LATEST UPDATE: Jason Aldean Took Over ‘Nashville Big Bash’ With a Performance That Set the Tone for the New Year Ahead ⚡rub
Jason Aldean is helping fans ring in 2026! The country star served as one of the headliners of CBS’ New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash alongside Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman.
Aldean took the stage at Nashville’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park to sing “My Kinda Party”, expertly entertaining both the live crowd and those watching from home as the show returned from a 30-minute break.
Later, Aldean once again performed, singing “Burnin’ It Down,” “Whiskey Drink,” “That’s the Trouble with a Heartbreak,” “How Far Does a Goodbye Go,” and “She’s Country” in separate times on stage.
The five-hour broadcast, which is being hosted by Bert Kreischer and Hardy, is set to feature tons of unforgettable performances, including one from the latter host himself.
CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers are also set to perform during the special. Meanwhile, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, and Stephen Wilson Jr. will take the stage from various venues across Music City.
Additionally, Dwight Yoakam and Marcus King will take the stage at Category 10, home of the official New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash watch party, with special guests Cody Alan and Caylee Hammack.
Fans can also look forward to appearances by comedian Dusty Slay, Entertainment Tonight‘s Cassie DiLaura, Sirius XM host Buzz Brainard, and UFC champion Kayla Harrison.
Jason Aldean’s Year Ahead
Aldean’s New Year’s Eve performance is the first of many big things to come in the year ahead for the singer. He will put out his latest LP, Songs About Us, on April 24.
Fans have already heard three songs off of the LP: “Help You Remember,” “Hard To Love You,” and “Lovin’ Me Too Long.”
“It means the world when one of my songs helps someone through a hard time—or celebrates their best moments. This album is about all of that—the highs, the lows, and everything in between,” Aldean said in a press release. “Every track started with a real story or feeling, and together we turned those experiences into music. In the end, I realized this album is about all of us. These are songs about us.”
Ahead of the album’s release, Aldean will set out on the Full Throttle Tour 2026, a continuation of his 2025 outing. Following the U.S. run, Aldean will perform shows across New Zealand and Australia.
Alan Jackson wrapped up his career as a live performer in June at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
If folks are wondering why the 67 year old star called it a career, at least for live performances, there’s good reason. A big part of the decision was simply his desire to spend more time with family.
“I’ve been touring for over 30 years, you know, played everywhere in the country and parts of the world,” Jackson said when he announced his farewell tour. “Have had a wonderful career, and getting into my twilight years, and all my daughters are grown, and I got one grandchild and one on the way.
Enjoy spending more time at home, and don’t want to be away like I had to be in my younger days, and I don’t tour as much now as I did 10 years ago. But I think it’s getting time to start thinking about hanging it up full-time.”
That’s not the only reason for ramping the career down, though. The singer has been dealing with a rare genetic condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
It is a chronic neuropathy condition that affects a person’s balance and ability to walk, and it apparently runs in his family. He cited that, too, while explaining why he was retiring this year.
“Most of my fans know I have a degenerative health condition that affects my legs and arms and my mobility that I got from my daddy and it’s getting worse,” he said. “So, it makes me more uncomfortable on stage, and I just have a hard time, and I just want to think about maybe calling it quits before I’m unable to do the job like I want to.”
While it is sad that Jackson has stepped away, in the end, he did pretty, darned well for himself in his career.
It has been a long run for Jackson, who began his career in 1987. It has been a lucrative run, too.
Just how lucrative?
Well, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com, Jackson has an estimated fortune of $150 million. That number was also good enough to put Jackson among the top 10 — he was ninth — richest active country music stars in the country in 2024.
So, Jackson and his family will be well taken care of moving forward.