FOLLOWS FIRST-EVER HEADLINE DATE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

“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

“He’s the Woodstock ’99 of country hitmakers, someone who screams as many choruses as he sings, someone who is as likely to collaborate with Fred Durst as Lainey Wilson, someone Nickelback and boygenius agree on.”–– Rolling Stone

“HARDY once again proves why he’s one of country music’s most talented tunesmiths on [‘Dog Years’].”— Billboard

NASHVILLE, TENN. – Fresh off his first-ever headline date at Madison Square Garden, superstar HARDYshares his highly anticipated new album COUNTRY! COUNTRY! today—get it here. An acoustic video for title track “Country Country” is also out today—watch it here.

“I’ve never been more fired up about a record than I am about COUNTRY! COUNTRY!,” says HARDY. “This album is like a love letter to the genre that’s given me everything. I think there’s something for everyone in here and I can’t wait to share it with the world. I hope everyone enjoys listening to this one as much as I enjoyed making it.”

The album and its singles “Dog Years,” “Bottomland”—watch the music video here—and “Bro Country” have received enthusiastic early acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard, Forbes, Holler, Entertainment Tonight and more.

“Favorite Country Song”—initially shared via recent EP COUNTRY! and performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!—is surging at country radio, and “Bro Country,” created with close friend and labelmate ERNEST, debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart.

COUNTRY! COUNTRY! marks HARDY’s return to his roots, written in the wake of his much-lauded rock album Quit!!, released last year to widespread critical acclaim. While he loved the thrash of jumping headfirst into the rock world, he missed his community: the peers he wrote No. 1 country radio hits and put together the HIXTAPE series with. After a step away, he felt refreshed.

The new album takes its name literally, ranging from celebrations of his youth in the Mississippi mud—“Bottomland” being named for a specific camo pattern HARDY favors for hunting—to commentary on the state of country music at large. In sum, it’s a celebration of what makes HARDY HARDY.

The Madison Square Garden date momentously marked the end of the months-long JIM BOB World Tour. This run has seen him headline festivals and his own shows coast to coast with support from Koe Wetzel, Stephen Wilson Jr., McCoy Moore and inaugural CROW RECORDS signee Sikarus.

He’ll play festivals through the end of the year including Country vs. Cancer—presented by the American Cancer Society, HARDY’s recently launched charity endeavor The HARDY Fund and Whiskey Jam—to benefit the ACS. HARDY will headline alongside Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Lanie Gardner and McCoy Moore at The Pinnacle in Nashville. More information here.

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. He’s collaborated and shared stages with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell and more.

HARDY—COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

1. Country Country
2. Favorite Country Song
3. Bro Country (with ERNEST)
4. Luckiest Man Alive
5. Car That Drove You Away
6. Girl With A Gun
7. Buck On The Wall
8. I’d Go Crazy Too
9. Take The Country And Run
10. Goodbye
11. Bedroom In The Sky (with Stephen Wilson Jr.)
12. Bottomland
13. Who Don’t
14. Country In Me
15. Gun To My Head
16. Keep It Country
17. Y’all Need Jesus
18. Dog Years
19. We’re All Gonna Die
20. Everybody Does

HARDY LIVE

November 6—Stars and Strings—Hollywood, FL
December 2—Country vs. Cancer—Nashville, TN