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Well, thanks to DjGrr and dfx, we have restored everyone's ratios back to how they were on the 14th of this month. After the restore, DjGrrr was nice enough to credit everyone's account with a free 10GB bonus to make up for any inconvenience caused Please report any problems if you find them, hopefully all is back to normal now. All users that have signed up after July 14th have had their ratios reset to 0, but get to keep their accounts. Enjoy the rest of your FREELEECH ;)

Maximum size for Freeleech Tokens has been set back to 10 GB (during the celebration it was 100 GB), thank you all for celebrating with us!

Several anti-virus vendors have begun blocking uTorrent after identifying the software as malicious or potentially dangerous. In addition, Google Chrome is currently blocking several pages on uTorrent's official website. According to the reports the popular file-sharing application is linked to riskware and trojans. With millions of new downloads per month uTorrent is without doubt the most used BitTorrent client around. The software is the main source of revenue for the San Francisco based company BitTorrent Inc. and generates income through advertisements and bundled software. The latter now appears to be causing trouble as several anti-virus vendors have begun listing uTorrent as a security risk. The scanning result below from VirusTotal shows that at least six anti-virus applications, including ESET and Symantec, have flagged the software as problematic. The anti-virus scans associate the uTorrent.exe file with Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT and the controversial OpenCandy bundling software. While this isn’t the first time that uTorrent has been flagged in this manner, we haven’t seen it being reported by this many independent tests before. In addition to action by the anti-virus companies, uTorrent is also being blocked by Google in several ways. When attempting to download the latest stable release of the torrent client, Chrome flags the software as malicious and blocks the download, although this only appears to happen sporadically. Google is also actively blocking several pages that link to uTorrent and other BitTorrent Inc. software. According to Google, parts of the uTorrent website contain “harmful programs.” The same “harmful software” warning from Google also prevented millions of people from accessing popular torrent sites earlier this month. A Google spokesperson informed us that this was the result of the company’s increased efforts to block programs that make “unexpected changes” to people’s computers. “Google Safe Browsing’s ability to detect deceptive software has steadily improved,” the company explained in a recent blog post. “In the coming weeks, these detection improvements will become more noticeable in Chrome: users will see more warnings about unwanted software than ever before,” Google adds. These and the other uTorrent threat reports all seem to be triggered by bundled third-party software bundled. There is no indication or evidence that the BitTorrent client itself is harmful. We asked BitTorrent Inc. for a comment on the recent reports but the company has yet to respond.

Coinffeine has launched its decentralised open-sourced P2P bitcoin exchange in over 70 countries. By integrating with Russia-based payment processor OKPay, the Spanish company has enabled bitcoin enthusiasts to purchase and sell the digital currency in countries including Russia, China, Indonesia, Brazil and the Eurozone. Speaking about the launch, Alberto Gomez Toribio, the company's CEO, said: "We want our customers to be those who simply have a PayPal-like account and want to buy or sell bitcoins in a simple and effective way." The launch follows the release of Coinffeine's decentralised technical preview version in April, which sought to familiarise developers and early bitcoin adopters with the platform. How it works According to its website, Coinffeine uses bitcoin's decentralised nature to create a secure way for people to exchange the digital currency with an untrusted third party. When users download Coinffeine's desktop wallet app, they can sign in and link their account with their OKPay account. Users hold bitcoin in their desktop wallet and they deposit fiat into their OKPay account, which means Coinffeine never handles its customers' funds. By not handling or holding customer's bitcoin or fiat deposits, Coinffeine is not required to enforce Know-Your-Customer (KYC) guidelines, simplifying user registration and lowering operational costs. Not having to identify users, Gomez said, has allowed for a much more scalable business model. "Coinffeine is like BitTorrent, you just download it, connect your OKPay account ... and use it." When asked about monetisation, Gomez noted that Coinffeine – which received funding from Spanish bank Bankinter's Innovation Foundation – bases its business model on revenue share agreements with payment processors and bank partnerships. Coinffeine is not currently charging fees, but the CEO noted that OKPay would charge a 0.5% commission for bitcoin purchases. Given the platform is still in beta, users are currently recommended to "spend moderate amounts of money".

