JIM BOB WORLD TOUR KICKS OFF NEXT MONTH WITH STOPS AT NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, LOS ANGELES’ KIA FORUM AND MANY MORE

“HARDY HAS EVOLVED PAST BEING MERELY AN ‘ARTIST.’ HE’S A CHART-TOPPING COUNTRY AND HARD ROCK PERFORMER WHO…HAS ACHIEVED A POP-STAR STYLE UBIQUITY” – THE TENNESSEAN

HARDY | Image by Tanner Gallagher | Download here

NASHVILLE, TENN. – Country rock superstar HARDY‘s next round is in the chamber with a new EP, COUNTRY!, set for release on May 2 via Big Loud. Two new songs from the EP, his first new music of 2025, debut tomorrow— pre-save “Favorite Country Song” and “Buck On The Wall.” 

“Two new songs—I’m extremely excited,” says HARDY. “Both songs remind me of a very special place, the place where I grew up, the place where I became who I am—my deer camp. It’s now the only place I have to go home to since somebody lives in my childhood home. I feel like it’s been a long time coming to put out some music that gets back to my roots.”

Additionally, HARDY will make his first ever appearance on the iconic Grand Ole Opry stage on April 29.

The new tracks come ahead of the kickoff of HARDY’s massive JIM BOB World Tour next month, with headline dates across the U.S. through September, plus festival dates in North America, and festivals and first-ever headline shows in Europe. The tour includes stops at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, Los Angeles‘ Kia Forum, New York City‘s MadisonSquareGarden 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.

March 14, 2025—Country rock superstar HARDY unveils the exclusive Amazon Music HARDY (Amazon Music Songline) today—an eight-track new release featuring reimaginings of his songs, including his only live version of “LIVE FOREVER” to date, and a cover of The 1975’s “Love It If We Made It.” Listen here.

The release highlights HARDY’s fresh takes on his own hits—“QUIT!!” becomes a piano ballad, “JACK” is made over a la Nine Inch Nails, “PSYCHO” gets countryfied and “TRUCK BED” gets the Deftones treatment, alongside much more.

The session was taped as part of “Songline,” a new docu-performance series from Amazon Music that provides fans an intimate look into an artist’s songwriting process and the stories behind the music. The series invites some of today’s most intriguing artists to reimagine their music in an intimate setting. Each performance is intercut with in-depth interviews with HARDY, giving him the opportunity to demystify the songwriting process and share his origins and cultural journeys with fans.

The full “Songline” film is set for release on March 31 via Amazon Music and HARDY’s YouTube. Watch the trailer here.

HARDY will embark on the JIM BOB World Tour this May, headlining arenas and amphitheaters across the U.S. through September, plus festival dates in North America and festivals and first-ever headline shows in Europe. Produced by Live Nation, the tour includes stops at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, Atlanta’s Lakewood Amphitheatre, 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. Visit hardyofficial.com/tour for more information.

The tour continues a monumental run for HARDY. In 2024, he released his #1 LP Quit!! and first ever live LP HARDY (Live From Red Rocks); 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 15 #1 songs; blew past 6 billion career streams and so much more.

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 15 #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 #1 “JACK.” He’s collaborated and shared stages with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell and more.

HARDY—AMAZON MUSIC SONGLINE

1. QUIT!! (Amazon Music Songline)

2. BOOTS (Amazon Music Songline)

3. JACK (Amazon Music Songline)

4. Love It If We Made It (Amazon Music Songline)

5. PSYCHO (Amazon Music Songline)

6. A ROCK (Amazon Music Songline)

7. LIVE FOREVER  (Amazon Music Songline)

8. TRUCK BED (Amazon Music Songline)

SIKARUS JOINING HARDY ON JIM BOB WORLD TOUR

HARDY and Sikarus | Courtesy of CROW RECORDS | Download here

NASHVILLE, TENN. – Country rock superstar HARDY launches his label CROW RECORDS, a partnership with Big Loud Rock, today with the debut release from new artist Sikarus. Watch the visualizer for “Nonchalant” here and stream here tonight.

