Alan Jackson heads to Mineral, Virginia this weekend to put on a show in the Louisa County High School parking lot. Last year, Mineral won an online contest to be the site of a free Alan concert -- Mineral received more than 31,000 votes in the competition sponsored by eventful.com. The show will take place on Sunday (May 20th), following an August earthquake that did millions of dollars in damage to home and buildings in Louisa County.

Alan tells us how the contest grew into a much-needed fundraiser. "That thing just kind of grew into this crazy show that it's become, because we had this contest going, I guess, at radio where every town could vote and whoever got the most votes, I'd come and do a free show for or something, I guess is how it started. And then when this town had the earthquake and damaged the school as well as other buildings in town and didn't get much attention for it. Somebody in that town, I believe a fan, got on that internet and rallied all this together and got everybody around the country to vote for this little town to win this contest to do the show; that's how it all started. And so, it's kind of interesting that that much passion went into that and came together. I don't think they said there's about 400 people that live there, so it'll be a small show . . . we're gonna try to raise a little money to help 'em, and I think it's a pretty cool little story."

Funds raised for the Louisa Education Foundation (LEF) will be used to assist the county public schools in their rebuilding efforts as a result of the 2011 earthquake. The fund will help in the rebuilding of the Louisa County High School and be earmarked for replacement of the school's extensively-used auditorium. The Louisa County High School is currently condemned after earthquake damage.

For more information on how you can help, go to musicformineral.com.

AUDIO: ALAN JACKSON ON MINERAL, VIRGINIA SHOW

A couple of powerhouse tours kick off tonight (Friday, May 18th). Brad Paisley resumes his Virtual Reality trek in St. Louis, Missouri with special guests The Band Perry and Scotty McCreery.

Over in Gulfport, Mississippi, headliner Gary Allan fires up the Country Throwdown tour. Other acts on that bill include Rodney Atkins, Justin Moore, Josh Thompson, Eric Paslay, Sunny Sweeney, Corey Smith, Florida Georgia Line, and Maggie Rose. This tour plays at outdoor amphitheater and features three stages. In addition to performances on the two main stages, the Bluebird Cafe Stage will spotlight the talents of emerging singer-songwriters Channing Wilson, Rose Falcon and Carly Pearce for intimate "in the round" sets throughout the day along with nightly performances during main stage set changes.

Country Throwdown will stop in 20 cities around the country this summer.

Here are the dates so far on the Country Throwdown tour:
5/18-Gulfport, MS @ Jones Park
5/19-Lampe, MO @ Black Oak Mountain Amphitheater
5/20-Bonner Springs, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
5/26-Gilford, NH @ Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
5/27-Bangor, ME @ Waterfront Park
6/1-Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
6/2-Kettering, OH @ Fraze Pavilion
6/3-Anderson, IN @ Hoosier Park Casino
6/13-Glen Allen, VA @ Innsbrook Pavilion
6/14-N. Lawrence, OH @ Clay's Park Amphitheater
6/15-Danville, VA @ Carrington Pavilion
6/16-Washington, PA @ CONSOL Energy Park
6/17-Syracuse, NY @ NYS Fairgrounds
6/22-Sioux Falls, SD @ W.H. Lyons Fairgrounds
6/23-Rockford, IL @ Davis Park / Metro Center
6/28-Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest 2012
6/29-Marion, IL @ Rent One Park
6/30-Bridgeview, IL @ Toyota Park
7/1-Norfolk, NE @ Divots Conference Center
7/8-Nashville, TN @ The Woods at Fontanel

For more information or to purchase tickets visit countrythrowdown.com.

Carrie Underwood and her husband, Mike Fisher, sit down with Oprah Winfrey for their first TV interview together. Oprah flew to Nashville to visit with the couple in their Nashville area cabin, where they talked about a variety of subjects, including what "freaks" Carrie out.

Now that Carrie's a superstar, you'd think she would have people to do everything for her. Well, she could, but she doesn't, as she tells Oprah. "(Oprah) So what thing do you still like doing for yourself even though somebody could do for you? (Carrie) Laundry, even when we're on the road. Laundry and grocery shopping, and it makes tour life a little difficult because those are things I really don't have time to do (Oprah) Right (Carrie) So that's what I do on my days off. We go to the laundromat. I get my quarters (and) go to the laundromat . . . (Oprah) You are kidding me. You are kidding me! (Carrie) And we go do our laundry. (Oprah) Oh, I'd pay to see that -- Carrie Underwood at a laundromat. (Carrie) I just don't like other people doing my laundry. (Oprah) Really? (Carrie) Freaks me out."

Carrie also said that being a married woman takes some getting used to, but she's almost there. "I feel like the longer I am married and will be married the more . . . At first it was weird -- 'I can't believe I'm married' -- and sometimes I still have those moments where I can't believe I'm married. I mean, I spent 27 years not being married and I kind of got used to it, so . . . (Oprah) (laughs) Yeah. (Carrie) But now, the more I do it the more I'm able to think more of 'we.' For the first year of our marriage, I still would give people gifts and write 'Love, Carrie.' I'm like, 'Okay, now I'm Carrie and Mike. There's two of us now.' I'm getting better all the time."

Catch the whole interview on Oprah's Next Chapter, airing on Sunday (May 20th) on Oprah's OWN network at 8 p.m. ET.

Carrie also performs live on the Billboard Awards on Sunday. The show airs live from Las Vegas on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

AUDIO: CARRIE UNDERWOOD TALKS WITH OPRAH ABOUT DOING LAUNDRY
AUDIO: CARRIE UNDERWOOD TELLS OPRAH SHE'S ADJUSTING TO BEING MARRIED