On Sunday night, Ashley Madison, the premier dating site for adulterers, was hacked by a group calling itself the Impact Team. The hackers say they have the financial records for all of the site’s 37 million users and that they will release more and more data every day, unless the Ashley Madison site is taken down. The Internet is feasting on the news, with many gleeful about the opportunity to see cheaters put in the digital pillory. But it hasn’t happened yet. The leak has been more widely reported than seen, thanks to Ashley Madison’s use of a legal tool from the 1990s that was created to help the entertainment industry combat piracy. Brian Krebs, the prominent security blogger who first reported about the Ashley Madison leak on Sunday, said the hacked material quickly disappeared. “In the short span of 30 minutes between [a brief interview with Ashley Madison’s CEO] and the publication of this story, several of the Impact Team’s Web links were no longer responding,” wrote Krebs. In other words, Ashley Madison had killed the Impact Team’s initial leak before Krebs even got his story up about the leak’s existence. “Using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), our team has now successfully removed all posts related to this incident as well as all Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about our users published online,” said Ashley Madison parent company Avid Life Media in a statement. “We have always had the confidentiality of our customers’ information foremost in our minds and are pleased that the provisions included in the DMCA have been effective in addressing this matter.” The DMCA was originally passed in 1998 to help movie studios and music makers who were increasingly seeing their products show up online, posted and monetized by “copyright pirates.” But recently, the DMCA has taken on new life as a way for hacking victims to get their stolen material taken offline. Jennifer Lawrence used DMCA takedown notices, for example, to get Google to stop linking to her stolen nude photos. Ashley Madison is using the same tactic, but more controversially, because there’s a big question about whether it actually has a copyright on its users’ information. Parker Higgins, director of copyright activism at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says Ashley Madison’s using the DMCA is “fraudulent.” “They don’t have a copyright on what they’re sending notices about,” said Higgins. In an inquiry to Ashley Madison about what the site has copyright on in the stolen information, a spokesperson said she could only point to the official statements that have been made thus far. While the DMCA may be working right now for Ashley Madison to get websites to take its information down, “it underscores other concerns about the DMCA as an existing censorship tool,” said Higgins. The DMCA has long been a controversial legal tool because it is tilted so heavily in favor of copyright holders. When a site gets a DMCA takedown notice, it must immediately comply or risk liability for posting of the copyrighted materials — which means that even valid fair-use creations (such as a Buffy-Twilight mash-up video) can wind up getting taken down. Using the DMCA in the past to deal with leaks got at least one company in trouble, said Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. In 2003, a hacker broke into the servers of Diebold, Inc. and stole emails and files related to security flaws in the company’s voting machines. When graduate students reposted the files, Diebold served them with DMCA takedown notices. The students countersued the company for serving false notices, claiming Diebold didn’t actually have copyright over the material. Diebold lost the case, with a judge saying the company “materially misrepresented that Plaintiffs infringed Diebold’s copyright interest.” After a hack, most companies send “nasty letters that mention copyright” rather than DMCA takedown notices to the websites hosting the material, said Higgins. After Sony Pictures was hacked, for example, its lawyer sent a letter to media publications asking them not to use the stolen information saying that the files were Sony Pictures’ “intellectual property” — more gently invoking copyright concerns. Sony Pictures’ hacked information, though, was released via torrents, meaning there was no central website to which the lawyers could send a takedown notice. If the distribution of Ashley Madison’s files becomes decentralized like that, a DMCA notice will no longer work as a way to stop the distribution. “In terms of effectiveness, the DMCA makes it momentarily harder to get access to the leaked information, but Ashley Madison won’t be able to DMCA every copy of this on the internet,” said Higgins. “Ashley Madison is in cornered-animal mode, and they are using every tool they can.”

