Alan Jackson’s previously announced final full-length concert, “Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale,” set for June 27 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, will be taped for an NBC special. Raj Kapoor, who is currently the hottest executive producer and showrunner of awards shows, is helming the show. Ever Wonder Studios is the production company.
Jackson’s concert features a lineup of guest artists that rivals the bill on the Academy of Country Music Awards or the Country Music Association Awards: Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Jake Owen, Jon Pardi, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Lee Ann Womack, along with newer acts Adam Wright, Big City Brian Wright and Carlisle Wright.
The show is described as the last full-length performance of the Georgia native’s touring career. Jackson, 67, is retiring from the road because of his Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease. Jackson revealed in 2021 that he had been diagnosed with the degenerative nerve condition a decade earlier.
The last date of Jackson’s Last Call: One More for the Road tour was May 17, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This one-night-only, farewell concert is a grand finale.
Jackson has had previous concert TV specials – Precious Memories: Live at the Ryman (2007), on which he sang songs from his first gospel album, Precious Memories, and Alan Jackson: Keepin’ It Country Tour (2016), which captured his 25th anniversary tour at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. He was also the subject of a 2018 documentary special, Alan Jackson: Small Town Southern Man.
Jackson has won two Grammys, 16 CMA Awards and 17 ACM Awards. He was voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018.
Jackson has had four No. 1 albums on the all-genre Billboard 200: Drive (2002), Greatest Hits Volume II and Some Other Stuff (2003), What I Do (2004) and Good Time (2008). He has had 14 No. 1 albums on Top Country Albums and 26 No. 1 hits on Hot Country Songs.
The Recording Industry Association of America credits Jackson with U.S. shipments of 44.5 million albums, which puts him at No. 6 among core country artists, behind Garth Brooks (200 million), George Strait (69.5 million), Alabama (49 million), Shania Twain (48 million) and Kenny Rogers (47.5 million). (This ranking doesn’t include three acts that have had country success but aren’t core country artists – Elvis Presley, Eagles and Taylor Swift.)
Beyond all the stats, Jackson is revered by his peers and the next generation for his steadfast dedication to traditional country music. His first album, released in 1987 on Americana Records, was titled New Traditional. Jackson is also highly regarded for his strong storytelling ability on such songs as “Here in the Real World,” “Chattahoochee,” “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” and “Drive (For Daddy Gene).” His 1994 hit, “Gone Country” (written by Bob McDill), poked fun at the artists flocking to Nashville following the country music explosion of the early ’90s brought about by the massive success of Brooks, Clint Black and Jackson – all of whom released their breakthrough albums in a 10-month span in 1989-90. Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” captured many Americans’ confused emotions following those horrific events.
Kapoor’s credits include the most recent Grammys, Oscars and ACM Awards and the upcoming Tony Awards, which are set for June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. In addition, he has helmed several single-artist music specials. He won his first Primetime Emmy as an executive producer of Adele: One Night Only (2021), which was voted outstanding variety special (pre-recorded).
His other single-artist music specials include two in the country field – Shania Twain: Still the One (2015) and Carrie Underwood: The Blown Away Tour Live (2013) – as well as An Evening With Dua Lipa (2024) and Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special (2020).
—Additional reporting by Melinda Newman
