L.A. Times - Entertainment — Heading into its 10-year anniversary, the Stagecoach Country Music Festival is bringing back Eric Church and Luke Bryan, who headlined 2014’s bro-country blowout, but the male dominance at the top of the card is tempered by Carrie Underwood, who re... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Heavy metal rockers Disturbed ousted country singer Luke Bryan from the top spot on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Luke Bryan held onto the top spot of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, holding off Ed Sheeran and Dr Dre. more info

Stereogum — Two seemingly contradictory reports from Billboard this week: Bro-country is over and Luke Bryan has another #1 album. Bro-country, as coined by Jody Rosen (then of New York Magazine), indicates “music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty ... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Country star Luke Bryan's latest album, "Kill the Lights," beat out Dr. Dre's buzzy "Compton," the companion album to "Straight Outta Compton," in the U.S. album sales race for the week ending Aug. 13, according to data fr... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — It dominated the pop-cultural conversation last week and helped drive its companion movie to a No. 1 showing at the weekend box office. more info

Mercury News, California — Luke Bryan ready for date at 49ers' Levi's Stadium on Aug. 29. more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Waylon Jennings' son, maverick singer-songwriter Shooter Jennings, has extended an olive branch to current country superstar Luke Bryan, who got himself in hot water last week for off-the-cuff remarks about the outlaw country movement and three of it... more info