I have now issued this period's referrals. For the second time this year members with left over unused referrals have been allowed to carry them over to this period in addition to the new referrals issued, this won't happen often however or after the next review which is expected to be around the 2nd week in September. Additional referrals have been issued as follows: Users who have been a member for at least 90 days and have downloaded at least 100GB of data - 2 invites. Power Users and Super Power Users - 3 invites if you've been a member for at least 90 days, otherwise 1 invite. Elite, Super Elite and Uploaders - 4 invites if you've been a member for at least 90 days, otherwise 2 invites. If you are/were in Kitty Litter at the time of writing and issue you won't have received any additional invites, but if your account is later promoted back into good standing and you would have been eligible for invites you can optionally apply to receive them at a later date by writing to the Staff Box titling your message, "KL invite application", but any such applications received after the 12th August will be automatically rejected. The IRC #invites channel continues to be fully open for business where members are allowed to give away invites to others, it's up to yourselves exactly what criteria you ask for before issuing an invite, but as usual please invite responsibly. Please note that once a referral code is issued it only remains valid for up to 24 hours, if a code expires before being used it will be wasted. Invitees should be advised to avoid using hotmail, msn or outlook to signup as they often block our email responder and they may not receive their sign up confirmation email. If your invitee doesn't receive their confirmation email, firstly please advise them to wait at least 15 minutes and also check their junk / spam folder as it commonly arrives there, if it's definitely not received the code can be used again to retry with a different email address within the 24 hour period. Do NOT distribute your referral codes on known invite forums or trading sites of any kind. Invite giveaways are also prohibited on such sites. The only invite giveaways that are allowed are those that are on other class restricted forums or those sanctioned by staff. Doing so will result in you losing your referral privileges indefinitely as well as possibly being disabled along with your invite tree. Please issue your referral codes responsibly. Referrals are subject to change and maybe be reissued, changed or even withdrawn at the sole discretion of the staff at any time.

Taylor Swift has been nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards. The 25-year-old singer led the pack when the potential honorees were announced on Tuesday ahead of the ceremony taking place in Los Angeles on August 30. Among her nods were Video of the Year for the star-studded Bad Blood, while her video for Blank Space is nominated in both the Best Female Video and Best Pop Video categories. Other stars to feature heavily in the nominations included Taylor's close friend Ed Sheeran. The British pop star, who recently performed three sell-out gigs at the world famous Wembley Stadium in London, received six nods including one for Best Male Performance for Thinking Out Loud as well as Best Choreography. Ed and Taylor will be battling it out in the Best Pop Video segment, with Thinking Out Loud and Blank Space respectively. But the pair have some tough competition from Beyoncé for 7/11, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars for Uptown Funk and Maroon 5 for Sugar. Other notable nominees for the event include Robert Pattinson's rumoured fiancée FKA Twigs, who features in the #VMAs Artists to Watch category alongside George Ezra, James Bay, Fetty Wap and Vance Joy. The nomination announcement comes after it was revealed on Monday that Miley Cyrus will be hosting the awards. The 22-year-old singer is certainly no stranger to the event, and famously caused a worldwide scandal with her twerking during a performance of Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke at the 2013 ceremony. Miley cinfirmed the hosting news by posting a picture of herself dressed as an alien on Instagram. In the shot she is seen holding two sandwich boards. One reads: 'MTV won't let me perform', while the other states: 'So I'm hosting the VMAs'. MTV Video Music Awards 2015 nominations: Best Collaboration Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar- Bad Blood Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth- See You Again Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd- Love Me Harder Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj- Bang Bang Video Nominees with a Social Message Jennifer Hudson- I Still Love You Colbie Caillat- Try Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend- One Man Can Change The World Rihanna- American Oxygen Wale- The White Shoes Best Hip-Hop Video Fetty Wap- Trap Queen Nicki Minaj- Anaconda Kendrick Lamar- Alright Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth- See You Again Big Sean feat. E-40- IDFWU Best Rock Video Hozier- Take Me To Church Fall Out Boy- Uma Thurman Florence + the Machine- Ship To Wreck WALKTHEMOON- Shut Up and Dance Arctic Monkeys- Why You'd Only Call Me When You're High? Best Female Performance Beyonce- 7/11 Taylor Swift- Blank Space Nicki Minaj- Anaconda Sia- Elastic Heart Ellie Goulding- Love Me Like You Do Best Male Performance Ed Sheeran- Thinking Out Loud Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk Kendrick Lamar- Alright The Weeknd- Earned It Nick Jonas- Chains Best Choreography Beyonce OK Go Chet Faker Ed Sheeran Flying Lotus Kendrick Lamar #VMAs Artist to Watch Fetty Wap Vance Joy George Ezra James Bay FKA twigs Best Pop Video Beyoncé- 7/11 Taylor Swift- Blank Space Ed Sheeran- Thinking Out Loud Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk Maroon 5- Sugar Video of the Year Beyoncé- 7/11 Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar- Bad Blood Ed Sheeran- Thinking Out Loud Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk Kendrick Lamar- Alright

