New Additions to Alan Jackson’s Final Concert are Family
On Saturday, June 27th, Alan Jackson will be performing at Nissan Stadium in Nashville in what is billed as his final concert. First announced in October of 2025, when tickets for “Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale” went on sale, they were in such high demand that the website crashed, resale prices soared, and a stadium of 55,000 seats sold out promptly.
People weren’t just paying to see Alan Jackson. A host of arena-level artists had also signed up to perform on the evening, including Luke Combs, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Jon Pardi, Lee Ann Womack, Eric Church, Keith Urban, and Luke Bryan, along with the promise of more performers to be announced in the future.
Though all of these other performers were big names, fans wondered if the “more to be announced” would include performers who have a more personal connection to Alan Jackson. Now we have the answer.
Though none of them like to broadcast it too loudly because they want to stand on their own two feet, Alan Jackson has numerous relatives in the country music business. This includes Alan Jackson’s nephews Adam Wright and Big City Brian Wright, along with Big City Brian Wright’s daughter, Carlisle Wright. Last week, they were announced as the latest editions to Alan Jackson’s finale concert, assuring that it will be a family affair.
“He’s come a long way from he and my aunt Denise’s baby-sitting duties back in Newnan, Georgia, when they were fresh out of high school,” Big City Brian Wright tells Saving Country Music. “By babysitting, I mean he dragged me and Adam to his bass player’s basement to watch him and his band rehearse ‘Country Boy Can Survive’ and drink Budweiser. That’s literally my first experience with live music at 8 years old. Maybe that’s why I like to drink beer and play country music.”
Though Big City Brian Wright spends most of his time as an airline pilot, he’s no slouch when it comes to writing, singing, and performing country music himself. Saving Country Music reviewed his 2025 album Sky Trucker that took the country trucker concept, and superimposed it on his life as a pilot.
“It was really incredible watching a normal guy with a naturally good, untrained voice, a few good songs and a dream actually make it happen,” Brian Wright says of Uncle Alan, who they actually call “Uncle Hat,”—a nickname given to Alan by Wright’s son. “It’s kinda weird. My uncle is my uncle, but he’s really also one of my heroes in country music. He’s proved that traditional country music will always have fans and that an artist can have a lifelong career by (as George Jones said) ‘Keeping it Country.'”
“Keeping it country” is exactly what 3rd generation performer Carlisle Wright is doing. She’s had not one, but two singles appear on the Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist: “Honkytonk Talkin'” and her latest, the super well-written “Half My Heroes.”
“I’m honored to be carrying on the classic country legacy and excited to bring a new generation of listeners to the sound that never should’ve been forgotten,” Carlisle says.
Meanwhile, singer and songwriter Adam Wright has been featured with his famous uncle numerous times before. Adam has written and co-written numerous songs for Alan, including “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore,” which was nominated for Best Country Song at the 2012 Grammy Awards. “All The Trouble” written for Lee Ann Womack was nominated for the Grammy’s Best American Roots Song in 2019. Adam has also written songs for Garth Brooks, Robert Earl Keen, and Brandy Clark.
Though some may claim it’s nepotism that got them on this massive bill, this is Alan Jackson’s final show, and it wouldn’t feel Wright if his family wasn’t there to celebrate it with him, and participate. After all, Adam and Brian have been helping to pass the torch, and Carlisle just might be the future of traditional country music.
In September of 2021, Alan Jackson revealed that he’s been suffering from a degenerative nerve condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, nicknamed CMT. The good news is that the disease is not life threatening, nor does it affect longevity. But CMT does significantly affect coordination, which has restricted Alan Jackson’s ability to perform. This is the primary reason he’s decided to step away from performing publicly.
You never know when a performer says they’re playing their final show if it really means it’s final. We’ve been faked out many times before. But with Jackson and his medical condition, you tend to believe it. He might still make public appearances and even release songs and albums in the future. But the rowdy road dog days of Alan Jackson feel well behind him.
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March 8, 2026 @ 12:08 pm
Obviously depending on his condition, i think alan may still make appearances, maybe the opry. But i think anything that requires any travel will be out. Im glad i went to see him when he first started doing this tour, it was well worth it. It would be nice if this was televised or filmed at least. I would like to hear some new songs though.
March 8, 2026 @ 12:09 pm
Adam’s “Motorblood” last year was painfully perfect, and Carlisle’s “Honkytonk Talking” is a banger.
Apple, tree, and all of that.
March 8, 2026 @ 2:27 pm
God, these things make me feel so old. With Joe Diffie, Lari White, Doug Supernaw, and Jeff Carson all gone, and Mark Chesnutt, Alan Jackson and Clay Walker all with serious medical issues…..
March 8, 2026 @ 10:58 pm
I hear you. I can remember when Waylon and Willie were first getting big, then it was Randy Travis, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam. I was already all grown up when the class of 89 came along and was going to see Garth, Clint, Alan and the others when they were the young bucks. Damn, time passes fast.
March 8, 2026 @ 11:59 pm
Well. I remember when your eponym was riding Affirmed to the Triple Crown–before going off to Britain and taking on a Cockney accent.
March 8, 2026 @ 5:18 pm
The thing about nepotism, it can only take you so far; without real talent it doesn’t really matter who you’re related to. Adam and his wife Shannon, as the Wrights, got a huge boost from Uncle Alan when they released their debut album back in 2005. Recorded for Uncle’s ACR label and released through RCA, the album benefited heavily from the family name. I recall getting a nice promo pack (RCA always had the best pr kits) in the mail before the album came out that included a press release that made good use of the Jackson connection. It’s good to see the family playing at the final show.
March 8, 2026 @ 9:10 pm
This is an Alan Jackson farewell concert. I’d expect that any other artists who take the stage will do a duet or appear several at at time with him, and maybe offer up some anecdotes about how great Jackson is hor how much he means to them. Isn’t that how it worked at George Strait’s famous not-so-Farewell concert near Dallas a dozen or so years ago.
If Luke Combs, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Jon Pardi, Lee Ann Womack, Eric Church, etc. were to come out and do their own sets, then it’s not an Alan Jackson concert. It’s a festival.
As far as his extended family, viewers will probably like seeing them come out. I don’t think nepotism is an issue.
March 9, 2026 @ 8:54 am
Alan Jackson will always be a #1 star to me its sad to hear about his sickness but he made a name for himself like George Jones and so many others.He will never be forgotten and I wish I was younger and in better health to attend but they will always be a family in my thoughts and prayers.
March 9, 2026 @ 8:58 am
His talent singing is not his everything. He knows what it’s like to wait for that lucky break and throughout his career he has always stretched out his hand to help others up. This will be his continuance. Alan knows no bounds his loving family are right there with him and enjoying along the journey.
I was lucky to see him perform I will always remember that and THAT was 21years ago. God Bless You Alan!