“The second I heard Sikarus’ music I thought to myself, ‘What a cool sound, I want to do anything I can to be able to work with him,’” says HARDY. “I’ve known Jordan for many years and I’m so excited to finally be able to say that we are officially working together. I love rock ‘n’ roll, I love exploring new things and I couldn’t be happier for Sikarus to be the first artist signed to CROW RECORDS.”

“I’m incredibly honored to be the first signing at CROW RECORDS,” says Sikarus. “I think HARDY is one of the most brilliant musical minds I’ve ever met. We’ve been friends for a long time, so getting the chance to work with him in this capacity is so dope. ‘Nonchalant’ is all about that attitude of going with the flow and not getting hung up on the little things. It can be a really beautiful quality in a person, so much so that it makes you want to write a song about it.”

HARDY has formed CROW RECORDS with his longtime partners at Big Loud Rock to sign, develop and release music from artists he is personally inspired by, pulling largely from the rock canon. Having pioneered his own country rock sound, HARDY will champion some of his favorite artist discoveries working in the same milieu with CROW RECORDS.

“HARDY is a generational talent and all of us at Big Loud Rock are honored to continue strengthening our partnership with him by joining forces on CROW RECORDS,” says Big Loud partner and President of Big Loud Rock Joey Moi. “Developing the next generation of alternative and rock artists is at our core, and collaborating with HARDY to sign and foster new talent in the space has the whole team excited as we continue to expand.”

Sikarus is the solo project of Jordan Brooker, a longtime Nashville songwriter with cuts for Luke Combs and a number of others making his artist debut. Raised on country, Brooker found his major inspirations when his older brothers turned him on to rock in his early adolescence, starting with classics like Led Zeppelin and Nirvana and falling deep into turn-of-the-millennium alt- and pop-rock and ’90s rock titans in high school. HARDY and Brooker, friends and collaborators during their early years in Nashville, reconnected in recent months with HARDY making Sikarus his first CROW RECORDS artist almost immediately upon hearing demos.

Sikarus will join HARDY on select dates of the JIM BOB World Tour this year, playing arenas and amphitheaters across the U.S.—including New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden—in August and September. See below for full tour routing.

More from CROW RECORDS and Sikarus is imminent.

HARDY & SIKARUS LIVE

Aug. 14—T-Mobile Center—Kansas City, Mo.*

Aug. 15—Denny Sanford PREMIER Center—Sioux Falls, S.D.*

Aug.16—Somerset Amphitheater—Somerset, Wis.*

Aug. 21—Van Andel Arena—Grand Rapids, Mich.*

Aug. 22—Pine Knob Music Theatre—Clarkston, Mich.*

Aug. 29—Maine Savings Amphitheater—Bangor, Maine*

Aug. 30—Xfinity Theatre—Hartford, Conn.*

Sept. 4—Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview—Syracuse, N.Y.*

Sept. 5—The Pavilion at Star Lake—Burgettstown, Pa.*

Sept. 6—Hersheypark Stadium—Hershey, Pa.*

Sept. 11—Brandon Amphitheater—Brandon, Miss.†

Sept. 12—Coca-Cola Amphitheater—Birmingham, Ala.†

Sept. 13—CCNB Amphitheatre—Simpsonville, S.C.†

Sept. 18—Lakewood Amphitheatre—Atlanta, Ga.*

Sept. 19—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre—Tampa, Fla.*

Sept. 20—iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre—West Palm Beach, Fla.*

Sept. 24—Madison Square Garden—New York City, N.Y.*

*with Koe Wetzel and Stephen Wilson Jr.

†with Stephen Wilson Jr.

