One final show in his legendary career. Alan Jackson is in Milwaukee tonight wrapping up his Last Call: One More For The Road tour in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fiserv Forum. The tour was announced in 2022, not long after Alan revealed that he was suffering from a degenerative nerve condition called CMT that was affecting his mobility and balance and forcing him to slow down. Since then, Alan has been hitting the road for final shows in cities around the country that have embraced him throughout his legendary career. But tonight in Milwaukee is the final show on the schedule, leaving fans to wonder whether he was going to add more dates or if this would really be their final opportunity to see the country music legend on stage. Last week Alan was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ACM Awards and gave an emotional performance of “Remember When” that had fans wondering if it was his way of signing off after his 30+ year career. And tonight in Milwaukee, AJ confirmed to the crowd that he was, in fact, performing his last show on the road: “Y’all may have heard that I’m kind of winding down. In fact this is the last road show of my career.” But fans will still have one more chance to see the country music legend. While Alan won’t be hitting the road anymore, he also announced that he’ll take the stage one final time for a farewell show in Nashville next summer. “This is my last road show but we’re planning on doing a big finale show in Nashville next summer sometime. I just felt like I had to end it all where it all started, and that’s in Nashville, Tennessee, Music City, where country music was born and lives, so I gotta do my last one there. But this is the last one out on the road for me.” He didn’t give an exact date for his final show, so you’ll have to wait and see when you need to start making your plans to head to Nashville. But there’s no doubt it’s going to be a fitting send off for one of the best to ever do it. What Is CMT? Alan announced back in 2021 that he was suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a degenerative nerve condition that made it hard for the country music legend to stand and keep his balance. Jackson was diagnosed with the condition over a decade ago, but decided to go public with the diagnosis after the effects became more obvious so that fans didn’t assume he was drunk on stage: “I’ve been reluctant to talk about this publicly and to my fans, but it’s been a while and it’s starting to affect my performance on stage a little bit, where I don’t feel comfortable and I just wanted the fans and the public to know, if they’ve come to see me in the last few years or if they come to see me in the future if I play anymore, what’s going on. I don’t want ’em to think I’m drunk on stage because I’m having problem with mobility and balance.” Alan revealed that the disease (which he points out is ironically abbreviated “CMT”) is genetic, and that it affected not only his father but also his grandmother and his older sister. And he says he knows that he’s “stumbling around on stage” and having trouble balancing, but he also assured fans that the disease isn’t fatal. But it’s obviously caused Alan to have to slow down. Fans who have been lucky enough to make it out to a show lately have noticed that Alan often leans up against a stand to help with his balance while performing. After his recent emotional performance at the ACM Awards, fans who weren’t aware of his health issues had questions about what was going on with Alan. And those who knew he was suffering from CMT were left wondering about the condition itself. As it turns out, the disease has been recognized for a long time. According to the NIH, it was first described in 1884 before being correctly labeled as a neuropathy by “The Father of Neuropathy,” Jean-Marie Charcot two years later. The disease affects the peripheral nerves – those outside of your brain and spinal cord – and causes neuropathy, or degradation of those peripheral nerves that control movement. And it also leads to neurogenic muscle atrophy, which is the loss of muscles due to the disease (as opposed to physiological atrophy, which occurs from simply not using the muscle enough). Neurogenic atrophy isn’t recoverable and leads to further mobility problems. Signs of CMT often develop as early as five years old, such as walking on your toes, having a high arch or flat feet, or having numbness of the limbs. Along with numbness, CMT can also lead to severe pain and fatigue that contribute to mobility problems. And it can be difficult to diagnose because it shares symptoms with other, potentially treatable, conditions. Right now there are no approved treatments for CMT, with treatment largely focusing on managing the symptoms through physical or occupational therapy and even surgery to correct foot and hand deformities. There are over 160 different types of CMT, and it’s actually more common than you think: According to the CMT Association, the condition affects one in every 2,500 people, especially those who are at risk due to a family history with the disease. Luckily, as Alan said, CMT isn’t fatal, and those with the disease generally have the same life expectancy as those without CMT. But unfortunately, because it’s progressive and there’s no cure, those with CMT can expect to see a gradual decline in their ability to do everyday activities like standing and walking as the condition progresses.The post Alan Jackson Says He’s Officially Hanging It Up, Announces That He’s Planning One Final Show In His Legendary Career first appeared on Whiskey Riff.