Following an incredible sold-out headline show at Somerset House last week, Kwabs has unveiled a brand new track from his forthcoming, hugely-anticipated debut album Love + War released 11 September. Listen to Look Over Your Shoulder here now. As with everything he's put out to date, Look Over Your Shoulder (produced by SOHN), showcases his undeniable, soulful and stunning vocals proving once again that his is a voice that is a uniquely powerful one in British music, both in terms of his showstopping vocal talent and what he says with it. The track is available as an instant download now. At his show last week, 3000 fans got to hear new songs from his debut album as well as tracks such as Wrong Or Right and Walk (the accompanying video for which has now clocked up over an insane 69 million views!). The last couple of years have been a whirlwind for the young singer; releasing three EP's that all showcase a different facet of Kwabs' future soul. His debut album is the culmination of that journey so far ' an open-hearted record, full of soaring confessional soul. Love + War is a lovingly crafted album that not only meets but exceeds what fans have come to expect from him. The next few months see his diary packed with festival appearances across the UK and Europe before his debut release on 11 September. For full dates please visit www.kwabsmusic.com Love + War: 1. Love + War 2. Fight For Love 3. Walk 4. My Own 5. Look Over Your Shoulder 6. Perfect Ruin 7. Forgiven 8. Layback 9. Make You Mine 10. Father Figure 11. Wrong Or Right 12. Cheating On Me Pre-order Love + War here - http://smarturl.it/loveandwar.itunes www.kwabsmusic.com Twitter // @kwabs Soundcloud // kwabs Facebook // kwabsofficial

Following the release of Short Movie 'Director's Cut', an expanded edition of Laura Marling's critically acclaimed fifth album, 'Short Movie', today sees the unveiling of the stunning video to accompany a brand new full band re-working of popular live track 'I Feel Your Love'. A London Forum show is also set to take place on Saturday 5 September in between a full US tour in July & August and Australian dates in October. The gigs will showcase the full band dynamic, which has inspired the Director's Cut re-worked tracks Co-Directed by Cherise Payne and Laura Marling herself the video for 'I Feel Your Love' perfectly illustrates what Marling describes as the 'alchemical change that occurs within a musical group when you add a new brain or flavor to it'. Director's Cut was inspired by the re-recording of two tracks from 'Short Movie' 'I Feel Your Love' and 'Warrior' and progressed even further the development showcased on the album. Short Movie marked a chapter in which Laura's sound and her recordings moved towards a more expansive and electric feel resulting in a much freer and looser sounding album than anything she has done before. In addition Director's Cut also features Daisy and David from the original recordings and previously only available on 7'. Marling explains the influences behind the re-recordings and the subsequent Director's Cut reissue of the album: 'The addition of new guitarist Pete's style of playing combined with a lack of need to be delicate for the sake of hearing strings led to the tone becoming thicker and grittier. And as an unexpected result, we discovered that we like sticky rhythms...and seem to speak a similar language in rhythm and tone, it's a very special quite rare thing!' The album will be available digitally via: add link Full tracklisting as below below: 1. Warrior 2. False Hope 3. I Feel Your Love 4. Walk Alone 5. Strange 6. Don't Let Me Bring You Down 7. Easy 8. Gurdjieff's Daughter 9. Divine 10. How Can I 11. Howl 12. Short Movie 13. Worship Me 14. I Feel Your Love (Director's Cut) 15. Warrior (Director's Cut) 16. David 17. Daisy Laura has been nominated for the Mercury Prize three times; she has also been nominated for two Brit Awards (winning best female in 2011). https://youtu.be/M3OsJE2KQo8