RECORDED AT LAST OCTOBER’S BACK-TO-BACK SOLD-OUT SHOWS

Photo credit: Brayln Kelly Smith

“Nashville’s nü-metal king”—Los Angeles Times

“An infusion of energy”—The New Yorker

January 17, 2025 — HARDY‘s first-ever live album, HARDY (Live From Red Rocks), is set for release on February 7. “JIM BOB (Live From Red Rocks)” debuts today, listen here and pre-order the LP here.

The 20-song set was recorded live at HARDY’s back-to-back, sold out shows at the legendary Colorado amphitheater in October 2024, his first ever shows at the venue. It features hits from across his catalog including “ROCKSTAR,” “ONE BEER,” “REDNECKER,” “wait in the truck,” and HARDY’s first ever release of “God’s Country,” the HARDY-penned #1, multi-Platinum Blake Shelton hit.

The shows capped off a monumental year for HARDY, who released his #1 LP, Quit!!; toured across North America, including his first stadium show, a headline set at CMA Fest and many others; collaborated with heroes Fred Durst and Chad Smith; appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!;” hit 15 #1 songs; reached 5 billion career streams and so much more.

This year will see HARDY play festivals across North America and Europe, with much more to be announced in the coming weeks.

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 5 billion streams. HARDY has written 15 #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 #1 “JACK.” He’s collaborated and shared stages with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell and more.

HARDY (LIVE FROM RED ROCKS)

1. QUIT!! (Live from Red Rocks)

2. ROCKSTAR (Live from Red Rocks)

3. KILL SH!T TILL I DIE (Live from Red Rocks)

4. JACK (Live from Red Rocks)

5. BOOTS (Live from Red Rocks)

6. ONE BEER (Live from Red Rocks)

7. RADIO SONG (Live from Red Rocks)

8. HAPPY HOUR (Live from Red Rocks)

9. A ROCK (Live from Red Rocks)

10. SIX FEET UNDER (Caleigh’s Song) (Live from Red Rocks)

11. REDNECKER (Live from Red Rocks)

12. wait in the truck (Live from Red Rocks)

13. JIM BOB (Live from Red Rocks)

14. GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL (Live from Red Rocks)

15. .30-06 (Live from Red Rocks)

16. TRUCK BED (Live from Red Rocks)

17. SOLD OUT (Live from Red Rocks)

18. PSYCHO (Live from Red Rocks)

19. God’s Country (Live from Red Rocks)

20. UNAPOLOGETICALLY COUNTRY AS HELL (Live from Red Rocks)

HARDY LIVE

April 12—Country Thunder Arizona—Florence, AZ

May 16 – May 18—Sand In My Boots—Gulf Shores, AL

June 13—Tailgate N’ Tallboys—Bloomington, IL

June 14—The Country Fest—North Lawrence, OH

June 19—Copenhell—Copenhagen, København

June 21—Pinkpop Festival—Landgraff, Netherlands

June 22—Graspop Metal Meeting—Dessel, Flanders

July 18—Country Thunder Wisconsin—Twin Lakes, WI

July 19—Great Jones County Fair—Monticello, IA

August 7—WE fest—Detroit Lakes, MN

August 9—Voices of America Country Music Festival—West Chester Township, OH

August 10—Boots & Hearts Festival—Oro-Medonte, ON

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SØN OF DAD HEADLINE TOUR CONTINUES THROUGH THE END OF 2024

NASHVILLE, TENN. – Today, Stephen Wilson Jr. and HARDY released a duet version of “Father’s Søn,” the thematic centerpiece to Wilson Jr.’s debut double album søn of dad that was released one year ago via Big Loud Records.

Longtime friends and peers in Nashville’s songwriting and artist communities, Wilson Jr. and HARDY toured together for the first time earlier this year on HARDY’s Quit!! tour, performing “Father’s Søn” on stage together during HARDY’s set to commemorate Wilson’s last night with the tour. Along with an acoustic version of the song released today, they shared a performance video of “Father’s Søn” directed by Jace Kartye.

Watch a performance video of Stephen Wilson Jr. and HARDY performing “Father’s Søn.”

