The Red Clay Strays Announce Melbourne-Based Sweet Talk As Support To These Moments Tour

MELBOURNE, AU (19 February, 2025) – American country rock band The Red Clay Strays have announced homegrown band Sweet Talk as support across their high-anticipated Australian tour, kicking-off in Brisbane this May.

Gaining a loyal following, Sweet Talk have been journeying across Australia with appearances at some of the country’s favourite festivals including Byron Bay Bluesfest, Queenscliff Music Festival, Tamworth Country Music Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Gympie Country Music Festival, Out On The Weekend, and Groundwater, along with live rooms, pubs, and barbecues across cities and states.

“Sweet Talk was an absolute stand out at the two festivals in the last year where I caught them, Tamworth and Bluesfest. It was pure musical lift off with charisma and earthy grunt.” — The Whitlams frontman, Tim Freedman

Tickets for The Red Clay Strays have sold out in Brisbane and Perth, with low ticket warnings issued in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as a venue upgrade announced in Newcastle to meet demand. Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

THE RED CLAY STRAYS
THESE MOMENTS TOUR AUSTRALIA 2025

FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE
SATURDAY 17 MAY – SOLD OUT

BAR ON THE HILL (OUTDOORS), NEWCASTLE
MONDAY 19 MAY – VENUE UPGRADED

 HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY
TUESDAY 20 MAY – SELLING FAST

FESTIVAL HALL, MELBOURNE
THURSDAY 22 MAY – SELLING FAST

METRO CITY, PERTH
SATURDAY 24 MAY – SOLD OUT

TICKETS ON SALE NOW.
For complete tour & ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au

 

ABOUT SWEET TALK

Sweet Talk are renowned for their high-energy live shows, readily whipping unsuspecting punters into frenzied states of boogie and unabashed song at the drop of a hat. The 6-piece band from Melbourne was founded over a bond of late nights, 70s grooves, classic song writing, and improvised jams.

2024 was a huge year with a successful tour with Texan Charley Crockett, and appearances at Riverboats Music Festival and Byron Bay Bluesfest – where the Queen of Australian Country Music, Kasey Chambers, surprised fans by joining the boys on stage. Sweet Talk released their single Real Good Cookin’ to rave reviews and Australian Top 50 Country chart success.

Since their launch into the scene Sweet Talk have enjoyed widespread acclaim from industry and fans alike. “Sweet Talk was an absolute stand out at the two festivals in the last year where I caught them, Tamworth and Bluesfest” admits The Whitlams frontman, Tim Freedman. “It was pure musical lift off with charisma and earthy grunt.”

Sweet Talk stitch together a rich tapestry of vintage influence into something altogether their own.

Let the good times roll!

ABOUT THE RED CLAY STRAYS

In the midst of a breakout year, The Red Clay Strays will release their first live album, Live At The Ryman, November 15 on RCA Records (pre-save here). Recorded last month during the band’s sold-out, three-night headline debut at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, the album features songs from across their acclaimed catalogue. Additionally, the band is nominated for Vocal Group of the Year at the upcoming 58th Annual CMA Awards (their first CMA nomination), won Emerging Act of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards and released their new album, Made by These Moments, earlier this summer (stream/purchase here).

Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), Made by These Moments is filled with the band’s signature genre-blending sound, as they meld electric rock and roll with southern soul. In celebration of the new music, the band was recently featured on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, Bert Kreischer’s “The BertCast” and “This Past Weekend with Theo Von.”

Critical acclaim for Made by These Moments:

“a haunting callback to classic outlaw country with a rock ‘n’ roll edge”—NPR Weekend Edition 

“refreshingly muscular and redemptively soulful”—Rolling Stone 

“Country meets rock, making the perfect blend of genres”—Billboard 

"The Strays’ sound delves as much into high-flying Southern rock and gritty delta blues as it does country, sounding like Waylon Jennings or Johnny Cash one minute, then Lynyrd Skynyrd or Elvis Presley the next”—Grammy.com

 

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