Trace Adkins Hints 2026 Tour May Be His Final Run on the Road
trace adkins suggested he may step away from full-time touring after 2026, saying he intends to "give ’em this year" but "can’t promise you anything after that" while promoting his new film at a Nashville premiere.
Trace Adkins on the red carpet
Speaking during a red carpet interview at the Nashville premiere of I Can Only Imagine 2, which is scheduled to arrive in theaters on February 20, the 64-year-old told interviewers, "I don’t have another 30 in me. I do not. No. " He added, "I’m gonna give ’em this year. I’m on tour hard this year, but then I can’t promise you anything after that. " The comments came as he marked three decades since his 1996 debut album, Dreamin’ Out Loud.
Tour stops and the 30th Anniversary run
trace adkins is on a 24-date 30th Anniversary Tour that opened on January 16, 2026, at the Oxford Performing Arts Center in Oxford, Alabama, and is scheduled to stretch through September 19 at Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, West Virginia. The itinerary includes major stops such as the St. Augustine Amphitheatre in Florida, two nights at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on May 22 and 23, and Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 22.
Career milestones and hits that defined his stage life
Adkins has released 13 studio albums, starting with Dreamin’ Out Loud in 1996 and most recently The Way I Wanna Go in 2021. Over his career he has sold more than 11 million albums and charted nearly two dozen singles, including signature songs like "You’re Gonna Miss This, " "Ladies Love Country Boys, " "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk, " and the Billboard number-one hits cited in his catalog. Those records and his film and television credits have underpinned a long touring life.
He acknowledged that the idea of stepping back has been on his mind for years — "I knew 10 years ago, " he said with a laugh — and joked that his accountant urged him to keep going: "But my accountant was like, 'No, not yet. '" He has not announced a formal retirement plan, only that he cannot promise what comes after this year.
What comes next
For now, the immediate schedule is clear: his 30th Anniversary Tour continues through September 19, 2026, at Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, West Virginia, and his film I Can Only Imagine 2 arrives in theaters on February 20. Fans will be able to see him onstage at announced dates including the Ryman in Nashville on May 22 and 23 and at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 22 as he finishes out the current run.
