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Country icon Alan Jackson is gearing up for his retirement concert, \u201cLast Call: One More for the Road \u2013 The Finale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Inside country icon Alan Jackson\u2019s triumphant finale concert<\/a><\/p>\n

The finale concert, which will be held Saturday night at Nissan Stadium, will take Jackson, 67, back to his Nashville roots as the city that launched his career. <\/p>\n

Joining him onstage will be a star-studded lineup including Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town, Thomas Rhett, Jake Owen, Jon Pardi, and Lee Ann Womack, per NBC.<\/p>\n

The show will also be filmed for an NBC primetime special titled, \u201cAlan Jackson: The Last Show,\u201d and will hit Peacock for streaming the following day. <\/p>\n

Jackson and NBC announced his official retirement performance earlier this month \u2014 years after the country crooner revealed he had been diagnosed with Charcot\u2013Marie\u2013Tooth disease in 2021. <\/p>\n

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is defined as a \u201cgroup of inherited conditions that cause nerve damage,\u201d according to the Mayo Clinic. <\/p>\n

The disease is known to cause \u201csmaller, weaker muscles. It also may cause trouble walking, and loss of feeling in the legs and feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson was originally diagnosed in 2011, but kept his diagnosis hidden for a decade before he publicly told his story. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been affecting me for years,\u201d he said in his 2021 appearance on the \u201cToday Show.\u201d \u201cAnd it\u2019s getting more and more obvious. I know I\u2019m not going to be able to tour like I have.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to share that he inherited the neurological disease from his father, who died in 2000 of a ruptured aorta. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019m stumbling around on stage. And now I\u2019m having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

While he continued performing for years despite the difficulty, the country star admitted at the time that his balance issues were causing him problems onstage. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel comfortable,\u201d he said of performing while managing his condition. \u201cIt\u2019s going to disable me eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jackson, a Georgia native, has earned 35 Number 1 hits and 50 Top 10 singles throughout his prolific career. He sold more than 75 million records worldwide.<\/p>\n

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A two-time Grammy award winner, Jackson also holds 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards.<\/p>\n

He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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