Come December, Alan Jackson takes his final bow as NBC readies farewell concert special
Alan Jackson is getting a televised goodbye this December, with an emotional farewell concert that spotlights his legendary country career.
Captured June 27 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, the sold-out farewell show finds Alan Jackson taking a victory lap with a few surprises — including a pair of duets with George Strait. The night bottles up three-plus decades of hits, the kind of singalongs that turn a stadium into one giant front porch.
Who’s joining him
The two-hour special lines up a parade of country stars who took the stage to salute Jackson. Expect appearances and performances from:
- Luke Bryan
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs
- Riley Green
- Cody Johnson
- Miranda Lambert
- Little Big Town
- Jake Owen
- Jon Pardi
- Thomas Rhett
- Carrie Underwood
- Lainey Wilson
- Lee Ann Womack
- Adam Wright
- Big City Brian Wright
- Carlisle Wright
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The broadcast also digs into the catalog that made Jackson a fixture on country radio and at backyard barbecues alike. A companion live album, The Last Show: One More for the Road – The Finale ( Live from Nashville), arrives December 4.
- “Chattahoochee”
- “Remember When”
- “Gone Country”
- “Livin’ on Love”
- “It ’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”
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Health backdrop
Jackson revealed in 2021 that he’s been living with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, an inherited neurological condition that affects the peripheral nerves and can cause issues with movement and balance. He said he’d been diagnosed roughly a decade earlier and that its increasingly visible effects were making performing harder, a candid disclosure that also raised awareness for the disorder.
When and where to watch
Alan Jackson: The Last Show airs on NBC on December 8 as a two-hour special at 8 p.m. ET/PT. If you miss the broadcast, it will be available to stream on Peacock starting December 9.
The two-hour special airs Dec. 8 on NBC (8 p.m. ET/PT) and streams Dec. 9 on Peacock.