Bucky Covington on stage at Uncle Ron's in Lincoln, Nebraska, 11/28; photo by the very kind Janie, who shares more of her images from that exciting show in her Photobucket gallery. Thanks again, Janie! Bucky Covington's debut CD is in stores now, and his music videos for "It's Good to Be Us" and "A Different World" are available for online viewing at CMT.com and Yahoo Music. You can buy Bucky's album at Amazon, Best Buy , iTunes, WalMart Music and Target, hear the full version of his singles at CMT and GAC, or enjoy samples of songs from the CD at Bucky's official MySpace. A copy of Bucky Covington can be ordered at his official site or via his official fan club.It's not quite the night before Christmas, but it's close enough at hand for things to be rather quiet, indeed--the Mediabase charts are looking rather familiar, and Bucky Covington's rockin' version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" is making a lot of spirits bright nationwide, as a quick check of Yes.com reveals.
But come New Year's Eve--and for much of the rest of the year--the concert scene is going to be anything but quiet. Bucky's newly-posted 2008 tour schedule already has lots of us scrambling for travel info, even though some of the venues aren't even listed yet! Here's a quick look at the shows we do have plenty of information on, so far, with an expanded listing for Bucky's next show:
Monday, 12/31/2007
US99 New Year's Eve Ball
Tinley Park Convention Center
18501 S Harlem Ave
Tinley Park, IL 60477
(with Keith Anderson and Luke Bryan)
Website: http://us99.com/New-Years-Eve-2007/980667
Ticket info: Individual tickets ($88, concert only) and hotel/dinner/concert VIP packages (sold in pairs only) available at Ticketmaster
Directions: Ask.com map
Other info: From Ticketmaster: "All General Admission concert tickets include an open bar package of beer, wine, champagne, and call brands from 8pm - 12 midnight (Cash Bar 12 - 1:30am)"
2008 dates:
January 11/12th, 2008: Sound and Speed*, Nashville [tickets]
January 12: Grand Ole Opry, Nashville [tickets]
January 25: Pullo Performing Arts Center, York PA [tickets]
January 31: Opening for Trace Adkins, Lowell, Mass. [tickets]
February 1: Opening for Trace Adkins, Johnstown PA [tickets]
February 14: Opening for Dierks Bentley, Gainesville, FL [tickets]
March 5: Opening for Dierks Bentley, Orillia, ON [tickets]
March 6: Opening for Dierks Bentley, Orillia, ON [tickets
March 15: Opening for Dierks Bentley, Estero, FL [tickets]
May 3-4: Stagecoach Festival , Indio, California [tickets]
May 28-31: Winfield Country Roundup, Winfield, Kansas [tickets]
June 5-8: CMA Fest, Nashville, Tennessee [tickets]
June 14: Reinholds Fire Co., Reinholds PA [no advance tickets as of yet]
June 21: Porterfield Country Fest, Marinette, WI [ticket info at site]
June 26: Country USA, Oshkosh, Wisconsin [ticket info]
June 27: Countryfest 2008 , Cadott, Wisconsin [tickets]
June 28: Country Stampede, Manhattan, Kansas [tickets]
July 5: Festival of the Bells, Hillsboro, OH [info]
August 30: Kick'n Up Kountry, Thief River Falls, Minnesota [tickets]
*Bucky will be part of the 1 p.m. Backstage Garage Pass session.
Photo of Bucky Covington on stage at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore by the_mumbler--click image to see more. Thanks!The Opry tickets page is showing good availability for the 12th; but with the bill shaping up so beautifully, that could change in the blink of an eye. (Bucky, Joe and Old Crow Medicine Show? I'd be there if I could. Get your tickets soon!) Good seats are still available for the Pullo Performing Arts Center concert in York, PA, but that one's filling up fast, as well. And a quick check at Ticketmaster reveals just what you'd expect from the Dierks Bentley and Trace Adkins ticket searches--those are some extremely hot dates. However, if the seat you want isn't coming up at the moment, never fear--as you'll recall from way back during the American Idols Live tour (and doesn't that seem like a million years ago?), some excellent tickets are sometimes released a little closer to the show date. Hang in there...
No matter where you sit or what the venue might be, Bucky Covington live is a treat not to be missed. If you have seen and heard him in concert, you know what we mean--and if you haven't, you are in for a major musical treat! We'll make it as easy as possible for you to have all the info you need to get yourself a rockin' good time (or two, or more) with Bucky in 2008. Stay tuned!--Winnie
The Monday mediabase is not looking too good, We have lost the bullets on both charts. Come on lets get em back. IG2BU needs to make it to the Top 10.
ReplyDeleteCould the fact that YES.com has changed formats and many of us no longer visit there be affecting this negative chart action?
ReplyDeleteCould Bucky's SCICTT rising chart spins be adversely affecting IG2BU?
Has there been a change in Mediabase where there is a slower fall off the charts to recurrent status? The mature songs once left more quickly and the newer ones filled their place.
Merry Christmas. Santa , please bring me a Top 20 soon!!!BF
Anon and Buckyflowers, hello! Keep the faith--I do think Bucky's single will be bulleted again when radio programming returns to post-holiday form. The Yes.com changes were a jolt but the new format's feeling more familiar now...hopefully we'll be poppong in again more often.
ReplyDeleteBF, you and I are asking Santa for the very same thing--he's a nice guy, I hear. I bet he's listening to us, but I will make some extra cookies for him just in case... :D