{"id":2313091,"date":"2026-03-05T00:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2313091"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:33:42","slug":"hardy-debuts-new-heavy-hitting-song-tommy-made-the-news-at-ryman-auditorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hardy-debuts-new-heavy-hitting-song-tommy-made-the-news-at-ryman-auditorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardy Debuts New Heavy Hitting Song “Tommy Made The News” At Ryman Auditorium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Building off the success of his highly successful January release, \u201cMcArthur<\/a>,\u201d Hardy<\/a> is back with another storytelling-driven new track.<\/p>\n

The Mississippi singer-songwriter took the stage last night at the Ryman for the Listening Room\u2019s 20th Anniversary Event. Celebrating one of Nashville\u2019s most beloved venues, Hardy joined fellow artists such as Mitchell Tenpenny, Jo Dee Messina, and Rob Williford for a stripped-down experience to share a few songs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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During his portion of the event, the \u201cTruck Bed\u201d singer took the time to debut his newest song, \u201cTommy Made The News.\u201d Before debuting the unreleased track, Hardy told the audience, \u201cI\u2019m extremely nervous. If I had known there was a teleprompter, I might\u2019ve sent you the lyrics.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Returning to his darker roots, this heavy song follows a young school-aged boy who becomes the focus of a school shooting, landing him a spot as the top headline on the news. Once again straying from his bro-country beginnings to embrace deeper, narrative-driven songwriting, Hardy continues to use themes of death as a powerful shock factor in his music. He has previously noted in the past that mortality has become one of the biggest focuses in his music, given its universal relevance to listeners.<\/p>\n

Back in 2025 on Katie Neal\u2019s radio show, Katie & Company<\/a><\/em>, the 35-year-old explained, \u201cPeople were just like, \u2018Man, you got a lot of songs about dying.\u2019<\/strong>\u201d He then emphasized, \u201cBut the only thing we have in common is death, and if that\u2019s a theme that I wanna write about just to bring people together and make sure everybody you know in the room relates to one thing, then so be it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given the continued prevalence of mass shootings in the news, this song will definitely be a hard hitter for those affected by school violence. It also beckons a potential new wave of music in 2026 for the 16-number-one-singles artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the meantime, with only five months passed since the release of his most recent September release, COUNTRY! COUNTRY! COUNTRY!<\/a><\/em> Hardy will most likely continue to ride out the wave of this era as he also continues on the album\u2019s subsequent tour. The 39-stop run spanning North America, which began on February 5 in Ontario, will continue until later this August, wrapping up on the 21st in New Braunfels, Texas. Joining him on the road over these next few months are incredible acts like Tucker Wetmore, Mitchell Tenpenny, Muscadine Bloodline, Cameron Whitcomb, Jake Worthington, and McCoy Moore\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tour Dates:<\/h2>\n
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  • March 19 \u2013 Green Bay, WI. \u2013 Resch Center*<\/li>\n
  • March 20 \u2013 Moline, IL \u2013 Vibrant Arena at The MARK*<\/li>\n
  • March 21 \u2013 Omaha, NE \u2013 CHI Health Center*<\/li>\n
  • March 26 \u2013 Allentown, PA \u2013 PPL Center*<\/li>\n
  • March 27 \u2013 Charleston, WV \u2013 Charleston Coliseum*<\/li>\n
  • March 28 \u2013 Evansville, IN \u2013 Ford Center*<\/li>\n
  • April 9 \u2013 Knoxville, TN \u2013 Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center^<\/li>\n
  • April 10 \u2013 Tupelo, MS \u2013 Cadence Bank Arena^<\/li>\n
  • April 17 \u2013 Durant, OK \u2013 Choctaw Grand Theatre+ **<\/li>\n
  • April 18 \u2013 Durant, OK \u2013 Choctaw Grand Theatre+ **<\/li>\n
  • April 23 \u2013 Jacksonville, FL \u2013 VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena^<\/li>\n
  • April 24 \u2013 Charleston, SC \u2013 Credit One Stadium^<\/li>\n
  • April 25 \u2013 Orlando, FL \u2013 Kia Center^<\/li>\n
  • May 21 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH \u2013 Riverbend Music Center #<\/li>\n
  • May 22 \u2013 Huntsville, AL \u2013 Orion Amphitheater #<\/li>\n
  • May 23 \u2013 Orange Beach, AL \u2013 The Wharf Amphitheater #<\/li>\n
  • May 28 \u2013 Cuyahoga Falls, OH \u2013 Blossom Music Center #<\/li>\n
  • May 29 \u2013 Buffalo, NY \u2013 Darien Lake Amphitheatre #<\/li>\n
  • May 30 \u2013 Bethel, NY \u2013 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts #<\/li>\n
  • June 4 \u2013 Rogers, AR \u2013 Walmart AMP*<\/li>\n
  • June 5 \u2013 St. Louis, MO \u2013 Hollywood Casino Amphitheater *<\/li>\n
  • June 6 \u2013 Noblesville, IN \u2013 Ruoff Music Center*<\/li>\n
  • June 11 \u2013 Columbia, MD \u2013 Merriweather Post Pavilion #<\/li>\n
  • June 12 \u2013 Virginia Beach, VA \u2013 Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach #<\/li>\n
  • June 13 \u2013 Raleigh, NC \u2013 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek #<\/li>\n
  • June 25 \u2013 Gilford, NH \u2013 BankNH Pavilion~<\/li>\n
  • June 26 \u2013 Mansfield, MA \u2013 Xfinity Center~<\/li>\n
  • June 27 \u2013 Camden, NJ \u2013 Freedom Mortgage Pavilion~<\/li>\n
  • August 20 \u2013 Lubbock, TX \u2013 Cooks Garage % **<\/li>\n
  • August 21 \u2013 New Braunfels, TX \u2013 Whitewater Amphitheater + **<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    * Cameron Whitcomb, McCoy Moore
    ^ Mitchell Tenpenny, McCoy Moore
    + McCoy Moore
    # Tucker Wetmore, McCoy Moore
    ~ Muscadine Bloodline, McCoy Moore
    % Jake Worthington, McCoy Moore
    ** indicates non-Live Nation date<\/p>\n

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    \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

    \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source countrychord.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Building off the success of his highly successful January release, \u201cMcArthur,\u201d Hardy is back with another storytelling-driven new track. The Mississippi singer-songwriter took the stage last night at the Ryman for the Listening Room\u2019s 20th Anniversary Event. Celebrating one of Nashville\u2019s most beloved venues, Hardy joined fellow artists such as Mitchell Tenpenny, Jo Dee Messina, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2313092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[360533],"class_list":["post-2313091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-hardy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hardy-Debuts-New-Heavy-Hitting-Song-Tommy-Made-The-News.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2313091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313093,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313091\/revisions\/2313093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2313091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2313091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2313091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}