SPILL NEWS: THE RED CLAY STRAYS TO CELEBRATE UPCOMING NEW ALBUM ‘GRATEFUL’ | ELECTRIFYING ALBUM OPENER “DEMONS IN YOUR CHOIR” AVAILABLE NOW VIA HBYCO RECORDS/RCA

THE RED CLAY STRAYS TO CELEBRATE UPCOMING NEW ALBUM GRATEFUL

ELECTRIFYING ALBUM OPENER “DEMONS IN YOUR CHOIR” AVAILABLE NOW VIA HBYCO RECORDS/RCA

The Red Clay Strays will celebrate their eagerly awaited new album, Grateful, with an epic North American headline tour – the award-winning, 3x RIAA Platinum-certified band’s biggest live run thus far. The Grateful Tour ‘26 starts in Columbia, MD on July 30 and continues into mid-November. Verified Diehards Presales begin Tuesday, April 28, at 9:00 am (local); Verified Strays Presales follow on Tuesday, April 28, at 12:00 noon (local). Red Clay Strays App User Presales start Wednesday, April 29, at 9:00 am (local). All Presales end Thursday, April 30, at 10:00 pm (local). Public On-Sales get underway Friday, May 1, at 9:00 am (local). For complete details, please visit www.redclaystrays.com/tour.

The bands’ upcoming 2026 tour schedule also includes previously announced headline shows at such iconic venues as Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion (July 30), Boston, MA’s TD Garden (August 1), New York City’s Madison Square Garden (August 9), two nights at Nashville, TN’s Bridgestone Arena (October 22-23), and Atlanta, GA’s State Farm Arena (November 13). A wide array of special guests will join the Mobile, AL-based rock band on select dates throughout the tour, including The Revivalists, Dylan Gossett, Wyatt Flores, Muscadine Bloodline, Shane Smith and The Saints, Sierra Ferrell, Travis Tritt, Haley Reinhart, Brent Cobb, and Sweet Talk coming all the way from downunder.

The Red Clay Strays will officially kick off their 2026 tour later today, April 24, with a press conference and a top-billed appearance at Indio, CA’s Stagecoach. Fans can watch the press conference and the full set exclusively on Prime Video, the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, and the Amazon Music app.

Upcoming highlights also include a very special headline performance for the upcoming Season 52 of PBS’ venerable Austin City Limits, taping April 27 at Austin, TX’s ACL Live at the Moody Theater, as well as highly anticipated performances at such festivals as Nashville, TN’s annual CMA Fest presented by SoFi (June 5), Bloomington, IL’s Tailgates N’ Tallboys (June 21), St. Paul, MN’s Minnesota Country Club (July 11), Pryor, OK’s Born & Raised Music Festival (September 19), Louisville, KY’s Bourbon & Beyond (September 26). In addition, The Red Clay Strays recently announced “The Red Clay Strays Fan Fest 2026,” the first-ever RCS fan festival set to take place at Rexford, MT’s Abayance Bay Marina on June 24-28. The five-night event will feature a headline show from The Red Clay Strays, the very special “Strays with Stories – Intimate Performances and Stories with The Red Clay Strays,” headline shows by Lukas Nelson and St. Paul & the Broken Bones, and much more. Tickets for “The Red Clay Strays Fan Fest 2026” are extremely limited; complete details are available HERE and via The Red Clay Strays App.

Along with their busy live schedule, The Red Clay Strays’ momentous year will see the hugely anticipated release of their third studio album, Grateful, arriving via HBYCO Records/RCA Records on Friday, June 5. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now. Produced once again by 9x GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), Grateful is heralded by the album’s electrifying opening track, “Demons In Your Choir,” available everywhere now. A deeply personal spiritual rumination unlike anything in the Mobile, AL-based rock band’s previous body of work, the track swiftly builds from a few stirring notes on the organ into a foot-stomping singalong, complete with wall-shaking guitar riffs and a backing gospel choir led by 3x GRAMMY® Award-winning musician Shannon Sanders (Jonny Lang, India.Arie, Fisk Jubilee Singers).

“It’s a different sound,” says The Red Clay Strays lead singer and guitarist Brandon Coleman. “And this is a different-sounding album, genre-wise. It’s a good way to start it.”

A collection of 11 rollicking, soul-searching songs that can spill out of dance halls on Saturday night and fill church steeples on Sunday morning in equal measure, Grateful marks the latest chapter in The Red Clay Strays’ inspiring journey from their hometown of Mobile, AL, to packing arenas around the world with audiences ready to partake in an old-school roots-rock revival. The band first set out with something to prove on 2022’s RIAA Gold-certified crowdfunded debut LP, Moment of Truth, and then carved a path through hardship on 2024’s acclaimed Made By These Moments, earning them 3x RIAA Platinum certification for the #1 hit single, “Wondering Why,” worldwide critical applause, and a growing collection of accolades including the Americana Music Honors & Awards’ 2024 “Emerging Artist of the Year,” the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards’ 2025 “New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year,” and the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards’ 2025 “Vocal Group of the Year.”

