Hardy is going back on the road. The Nashville country songwriter and metalhead live performer has announced the Country! Country! Tour!, which kicks off in February and runs through August of 2026. The trek is in support of the Mississippi native’s latest album, Country! Country!, and features a well-curated rotating …
Read More »Hardy's Open to a Boygenius Collab: 'I'm Here for It'
Two years ago, the indie-rock trio Boygenius revealed themselves to be secret fans of Hardy in an interview with Pitchfork. “We saw Hardy in L.A. recently and I lost brain cells,” Lucy Dacus, who makes up the band with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, said. “The songwriting is excellent.” During …
Read More »Hardy on Covering the 1975's 'Love It If We Made It': 'I Knew It Was a Risky Move'
Last year, Hardy recorded a cover of the 1975’s song “Love It If We Made It” and has since been performing it during his shows on the Jim Bob World Tour. Originally released on the 1975’s 2018 album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, the song is full of cultural …
Read More »Hardy Says Country Music Gatekeepers That Banned Morgan Wallen 'Came to Their Senses'
Hardy counts Morgan Wallen one of his closest friends. They’ve written hits together, shared a stage many times, including at Wallen’s stadium shows in Knoxville, Tennessee, last year, and were even FaceTiming with each other at the very moment Hardy was involved in a horrifying 2022 bus crash. Needless to …
Read More »Hardy Opens Up About the Bus Crash That Nearly Killed Him
Three years ago this week, Hardy was on his way back from a concert in Bristol, Tennessee, when his tour bus careened off the road and rolled down an embankment. The country singer, his photographer, his then-tour manager, and bus driver were all flung about the cabin and seriously injured. …
Read More »Hardy Combines Country and "Country" on 'Country! Country!'
Hardy’s tough to pin down. 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. He’s headlining Madison Square Garden even though most of his …
Read More »Hardy Cancels European Tour Days Before First Show
Hardy, the country music singer who mixes hard rock with Nashville country, has canceled the European dates of his current tour. The overseas leg of the Jim Bob Tour was slated to begin in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Thursday, June 19, and hit cities from London to Glasgow. Hardy announced the …
Read More »Hardy Plots 2025 'Jim Bob World Tour'
Country rocker Hardy has announced a massive tour that will keep him on the road from the spring through the early fall. The “Jim Bob World Tour” will find Hardy playing a mix of headlining shows and festival dates around North America, as well as his first headlining shows in …
Read More »Nickelback's 'Live From Nashville' Guests Talk About Loving Nickelback
When Nickelback‘s Get Rollin’ tour hit Nashville last year, the Canadian rock stars went all out — and Nashville gleefully rolled out the red carpet for them in return. Their headlining gig at Bridgestone Arena was full of special guests, many of whom grew up listening to the massive — …
Read More »Hardy Joins Stephen Wilson Jr. for a Must-Hear Version of 'Father's Son'
At the start of every Stephen Wilson Jr. performance, the songwriter announces exactly who he is to his audience: “I am my father’s son.” Those words form the basis of Wilson’s debut album Son of Dad, released last year and still making waves with its personal tales of navigating grief …
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