Alan Jackson Announces Rare TV Performance

Alan Jackson Announces Rare TV Performance

Alan Jackson is returning to TV this month. The country legend is part of a new group of artists slated to perform at Opry 100: A Live Celebration.

Post Malone, Alison Krauss & Union Station and Travis Tritt also joined the lineup for an NBC special that will originate from two famed Nashville music venues. Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Lainey Wilson, Reba McEntire and Vince Gill were previously announced as performers.

  • Blake Shelton will host Opry 100 from the Grand Ole Opry.
  • The show will celebrate 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry, a radio program that has become a cultural institution and must-see for country fans.
  • Opry 100: A Live Celebration airs on NBC on March 19 at 8PM ET.

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Jackson’s participation is notable because his performance schedule is so limited in 2025. He has just a handful of dates left on his Last Call: One More for the Road Tour, although he’s extended that tour before. In 2021, he revealed he’d been diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and said his touring schedule would become more and more limited in the years to come.

Opry 100: A Live Celebration Reformers

Here is a full, alphabetical list of Grand Ole Opry members scheduled to perform at Opry 100: A Live Celebration:

Alan Jackson
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Ashley McBryde
Blake Shelton
Brad Paisley
Carly Pearce
Carrie Underwood
Clint Black
Dierks Bentley
Garth Brooks
Jamey Johnson
Keith Urban
Kelsea Ballerini
Lainey Wilson
Luke Combs
Marty Stuart
Reba McEntire
Ricky Skaggs
Steven Curtis Chapman
Terri Clark
Trace Adkins
Travis Tritt
Trisha Yearwood
Vince Gill

These Opry members are also scheduled to appear in some capacity: Bill Anderson, Chris Janson, Dustin Lynch, Jeannie Seely, Lauren Alaina, Sara Evans and Scotty McCreery.

Additionally, Opry member Randy Travis will make an appearance, and fan favorites like Amy Grant, Eric Church, Jelly Roll, Post Malone, the War And Treaty and Yolanda Adams will also be on the show.

That’s nearly 40 country singers, with more performers expected between now and March 19. The show will originate from the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium.

PICTURES: See Inside Alan Jackson’s Spectacular Hilltop Estate

After selling their spectacular Southern manor home in 2010, Alan Jackson and his wife moved to to what might be an even more impressive mansion, if that’s even possible. Their 5-bedroom, 8-bathroom, 22,012-square-foot estate in the same Nashville suburb of Franklin features bedrooms that are all well-appointed suites, while the formal dining and living areas are finished off with splendid arched doorways, oversized windows and elaborate woodwork. The residence also includes a bar, a media room and multiple indoor and outdoor fireplaces. It sold for $19 million in March of 2021.

Gallery Credit: Sterling Whitaker

30 Country Stars You Won’t Believe Aren’t Grand Ole Opry Members

That answer is often difficult to determine, but this list suggests reasons where appropriate. Membership into the Grand Ole Opry comes with an obligation to play the show frequently, but that’s often set aside (Barbara Mandrell is an inactive member, for example). Only living artists are considered, and once a member dies, they are no longer a member.

For that reason, we’ve not included any country legends who’ve passed. That eliminates Toby Keith.

As of 2023, there are more than 70 members of the Grand Ole Opry. Historically, nearly 250 men, women and groups were members — so, it’s a select group that excludes several Country Music Hall of Famers.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

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