out]May 3rd | New York, NY – Webster Hall [sold out]May 4th | New York, NY – Webster Hall [sold out]May 23rd | London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town [sold out]May 24th | London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town [sold out]May 26th | Belfast, UK – Ulster HallMay 27th | Dublin, IE – National StadiumMay 29th | Manchester, UK – New Century HallMay 30th | Bristol, UK – Electric BristolMay 31st | Nottingham, UK – Rock CityJun 2nd | Glasgow, UK – BarrowlandJun 3rd | Leeds, UK – Irish CentreJun 4th | London, UK – Clapham GrandJun 7th | Oslo, NO – RockerfellerJun 9th | Stockholm, SE – Debaser StrandJun 10th | Copenhagen, DK – VegaJun 11th | Berlin, DE – HuxleysJun 13th | Paris, FR – Elysee MontmartreJun 14th | Antwerp, BE – De RomaJun 15th | Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburgJun 17th | Lausanne, CH – Les DockJun 19th | Álava, ES – Azkena Rock FestivalAug 11th | Denver, CO – Mission BallroomAug 15th | Seattle, WA – ParamountSep 10th | Minneapolis, MN – First AvenueSep 11th | Minneapolis, MN – First AvenueSep 26th | San Francisco, CA – The WarfieldSep 30th | Los Angeles, CA – PalladiumOct 8th | Detroit, MI – Masonic Jack White Cathedral TheatreOct 9th | Cleveland, OH – Agora TheatreOct 10th | Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AEOct 12th | Philadelphia, PA – Union TransferOct 13th | Philadelphia, PA – Union TransferOct 14th | Washington, DC – The AnthemOct 16th | Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn SteelOct 17th | Boston, MA – RoadrunnerOct 18th | Hudson, NY – Basilica HudsonOct 20th | Cincinnati, OH – MCL Pavilion (Indoors)Oct 21st | Nashville, TN – Brooklyn BowlOct 23rd | Atlanta, GA – The EasternOct 24th | Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
