Alan Jackson’s last full-length concert is headed to network television. NBC will broadcast Alan Jackson: The Last Show as a two-hour primetime special on Tuesday, December 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with the full program landing on Peacock the following day.
The special is built from footage shot on June 27, 2026, when the country singer played a sold-out Nissan Stadium in Nashville. More than 80,000 people filled the home of the city’s NFL team that night for what was billed as the final stop of his touring life, and the concert was also piped to screens around Music City for fans who could not get inside.
What the broadcast covers
Jackson’s own announcement, first posted in June, promised a telecast that would follow his catalog across more than three decades of hits. The set itself opened with “Gone Country” and closed, after a second encore, with “Where I Come From.” In between came the songs most fans would name first, from “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” and “Chattahoochee” to the ballad “Remember When.”
George Strait joined him for two duets, “Designated Drinker” and “Murder on Music Row.” The guest list announced for the special is long by any awards-show standard. Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert and Lee Ann Womack are on it. So are Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Riley Green and Eric Church, along with Thomas Rhett, Jon Pardi, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, the group Little Big Town and three members of the Wright family.
Sam Wrench, who directed the production, leads a team from Joan of Arc StudioWorks and EverWonder Studios. Jackson is an executive producer on the project alongside Cindy Mabe, Dawn Gates, Harper Grae, Mike Antinoro, Raj Kapoor, Debbie Doebler and RAC Clark.
Why this show was the last one
Jackson, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, told fans in 2021 that he had been living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an inherited condition that damages the peripheral nerves and makes balance and movement harder. His diagnosis had come roughly a decade before that announcement. The Nashville finale closed a farewell run of about four years that followed that disclosure and capped a career approaching 40 years.
That context changes how the footage plays. Viewers will see a singer saying goodbye on his own terms, in his adopted hometown, with the peers who grew up on his records standing beside him.
Your December viewing guide
The television special is the second half of a two-step release. A companion live album arrives first, so fans can hear the full night before they see it.
- Friday, December 4: the companion record, titled after the stadium finale and recorded live in Nashville, is released on 2-CD, 3-LP and digital, with all 25 songs from the setlist.
- Tuesday, December 8, 8 p.m. ET/PT: the two-hour special premieres on NBC.
- Wednesday, December 9: the special begins streaming on Peacock.
Count the calendar and the wait is 164 days: three days left in June after the June 27 show, then 31 in July, 31 in August, 30 in September, 31 in October, 30 in November and eight in December. For international readers, 8 p.m. Eastern on December 8 is 1 a.m. GMT on Wednesday, December 9 in the UK.
The album was produced by Keith Stegall, Jackson’s longtime studio partner, and is a release from his ACR imprint with MCA. A two-hour slot cannot hold all 25 songs, so the record is the only place to hear every number from the stadium in order.
Before the farewell show, Jackson also opened a whiskey distillery and museum in downtown Nashville that tells the story of his career, giving fans a permanent stop in the city after the last encore. The next date on the calendar is December 4, when the 25-song album goes on sale, four days ahead of the NBC premiere.
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