Sugar at The Forum

Sugar

J. Robbins

The Forum, 24 May 2026

It's been more than 30 years since Sugar last played in London and then they split before I ever got the chance to see them live, so when they announced a short run of reunion shows, I jumped at the chance to finally see them live and wow, it certainly didn't disappoint, as the band, especially Bob Mould, have the energy of band's more than half their age.

When I bought a ticket to this show I did kind of know what to expect audience-wise and indeed when I arrived in Kentish Town I did just follow the flow of middle-aged men to the venue, but once inside it was quite nice to see there were quite a few kids too. I'd love to know what they made of it all, but clearly there were some parents wanting to pass down their love of Sugar to their kids. There was also quite a few people who had traveled from overseas go see the band reunite, so the excitement was clearly high, which made sense because not only did no one really expect this reunion, in the scheme of things, Sugar were only together for such a short amount of time. 

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