{"id":766243,"date":"2026-06-28T18:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766243\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:44:10","slug":"taylor-swifts-heartfelt-message-to-alan-jackson-gets-mixed-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766243\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift’s Heartfelt Message to Alan Jackson Gets Mixed Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAlan Jackson<\/a> took his final live performance bow<\/a> Saturday night in Nashville at Nissan Stadium, and he was joined by a bevy of fellow stars, both in real life and virtually, including Taylor Swift<\/a> who appeared via video.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a clip played right before Jackson took the stage for his last concert on his \u00a0One More for the Road \u2013 The Finale<\/a> tour, Swift\u2019s surprise video was played on screens flanking the stage.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0\u201cHi Alan, it\u2019s Taylor. I just want to say thank you for your decades of unbelievable songwriting and performances and the ways you\u2019ve given so much to us, the fans,\u201d she said. In the heartfelt video, she shared that her favorite song of his is \u201cDrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn that song you really paint such a picture and let us into details of your life and I know that that was an example that was so good for me to see at a young age, an artist really just letting fans into the details of his life,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd I appreciate you so much for the ways that you have treated me and other artists and writers with such support and encouragement over the years, and I am so excited for you doing your show and just appreciate you so much. Love you!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHer appearance and sweet message appeared to receive a mixed reaction from concertgoers, with fan-shot videos appearing to capture boos, but also cheers from attendees. It\u2019s unclear why the singer, whose recently released \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You<\/a>\u201d from Toy Story 5 marks her return to her country roots and country radio<\/a>, received a mixed reaction, but it\u2019s not the first time she\u2019s had to shake it off, and you know, haters gonna hate. In February 2025, Swift was booed<\/a> when she was shown on the screen during the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles matchup at the\u00a0Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0LIX, and Serena Williams defended the singer. <\/p>\n

\n\tJackson\u2019s final show also featured tribute performances by the likes of George Strait, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Lee Ann Womack,\u00a0and more, who covered Jackson prior to him taking the stage.<\/p>\n

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\n\tLast year, Jackson announced his final tour run. In 2021, he\u00a0revealed a diagnosis<\/a>\u00a0of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,\u00a0a degenerative disease that impacts balance and mobility, while on The Today Show.<\/p>\n

\n\tHis final performance in Nashville was filmed for a concert special set to air on NBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alan Jackson took his final live performance bow Saturday night in Nashville at Nissan Stadium, and he was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[213409,64,63,447,134,2897],"class_list":["post-766243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-alan-jackson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}