Legendary country artist Bold Singer Alan Jackson leaves the touring business with CMT disease and provides his last concert in Nashville in 2026 to reflect the remain timeless legacy.
Recent News Highlights
- Last Full-Length Concert Announced.
On June 27, 2026, Alan Jackson will create a farewell show, Last Call: One More for the Road -The Finale, at Nissan stadium in Nashville.
It will be his last full-sized live performance.
A number of mainstream country musicians (Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and Keith Urban among others) will come to join.
- Retirement from Touring
Jackson made his final tour in May 2025. His last road show was held in May 17, 2025, in Milwaukee.
However, the June 2026 show in Nashville is being promoted as a big finale as opposed to another tour stop.
- Health & Diagnosis
Jackson has discussed his fight with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, a progressive nerve disorder that he first announced publicly in 2021 (although he had been aware of it much earlier).
The condition involves motor and sensory nerves and as time goes by it has complicated mobility and balance on the stage.
- Honors & Performances
o In 2025, during the Academy of Country Music Awards Jackson stirringly returned to the stage to sing Remember When and received the first Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award.
o In his acceptance speech, he was very grateful as he attributed his support to fans, his faith, and more so to his wife, Denise.
- Musical Tributes & Projects
The Opry 100 project resulted in a special duet with Alan Jackson and the late George Jones. The song is a blend of the performance that Jones played in 1993 in his Opry and the one Jackson performed in 2013.
Interviews and General Commentary.
- Recently, on The Today Show, Jackson has revealed his health battle with the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) and how the condition has impacted his mobility and performance.
- He in an exclusive with Musicrow gave more information concerning his final concert including the all-star guest list, the logistics of the venue, and how he had settled on Nashville as his choice of the place to give his last call the finale.
- He is also provided with a reflection of his relationship with his long-time band and how they have backed him up through touring and even to this final stage.
Music / Projects
- It has a digital duet of Jackson and the deceased George Jones in “He Stopped Loving Her Today” in the tribute of Opry 100. During the project, archival footage of Jones performing with Opry in 1993 is mixed with the performance of Jackson.
- His most recent full studio album is Where Have You Gone released in May 2021. He has never since publicly declared a new full album, but has mentioned that he still considers songwriting to be something he is enthusiastic about.
Final Concert & Retirement
- Jackson, although he will retire his touring in May 2025 with one final road show in Milwaukee, will have one giant finale show: June 27, 2026 at Nissan Stadium, Nashville.
- Things are going to be star-studded with numerous huge country stars (Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, etc.) who will be on stage to pay tribute to his legacy.
- Registration of pre-sale tickets started Oct 8, and general ticket sale starts Oct 17, 2025.
Health & Legacy
- Jackson has a hereditary nerve disease known as CMT which gradually leads to loss of strength, sensation, and mobility. He had previously known about it in 2011, but came out in 2021.
- It is not life-threatening, however, it is disabling and Jackson has clarified that he continues to write and record when he can.
- In 2025, at the ACM Awards, Jackson was performing despite his difficulties, and was given the first Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award.
Key Excerpts & Statements
On the last farewell concert and tour retirement.
- In Nashville where his career began, Jackson indicated that he would like to provide the fans with a finale.
- He reflected:
It has been a long journey, it has brought me to where I never thought I would go.
I do not want them to believe that I am drunk on the stage since I have problems maintaining mobility and balance.
- He has explained that to a significant degree, his choice is informed by the degenerative nature of his neurological disorder (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or CMT):
I am a sufferer of this neuropathy and neurological disease I inherited out of my daddy … It will not kill me, just make me not work sooner or later.
On his health condition and underlying condition.
- Even though he previously reported symptoms of CMT, Jackson publicly revealed his diagnosis in 2021.
- He has talked in interviews about its impact on his working performance: difficulty in standing, balance problems and the paranoia that he could fall and be thought to have been compromised by something.
- Jackson underlines that it is not lethal, but slowly crippling.
On thanks giving, thankfulness and song writing.
- In his last road show in Milwaukee (May 2025), Jackson became more emotional, talking of the long, sweet ride and his appreciation of his fans and his wife.
- He has pointed out that even though touring is over, music and songwriting will continue to be in his life.
- The Nashville finale concert is also being set, not as the farewell in a bitter spirit, but a party – inviting other country stars as partners.
Conclusion:
Alan Jackson, a country music legend is in the final phase of his performing career. Having toured over 30 years, he has now retired out of the road officially because of complications by the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, a degenerative nerve disease, which is affecting his balance and mobility.
Nonetheless, Jackson is not exiting music altogether. He writes and records songs and is still closely attached to his fans and the country music fraternity. His last big show will be called “Last Call: One More to the Road -The Finale, and will take place on June 27, 2026, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, where he will join major country stars in a once-in-a-lifetime remembrance of his legacy.
Nevertheless, with the health difficulties, Jackson is not any less spirited, humble, and committed to telling true country stories in the way he does. It is not a good-bye, but rather a heartfelt thank-you to the fans that have been with him since the time he wrote Chattahoochee.
