Alan Jackson is returning to his hometown of Newman, Georgia, for a special benefit concert, where he will be joined by a few of his famous friends. The 62-year-old will perform for the Where I Come From: Tornado Benefit Featuring Alan Jackson show on June 26, joined by Chris Young, Caylee Hammack and fellow Newman natives Adam Wright and…
Alan Jackson and his family had their lives turned upside down in 2018, when his son-in-law, Ben Selecman, tragically died following an accident on a boat dock. Selecman had been married to Jackson’s oldest daughter, Mattie, for less than a year when the accident occurred. “When he died, I was kind of pissed off at the world,” Jackson recalls…
Alan Jackson‘s long-awaited album, Where Have You Gone, is out! The ambitious 20-track project marks Jackson’s first new set of tunes in six years, and a bold celebration of the country music he loved as a kid, and still loves today. While Jackson poured his heart and soul into Where Have You Gone, he felt a freedom in writing and…
When Alan Jackson‘s highly-anticipated Where Have You Gone.album is released on Friday, May 14, the record will mark the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s first new project in six years. Jackson’s last album, Angels and Alcohol, was released in 2015, although no one is more surprised than Jackson that the gap has been so long. “It wasn’t intentional,”…
Alan Jackson and Vince Gill are just two of the artists who will perform for the 2021 National Memorial Day Concert, airing on PBS. The country stars will be joined by rising star Mickey Guyton, as well as Sara Bareilles, Denyce Graves, Gladys Knight, The Four Tops, The National Symphony Orchestra, actors Steve Buscemi and Mary McCormack, among others….
Alan Jackson is honoring his late mother with one of the songs on his upcoming new album, Where Have You Gone. The song, “Where Her Heart Has Always Been,” was written in 2017, shortly after she passed away. “I wrote it for her funeral,” Jackson shares with his record label. “And I really love that track. It’s just really –…
Alan Jackson has written plenty of hits, with almost all of them earning the approval of his wife, Denise. But there’s one song he wrote, “Where I Come From,” which she absolutely loathed, and yet it still landed at the top of the charts. “When you write something of your own, and you’re singing it, you get real close…
Alan Jackson has officially released “You’ll Always Be My Baby (Written for Daughters’ Weddings).” The song, from his upcoming Where Have You Gone album, was written for his daughter Mattie’s wedding almost four years ago. “I wrote the song for Mattie’s wedding the summer of 2017, but it was so hard to do. I told them, ‘I wrote this…
Loretta Lynn is a big fan of Alan Jackson, and especially his upcoming Where Have You Gone album. The 88-year-old spoke out on social media about Jackson, praising him for his next set of tunes. “Just when I thought country music was near gone, brings it back to life!” Lynn posted. “What an album, he’s given us….
Alan Jackson thrilled country music fans when he announced the upcoming release of his new album, Where Have You Gone, out May 14. The 21-track record is pure country, an ode to the songs and artists that inspired Jackson to pursue a career in music more than 30 years go. “Merle and George and Hank,” Jackson told his record…
