NBC is paying tribute to country music legend Alan Jackson in an unprecedented television event that will also feature the star’s final concert.
Alan Jackson: The Last Show, filmed before a sold-out crowd at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, will capture a once-in-generation farewell that no music fan will want to miss. The primetime special will air later this year on NBC and stream the following day on Peacock.
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Alan Jackson: The Last Show is a televised concert special celebrating the country star’s legacy
The upcoming special will “spotlight Jackson’s remarkable catalog of hits spanning more than three decades, including the songs that helped define modern country music and cemented his place as one of the genre’s all-time greatest performers,” NBC’s official press release reveals, adding that the telecast will “honor Jackson’s enduring legacy and profound impact on generations of fans and musicians alike as he takes the stage one final time.”
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The can’t-miss primetime event will spotlight the songs from Jackson’s extensive three-decade-plus catalog, especially the influential tracks that helped define modern country music as fans know it.
Thanks to songs like “Chattahoochee,” “Remember When,” “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” and “Gone Country,” Jackson became one of the top-selling artists of all time, selling over 44 million records in the United States alone.
In other words, the last chance fans will have to witness Jackson perform on stage is by tuning in to Alan Jackson: The Last Show, and joining the world — and many of Jackson’s friends — in giving the legend a proper farewell.
Watch Alan Jackson perform “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere on TODAY in 2015 here.
Alan Jackson’s message on the future of country music
Jackson was inducted into the Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame in October 2017, and during his poignant speech, the star reflected on the evolution of the genre, and passed along his hope that future generations of artists would protect the sanctity of “real country music.”
“I just love real country music,” Jackson said. “And George Jones, he told me that the first time I met him. [He said] ‘Keep it country’ and that stuck with me. And I would have done it anyway, but it just meant so much coming from him. And I just hope that there’s going to be some young people coming along that will really care about it as much as I have and try to keep it alive. It’s going to be hard today. You know, you won’t hear it on the radio probably anymore, but there’s still a lot of people out there young and old that want to hear what I call real country music.”
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In 2025, Jackson announced his looming retirement from performing in an interview with People, calling his career a “long, sweet ride.” Jackson’s announcement came just four years after he revealed he had been living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a degenerative nerve condition that affects his mobility and balance.
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