Your Favorite Thing by Sugar

2026-05-06T09:11:44Z

It is 31 years ago this week since Sugar last played a gig, back when Jagger/Richards had only been writing songs for 31 years. Sugar played their first two reformation shows in New York, and they'll be in my neck of the woods on May 28th. I can't wait - I saw them in 1993 at the legendary Sunstroke '93 festival in Dalymount Park, Dublin. As I recall, it was the only decent weather of the whole summer and we had a day of Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Belly, Sugar, Sonic Youth and Faith No More (replacing original headliners Red Hot Chilli Peppers, which I was cool with). The ongoing Rolling Stones experiment means that no one bats an eye at Bob Mould being 65 years old, or drummer Malcolm Travis being 73. I have avoided Sugar's reunion setlist but saw that they did 24 songs in under 90 minutes - excellent. Considering that their three albums only have 26 songs in total, it should be a fun night.