Listen to “Father’s Søn” (Acoustic) featuring HARDY.

“My friend HARDY and I sang a song that’s dear to my soul,” shared Wilson Jr. “We are both our fathers’ sons. He was so kind to pull me up on stage and play this song in front of his fans in the middle of his shows on his tour. Indelible memories I am grateful for. It sounded so good I couldn’t help but ask him to sing it with me again. And he did.”

About the collaboration, HARDY adds: “I casually asked SWJ to hop up and sing ‘Father’s Son’ acoustic during my set since it was his last show. I told him I’d just play along and sing harmonies. That turned into a moment…a huge moment. It was a moment I wanted to live forever, and now it gets to. This song is incredible, and I thank SWJ for letting me be a part of this new version.”

One year ago, Stephen Wilson Jr. released his critically-acclaimed debut double album søn of dad – a 22 song tribute to his late father, released five years to the day that his father passed away. The album went on to become one of the most acclaimed albums of 2023, appearing on year-end lists from Rolling Stone, Whiskey Riff, Wide Open Country, Billboard, and Grady Smith, as well as the #1 album of the year in both Holler and All Country News.

In 2024, Wilson Jr.’s career skyrocketed with his late night television debut on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers with a raucous performance of his viral hit “Cuckoo,” followed by a performances of “Year To Be Young 1994” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #LateShowMeMusic series and Later… with Jools Holland. Last month, CBS News’ Jeff Glor traveled to Nashville for Wilson Jr.’s first major television interview, which was followed by a performance of three songs on CBS Saturday Morning.

This year alone, Wilson Jr. mounted his debut headline tour which sold out immediately and toured with Brothers Osborne, HARDY, The Cadillac Three, and Joss Stone, with festival appearances at Stagecoach, Country Thunder, Tortuga and many more. He’s now on a victory lap headline fall tour which will make stops in Atlanta, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, and many more. Find a full list of tour dates below.

“Father’s Søn” (Acoustic) Single Art | Download here

July 25, 2024 — Last night, HARDY appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to perform “PSYCHO” from his recently released new LP, Quit!! Watch the performance here.

Released on July 12 via Big Loud Rock, Quit!! is #1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and, with 24,000 units, comes in at #23 on the Billboard 200, #9 on Album Sales and #5 on Current Rock Albums charts. The release week saw nationwide excitement with multiple signing events, a crowd of 29,000 watching HARDY headline Ohio’s Country Concert 24—plus 20,000 fans live-streaming the show, the debut of a live deluxe edition of Quit!! and visuals for “SOUL4SALE” featuring Fred Durst and “PSYCHO.”

Quit!! is already receiving critical acclaim, with HARDY gracing the cover of Revolver plus praise from Billboard, where criticscall the album “visceral and raw” and praise HARDY’s “intense, defiant delivery,” Holler, who declare that “with heavy, swampy electric guitar riffs and in-your-face bursts of HARDY’s guttural growl, Quit!! is a 13-song rollercoaster,” and many more.

The new album, recorded with Big Loud hitmaker Joey Moi (Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Nickelback), features “SIX FEET UNDER,” “ROCKSTAR”—which hit Top 5 at rock radio and HARDY performed on “Kimmel” in May, “PSYCHO”—currently climbing at rock and alternative radio, title track “QUIT!!,”  “JIM BOB” and “HAPPY HOUR” featuring Knox, plus a collaboration with Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ ChadSmith on “GOOD GIRL PHASE.” Quit!! is HARDY’s first full album embrace of his rock sound and follows last year’s much lauded, half rock LP, the mockingbird & THE CROW, which has spawned multiple #1 singles across genres.

HARDY is currently touring the U.S. on his headline Quit!! Tour in addition to a slew of summer festival appearances, finishing with a return to his home state of Mississippi for his first ever stadium show and two back-to-back nights at Red Rocks this fall. Full routing is below.