Country music legend Alan Jackson has revealed plans for his farewell concert as he continues his battle with CMT disease.
Alan Jackson intends to have a nice time when he walks out. The country music artist revealed that, due to his protracted struggle with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a degenerative neurological disorder, he intends to retire from performing.
"It's been a long road,” in a statement released on October 8, Jackson informed People, “and it’s taken me places I never imagined.”
According to the site, the 66-year-old will formally end his tour on June 27, 2026, at Nashville's Nissan Stadium with his final full-length performance, Last Call: One More for the Road - The Finale. Jackson feels privileged to be giving a farewell concert in the Tennessee town.
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“I can’t think of a better place to put on a big show and give the fans a finale than in Nashville,” he revealed, “and include so many special friends."
Jackson went on, "We just felt like we had to end it all where it all started for me and that’s in Nashville Music City where country music lives."
A number of notable guests, including Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban, will join the "Gone Country" singer, which is an honor for many of them, Bryan said.
“@officialalanjackson is someone whose music shaped me through the years,” on October 8, the American Idol judge shared a video on Instagram Stories. “I can't wait to be a part of this fellow GA boys Last Call: One More for the Road - the Finale concert next year.”
A dollar from each ticket sold will go to the CMT Research Foundation, so it is not simply a concert honoring Jackson; it is also an opportunity for him to raise awareness of CMT.
The singer of "Livin' On Love" has been battling the illness since 2011, but he did not make the announcement in public until 2021.
"I have this neuropathy and neurological disease," at the time, he shared with Today. "It's genetic that I inherited from my daddy.”
Jackson went on to say that the illness, which had been plaguing him for years, had "no cure."
“It’s getting more and more obvious. And I know I'm stumbling around on stage,” he divulged. “And now I'm having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone, and so I just feel very uncomfortable."
However, Jackson explained that CMT is “not going to kill me.”
“It's not deadly," he stated. "But it's related [to] muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's disease."
Nevertheless, the Grammy winner has had the opportunity to consider his role in music history while still living with CMT.
"I've always believed that the music is the most important thing. The songs,” he revealed. “And I guess that's what I'd like to [leave] if I had a legacy.”