Grateful now sees The Red Clay Strays paying tribute to the faith they held in each up-and-down moment. Working once again with producer Dave Cobb (with whom they previously collaborated on Made For These Moments) between his Savannah, GA home studio and the historic RCA Studio A in Nashville, the six-member band – Brandon Coleman (lead vocals, guitar), Drew Nix (guitar, vocals), Andrew Bishop (bass), Zach Rishel (guitar), John Hall (drums), and Sevans Henderson (keyboards) – reached a new level of comfort in the recording process, often workshopping ideas or collectively writing songs during sessions. The album showcases The Red Clay Strays’ gift for time-tested soul and sweat-drenched rock on such standout tracks as the churning hit single, “People Hatin’” and the tender “If I Didn’t Know You,” the latter joined by a heartwarmingly romantic official music video co-starring avowed fans, superstar comedian Matt Rife and fitness influencer Mariah Morse, now boasting over 4.1M views on YouTube. With Grateful, The Red Clay Strays turn survival into jubilation – a celebration of faith, a soundtrack to gratitude, and a clear-eyed reflection of the road traveled along the way.

“Moment of Truth was a big album about having faith in dark times, looking to a higher power,” says Coleman, “and Made By These Moments focused on realizing those dark times that you were having to have faith through, which made you who you are. You made it through when you didn’t think you would. And now we’re at a point where we’re grateful. Looking to God in whatever situation you’re in is a denominator in all of the albums.”

“The title of the album’s a literal meaning to us at this moment in our careers,” says bassist Andrew Bishop. “We’re grateful for how we came out of Made By These Moments and what we have now.”

PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE GRATEFUL HERE

Tour Dates

APRIL
24 – Indio, CA – Stagecoach †

MAY
24 – Norfolk, VA – Patriotic Festival

JUNE
5 – Nashville, TN – CMA Fest presented by SoFi †
13 – Columbus, OH – Buckeye Country Superfest †
18 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live
21 – Bloomington, IL – Tailgates N’ Tallboys †
24-28 – Rexford, MT – “The Red Clay Strays Fan Fest 2026” at Abayance Bay Marina
26 – Calgary, AB – Country Thunder Alberta †

JULY
11 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota Country Club †
17 – Twin Lakes, WI – Country Thunder Wisconsin †
19 – Cheyenne, WY – Cheyenne Frontier Days
30 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *

AUGUST
1 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *
5 – Laval, QC – Place Bell * (NEW DATE)
7 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann ** (NEW DATE)
9 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden **
15 – Des Moines, IA – Iowa State Fair
16 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center # (NEW DATE)
18 – Grand Forks, ND – Alerus Center # (NEW DATE)
19 – Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Event Center # (NEW DATE)
21 – Bozeman, MT – Brick Breeden Fieldhouse § (NEW DATE)
22 – Missoula, MT – Adams Center # (NEW DATE)
26 – Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena ## (NEW DATE)
27 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ## (NEW DATE)
29 – Portland, OR – Moda Center ## (NEW DATE)
30 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena ## (NEW DATE)

SEPTEMBER
2 – West Valley City, UT – Maverik Center # (NEW DATE)
4 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Amphitheatre at Caesars Republic # (NEW DATE)
6 – Aspen, CO – Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience †
11 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center # (NEW DATE)
12 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena # (NEW DATE)
16 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena San Diego # (NEW DATE)
17 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena # (NEW DATE)
19 – Pryor, OK – Born & Raised Music Festival †
20 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center + (NEW DATE)
26 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond †
30 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre * (NEW DATE)

OCTOBER
1 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena * (NEW DATE)
3 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena * (NEW DATE)
7 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena ++ (NEW DATE)
14 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center * (NEW DATE)
15 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena * (NEW DATE)
17 – Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium * (NEW DATE)
18 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena * (NEW DATE)
22 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena ^
23 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena ^
28 – Knoxville, TN – Food City Center ^^ (NEW DATE)
31 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena ++ (NEW DATE)

NOVEMBER
5 – Baton Rouge, LA – Raising Cane’s River Center ‡ (NEW DATE)
6 – Bossier City, LA – Brookshire Grocery Arena ‡ (NEW DATE)
8 – Jonesboro, AR – First National Bank Arena ‡ (NEW DATE)
13 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena ||

† Festival Appearance
* w/ Special Guests The Revivalists & Haley Reinhart
** w/ Special Guests The Revivalists & Brent Cobb
# w/ Special Guests Dylan Gossett & Sweet Talk
§ w/ Special Guests TBA & Sweet Talk
## w/ Special Guests Wyatt Flores & Sweet Talk
+ w/ Special Guests Muscadine Bloodline & Sweet Talk
++ w/ Special Guests Shane Smith and The Saints & Brent Cobb
^ w/ Special Guests Sierra Ferrell & Brent Cobb
^^ w/ Special Guests Wyatt Flores & Brent Cobb
‡ w/ Special Guests Muscadine Bloodline & Brent Cobb
|| w/ Special Guests Travis Tritt & Brent Cobb

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