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“You Haven’t Heard Anything Yet”: HARDY Teases More Is To Come From The “McArthur” Project Featuring Morgan Wallen, Eric Church & Tim McGraw
Prepare yourselves.
Before last night’s Grammy Awards, which featured Zach Top and Tyler Childers winning their first-career Grammys for Best Traditional Country Album (Ain’t In It For My Health) and Best Country Song (“Bitin’ List”) and Jelly Roll taking home Best Contemporary Country Album for Beautifully Broken, the biggest story dominating the country music world last week was the surprise collaboration between Morgan Wallen, Eric Church, Tim McGraw and HARDY. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the singles’ intriguing rollout, let me catch you up to speed.
During the second of two nights at The Anthem in Washington D.C. last week, Church would tell the crowd that there was a surprise coming on January 30th.
“On January 30, something is going to happen and you’re going to f–king love it.”
Monday rolled around, and the “Springsteen” singer, along with Wallen, McGraw and HARDY, all took to Instagram to upload incredibly similar posts with birth and death dates (save for Wallen) for members of a seemingly fictional McArthur family.
Tim McGraw – John McArthur, born Nov. 2, 1920 and died Nov. 22, 1963
Eric Church – Junior McArthur, born Sept. 2, 1945 and died Apr. 4, 1967
HARDY – Jones McArthur, born June 5, 1968 and died Jan. 5, 2025
Morgan Wallen – Hunter McArthur, born May 13, 1993
Theories about the deeper meaning of it were flowing in all week, and it quickly became clear that it was going to hold a lot of historical significance. Many of the dates mark very important moments across American history, whether it’s World War II events, a Martin Luther King Jr. speech, or the assassination of John F. Kennedy… you can read much more about that HERE.
Though there were TONS of theories flying around, everything from a concept album to a Taylor Sheridan series to a new installment of the Red Dead Redemption video game, HARDY, who spearheaded the project, seemingly put them to rest Thursday by confirming the project (for now) was just a single song.
Of course, “McArthur” was released on Friday to high praise from fans and critics alike. However, it looks like that is about to change pretty soon.
On Saturday, HARDY would take to Instagram to share a plethora of photos and videos from a recent hunting trip. On the surface, the post seems like nothing out of the ordinary for the “wait in the truck” singer and ultimately serves as a bit of extra promo for the song, given that it’s playing in the background and the caption reads:
“What ya gonna pass down?”
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When you read the comments, however, things get a lot more interesting.
Shortly after HARDY made the initial post, a fan would comment, praising the song and calling it the best song of 2026. In response, he would make a short but sweet comment that ultimately changes the entire scope of the “McArthur” project:
“You haven’t even heard anything yet.”
As many have speculated, it seems like we’ll be getting more than simply a single song out of the “McArthur” series in the coming months, and, in a way, it only makes sense. Given the incredible amount of attention to detail involved in the promotion/rollout of the initial track, ranging from the meticulous dates for all four members of the McArthur family to the fact that the song itself ends on a cliffhanger, it always felt as if this project was meant for a scale much larger than a one-off single.
Though it is obviously not confirmed if the full version of the “McArthur” project will be an EP, full-length album or something else entirely, it’s safe to assume that another announcement regarding it will be coming soon.
“McArthur”
HARDY Tour Dates
February 5 – Oshawa, Ontario – Tribute Communities Centre °*
February 6 – Hamilton, Ontario – TD Coliseum °*
February 7 – London, Ontario – Canada Life Place °*
February 11 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Canada Life Center °*
February 12 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – SaskTel Centre °*
February 13 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rogers Place °*
February 19 – Calgary, Alberta – Scotiabank Saddledome °*
February 20 – Penticton, British Columbia- South Okanagan Events Centre °*
February 21 – Abbotsford, British Columbia – Abbotsford Centre °*
March 19 – Green Bay, Wisconsin – The Resch Center °*
March 20 – Moline, Illinois – Vibrant Arena °*
March 21 – Omaha, Nebraska – CHI Health Center Omaha °*
March 26 – Allentown, Pennsylvania- PPL Center °*
March 27 – Charleston, West Virginia – Charleston Coliseum °*
March 28 – Evansville, Indiana – Ford Center °*
April 9 – Knoxville, Tennessee – Thompson-Boling Arena x*
April 10 – Tupelo, Mississippi – Cadence Bank Arena x*
April 17-18 – Durant, Oklahoma – Choctaw Grand Theater *
April 23 – Jacksonville. Florida – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena x*
April 24 – Charleston, South Carolina – Credit One Stadium x*
April 25 – Orlando, Florida – Kia Center x*
May 21 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Riverbend Music Center ~*
May 22 – Huntsville, Alabama – The Orion Amphitheater ~*
May 23 – Orange Beach, Alabama – The Wharf Amphitheater ~*
May 28 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio – Blossom Music Center ~*
May 29 – Darien Center, New York – Darien Lake Amphitheater ~*
May 30 – Bethel, New York – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts ~*
June 4 – Rogers, Arkansas – Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion °*
June 5 – St. Louis, Missouri – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater °*
June 6 – Noblesville, Indiana – Ruoff Music Center °*
June 11 – Columbia, Maryland – Merriweather Post Pavilion ~*
June 12 – Virginia Beach, Virginia – Veterans United Home Loans ~*
June 13 – Raleigh, North Carolina – Costal Credit Union Music Park ~*
June 25 – Gilford, New Hampshire – BankNH Pavilion #*
June 26 – Mansfield, Massachusetts – Xfinity Center #*
June 27 – Camden, New Jersey – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion #*
August 20 – Lubbock, Texas – Cooks Garage =*
August 21 – New Braunfels, Texas – Whitewater Amphitheater *
° – Cameron Whitcomb
* – McCoy Moore
x – Mitchell Tenpenny
~ – Tucker Wetmore
# – Muscadine Bloodline
= – Jake WorthingtonThe post “You Haven’t Heard Anything Yet”: HARDY Teases More Is To Come From The “McArthur” Project Featuring Morgan Wallen, Eric Church & Tim McGraw first appeared on Whiskey Riff.
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