Boots and Hearts 2025 wrapped up at the Burl’s Creek Event Grounds on Sunday, August 10.
The day featured headliner HARDY, who is set to release his new album COUNTRY! COUNTRY! on September 26 via Big Loud.
The new album was written in the wake of HARDY’s 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.
So, he dove back into country and COUNTRY! COUNTRY! is the result. The album takes its name literally, ranging from celebrations of his youth in the Mississippi mud—“Bottomland” being named for a specific camo pattern HARDY favours for hunting—to commentary on the state of country music at large. In sum, it’s a celebration of what makes HARDY HARDY.
“Bottomland” and the new album follow HARDY’s recent EP COUNTRY!.
The final day of Boots also featured: Daughtry, Default, Andrew Hyatt, Stephen Wilson Jr., Jessie T, Lakeview, Megan Patrick and Sully Burrows.
Here are the photos captured by photographers Whitney South and Sofia Jardine:
HARDY (Whitney South Photos)
Daughtry (Sofia Jardine Photos)
Andrew Hyatt (Sofia Jardine Photos)
Andrew Hyatt (Whitney South Photos)
Default (Whitney South Photos)
Default (Sofia Jardine Photos)
Stephen Wilson Jr. (Whitney South Photos)
Jessie T (Sofia Jardine Photos)
Lakeview (Sofia Jardine Photos)
Megan Patrick (Sofia Jardine Photos)
Sully Burrows (Sofia Jardine Photos)
