Country rock superstar HARDY‘s new EP COUNTRY! is out today via Big Loud. His first new music of the year, the project features “Favorite Country Song,” “Buck On The Wall” and three more new songs. Get it here.
In celebration, HARDY made his first ever appearance at the Grand Ole Opry this week as part of the Opry 100 festivities. After a video introduction from longtime friend and collaborator Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley joined HARDY on stage to guest on he and Wilson’s smash hit “wait in the truck” with Metallica‘s James Hetfield in the audience.
The new music is hot out of the gate, with “Favorite Country Song” the No. 1 most added at country radio week of release and climbing the Mediabase and Billboard charts.
The new tracks and Opry appearance come ahead of HARDY’s massive JIM BOB World Tour kicking off this month. The run takes him across North America and sees him play his first ever shows in Europe with headline dates and festivals through September. Stops include Los Angeles‘ Kia Forum, New York City‘s Madison Square Garden and many more. Longtime friends and collaborators Koe Wetzel, Stephen Wilson Jr., Sikarus and McCoy Moore will join as support on select dates. See below for full tour routing and visit hardyofficial.com/tour for more information.
The new EP and tour continue a monumental run for HARDY. In 2024, he released his No.1 LP Quit!!; toured across North America—including his first stadium show, a headline set at CMA Fest and many more; collaborated with heroes Fred Durst and Chad Smith; appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live!; hit 16 No.1 songs; blew past 6 billion career streams and so much more. This year has seen the release of his first ever live album, HARDY (Live From Red Rocks), and HARDY (Amazon Music Songline) featuring reimaginings of his hits and a cover of The 1975.
The pride of Philadelphia, Mississippi has earned his reputation as “a promising purveyor of keeping the spirit of classic heavy Southern rock alive” (American Songwriter), “capable of writing the big hits for radio, obstinate enough to do something completely unexpected, and savvy enough to find the throughline for it all” (Rolling Stone). A five-time ACM award winner and two-time CMA award winner, HARDY has also won three CMA Triple Play awards, was named the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year and is a three-time AIMP Songwriter of the Year.
His 2023 breakout the mockingbird & THE CROW and its 2024 follow up Quit!! have topped countless Billboard charts, including a top 5 debut on the Billboard 200, and racked up 6 billion streams. HARDY has written 16 No.1 singles including his own two-times Platinum chart topper “ONE BEER” featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, the Platinum Dierks Bentley and BRELAND collaboration “Beers On Me,” game-changing two-times Platinum duet “wait in the truck” feat. Lainey Wilson and first-ever rock radio No.1 “JACK.” He’s collaborated and shared stages with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell and more.
