Quick Tuesday news: A bullet in need of plumping, a busy box office, a Direct TV delight, and a tour widget for you..

Bucky Covington , up close and personal at the Glass Cactus in Grapevine, Texas, 1/19; photo by the very generous AmaTexMom. Thanks so much for sharing the fun! You can see more of her beautiful photos at her site, BuckyFanPics. 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.

Here's a quick sweep of the news for this Tuesday morning:

Upcoming shows: Bucky Covington is part of some very hot tickets this winter--his upcoming dates with Trace Adkins and his spot on the "Throttle Wide Open" tour with Dierks Bentley are sure to put him in front of some very large--and enthusiastic--bigger-venue crowds. There was a lot of pre-show buzz in Missouri, as the Farmington Daily Journal reports; box office tickets for the 2/29 Dierks Bentley concert at the Civic Center went on sale at 9:30 a.m. that day, and as Civic Center Director Bill Towler promised earlier this month, some excellent seats were on offer for those who braved the cold and the wee hours for a good spot in line. (The son of a "die-hard fan of Bucky Covington" was mentioned in the piece--if you're reading this, congratulations on your close-up view!)

Bucky Covington on stage at the Ryman for the Grand Ole Opry, 1/2; photo by the very kind Buckems. Thanks again!

Mr. Towler also told the Daily Journal that he thinks this'll be a sell-out...so if you're thinking of going, hop over to Ticketmaster and snag your seat now. And some last minute seats may be left for the Pullo Performing Arts Center in York PA on January 25 (tickets here). Bucky opens for Trace Adkins at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA on 1/31 (see ad in sidebar) On 2/1, he'll open for Trace Adkins in Johnstown, Pennsylvania ; tickets can be purchased at the War Memorial Arena box office (ticket request form available here) or charge by phone at 1-800-243-8499. The local number is 536-5156.

Chart news: The good news is that "It's Good to Be Us" is still #20 on both the Mediabase weighted and Top 500 charts today. The other news is that it's got an "invisible bullet" on that weighted chart, and with room finally opening up at the top, there's an opportunity forming that we really, really want to take advantage of, y'all. I know I nag every day about the importance of requesting, but it's crucial today and tonight--call up your local DJ, vote on those "Top X at X" countdowns, call Lia, The Big Time with Whitney Allen , Danny Wright All Night, After Midnite tonight...we've got a wonderful song to support, and it needs a little extra lovin' to move back into positive territory. (It's a fairly small hurdle to jump over, too; if just 20 or so of the shy people reading these words make a successful request, Bucky's bullet could be back in business. We can do this!)

On the tube and around the net: Good news for those with DirecTV--if you missed that "The 101" Sawyer Brown concert featuring Bucky as special guest, you'll be able to relive the summer fun this week. A kind reader reports that it'll air on the following dates and times: Wed. 1/23 - 8 pm, Thu. 1/24 - 11 am, and Fri., 1/25 - 1 am and 5pm. (Many thanks to flyboy6214 for the news.) GAC Nights' Sound and Speed coverage starts tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET , with re-airings this week--be sure to catch it if you can.

If you liked Herb Sudzin's excellent video interview with Bucky and his chat with Bucky's tourmate Cole Deggs, you might enjoy completing the Raisin' the Bar tour set with Mr. Sudzin's Jason Michael Carroll interview (link updated), available on YouTube now. The Covington Times has beautiful smiling concert shots of Bucky and Rocky Covington posted this morning (with links to lots more), and a link to a "video of the day" that'll get you moving for sure. You can check out the whole news piece on Bucky's awesome Zippo sponsorship deal at Team Covington now, and Sunscreen's been busy with beautiful updates at the Bucky Truck Stop, too. Finally, scroll down for a little tech-present from me to you!

Ever have one of those snowy weekends when you're stuck indoors and you get too clever for your own good? A bit of web surfing led me to Gydget.com, where I proceeded to register and whip up the snazzy Flash tour widget you see above. (I hope you see it above, anyway!) Trouble is, it's way too big for my sidebar. If you'd like to use it on your website or MySpace profile, click the blue "Grab It" button to get the code, and enjoy. Hope it works well for you...and if you don't see it, please let me know in comments and I'll try to find a way to link to a working model. (Edited to thank the kind people at Gydget for some much needed tech help. You can snag the code for two versions of the gydget--one wide, one narrow--right here, and if we're MySpace friends, look for a bulletin soon...)

We'll wrap things up with those handy voting links--Bucky's video for "It's Good to Be Us" deserves a round of mouse-clicking applause! Watch it at CMT, and give Bucky some Top 20 lovin' at GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown, CMT's Top 20 Countdown, and at CMT's Pure Country Pure 12-Pack.

More very soon--have a terrific Tuesday!