The Red Clay Strays have done it again. At Sunday night’s 61st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, the Mobile, Alabama band took home the award for Group of the Year — their second career ACM win, following their 2025 New Duo or Group of the Year victory.
To mark the occasion, the band delivered one of the night’s most memorable performances, taking to the stage to perform their latest single Demons In Your Choir backed by a full gospel choir. Rolling Stone called it a performance that showed exactly why they were worthy of the win.
From Mobile To Madison Square Garden
It has been quite a journey for The Red Clay Strays. The band first announced themselves to the world with their 2022 RIAA Gold-certified debut Moment of Truth, before breaking through on a massive scale with 2024’s Made By These Moments — a record that earned them 3x RIAA Platinum certification, a No.1 hit single with Wondering Why, and a growing list of accolades including the Americana Music Honors & Awards’ 2024 Emerging Artist of the Year and the CMA Awards’ 2025 Vocal Group of the Year.
Now, with their third album on the horizon, the momentum shows no sign of slowing.
Grateful — June 5 via HBYCO Records / RCA Records
Grateful arrives on Friday, June 5 via HBYCO Records and RCA Records. Produced once again by 9x GRAMMY Award-winner Dave Cobb — whose credits include Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — the album collects 11 songs that, in the band’s own words, can spill out of dance halls on Saturday night and fill church steeples on Sunday morning in equal measure.
The Grateful Tour ’26
The Red Clay Strays will celebrate Grateful with their biggest headline tour to date. The Grateful Tour ’26 launches July 30 at Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion and runs through mid-November, taking in some of the most iconic venues in North America along the way.
Highlights include:
— Boston, MA — TD Garden (August 1) — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden (August 9) — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena (August 30) — Nashville, TN — Bridgestone Arena (October 22–23) — Birmingham, AL — Legacy Arena (October 31) — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena (November 13)
Special guests joining on select dates include The Revivalists, Dylan Gossett, Wyatt Flores, Muscadine Bloodline, Shane Smith and The Saints, Sierra Ferrell, Travis Tritt, Haley Reinhart, Brent Cobb, and Sweet Talk.
The band will also host The Red Clay Strays Fan Fest 2026, a five-night event at Abayance Bay Marina in Rexford, MT from June 24–28, featuring headline performances, intimate shows, and sets from Lukas Nelson and St. Paul & the Broken Bones. Tickets are extremely limited.
Grateful is out June 5. The Grateful Tour ’26 begins July 30.
LISTEN TO “DEMONS IN YOUR CHOIR”
