Bucky Covington makes Grand Ole Opry debut this weekend (via Lyric Street)

Nashville, TN – (March 8, 2007) – American Idol Season 5 finalist Bucky Covington will make his Grand Ole Opry debut this Friday, March 9th. Covington will perform his debut single, “A Different World,” which is already generating huge fan response in its early weeks of release. He will also premiere new material from his self-titled debut CD, set for release April 17th on Lyric Street Records.

“A Different World” is a title descriptive of the young singer’s life over the past year. Covington, a North Carolina native who plays guitar, bass, and drums, took time off from his job at his dad’s auto-body shop to audition for Idol early last year. He went from fronting a local country/southern rock cover band to performing for an average of 30 million television viewers a week on American Idol. Following his time on Idol, he toured with the other finalists, performing to sold-out crowds in 39 cities across the United States. He has also made numerous national television appearances including the The Tonight Show, Ellen, Fox & Friends, and Larry King Live.

Covington’s fan base is growing by the day leading up to next month’s release of Bucky Covington. He had the largest friends increase (19%) of any country artist this week on MySpace. The video for “A Different World” debuted in the #1 position atop CMT’s fan-voted CMT Pure Country video playlist and at an impressive #36 on Yahoo Music’s all-genre video chart, putting Covington in the company of fellow American Idol alum Carrie Underwood as the only two country artists with videos in Yahoo’s Top 50.

To listen to music from Bucky Covington, log on to: www.buckycovingtonmusic.com or www.myspace.com/buckycovington

Bucky Covington will be released on Lyric Street Records on April 17th, 2007.

Lyric Street Records is a part of the Buena Vista Music Group. The Buena Vista Music Group is the recorded music and music publishing arm of the Walt Disney Studios.

(Many thanks to the kind people at Lyric Street for the info! I'll be back in a little while with one last post before I hit the road --Winnie)