UPDATE: Ronkonkoma in Running for Alan Jackson Concert

UPDATE: As of Sunday, September 4, Ronkonkoma sits in fourth place in the contest to bring Alan Jackson to the area for a free concert. So far 2,109 people have voted for Ronkonkoma, while Kanas City leads with 5,247.

ORIGINAL: The name Alan Jackson and Ronkonkoma don't run synonymous, but somehow the Long Island hamlet is currently in first for a contest to bring the country music star in for a free concert.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Ronkonkoma led the nation with 969 votes, just ahead of Covington, Va. (887) and Charleston, West Virginia (615).

Click here to vote for Ronkonkoma ... if for some reason the link makes you type in the zip code, it's 11779.

According to a release on his website, Jackson is working with Eventful, Inc. to give country music fans the opportunity to Demand that their city host a free concert in celebration of his new studio album to be released this fall on EMI Records Nashville/ACR (Alan’s Country Records). 

Jackson is empowering his fans to determine which city will get a free show. Fans have until October 10 to cast a vote. The city with the most Demands will host the exclusive free show.
 
Jackson, who has sold nearly 60-million albums worldwide, topped the country singles charts 35 times, and scored more than 50 Top-10 hits. He’s a 17-time winner at the ACM Awards and a 16-time CMA Award recipient, a tally that includes three CMA Entertainer of the Year honors. He is also a two-time Grammy-honored artist, whose songwriting has earned him the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award

No information has been released about potential dates for the show, or a location in the actually city that wins.