Cara Delevingne allegedly hasn't split with her musician girlfriend, despite reports. Earlier today it was claimed that Cara and St. Vincent, real name Annie Clark, had gone their separate ways for the second time since April. However a source close to the model-turned-actress has blasted the gossip, insisting the pair couldn't be in a better place. "They're still together and very happy. Everyone seems to want them to split up - but the fact is Annie is in Europe on tour and Cara is working in the States," an insider told MailOnline. "They couldn't be happier and the latest reports are yet again just ridiculous." Cara and St. Vincent first sparked romance rumours when they were spotted together at a Brits after-party in February. In a candid interview in last month's Vogue magazine, Cara happily revealed how settled she was with the singer. 'I think that being in love with my girlfriend is a big part of why I'm feeling so happy with who I am these days. And for those words to come out of my mouth is actually a miracle," she said. "It took me a long time to accept the idea [of my sexuality], until I first fell in love with a girl at 20 and recognised that I had to accept it." Prior to her relationship with St. Vincent, Cara was linked to actress Michelle Rodriguez. In June Michelle spoke about her admiration for Cara's Vogue interview. "I think that's beautiful. God bless. The Vogue thing... I thought that was so cool. She is lovely," she gushed to British newspaper Metro. In 2013 Cara was also linked to Harry Styles.

Roger Waters The Wall Live, the Number One selling tour by any solo artist in history, has been adapted for the silver screen for the first time ever as a brand new concert film, Roger Waters The Wall. The film will have its global cinema release for one special night only on Tuesday 29 September at 8pm (local time). A first look trailer has been released to mark the 25th anniversary of the iconic concert by Roger Waters that celebrated the demolition of the Berlin Wall and the end of Communist divide in Germany. Tickets for the cinema release of Roger Waters The Wall are on sale now and available now at www.rogerwatersthewall.com. Roger Waters The Wall, Directed by Roger Waters and Sean Evans, had its premiere at last year's Toronto Film Festival and is described by critics as "nothing short of breath-taking" and "visually magnificent.' The film unfolds on many levels ' as an immersive concert experience of the classic Pink Floyd album, filmed during the sold-out Roger Waters The Wall Live tour (2010-13), a road movie of Waters' reckoning with the past, and as a stirring anti-war film, highlighting the human cost of conflict. In cinemas for one night only on Tuesday 29 September, Roger Waters The Wall also features The Simple Facts; an exclusive in-conversation with Roger Waters and Nick Mason, where the Pink Floyd rhythm section will reunite over the breaking of bread and the answering of questions sent in by fans. 25 years on, set in this brand new breath-taking format, the concept and message of Roger Waters The Wall remains just as relevant. Filmed in 4K and mixed in Dolby Atmos, Rogers Waters The Wall will have an unprecedented global cinema release for one special night only at 8pm on Tuesday 29 September. Tickets are on sale now and available at www.rogerwatersthewall.com.

Off the back of Isle of Wight, T in The Park and Kyle Falconer's tour with Mark Ronson performing The Bike Song, (Glastonbury, Benicassim and Australian dates) The View are pleased to announce a UK tour in September and October. The View release their 5th studio album Ropewalk on September 11th on Cooking Vinyl. Produced by Albert Hammond Jr & Gus Oberg (The Strokes) the album features tracks Marriage and Under The Rug. 'I would say that this record has really taken us out of our comfort zone. It was a huge compliment having Albert & Gus produce the album and we're really excited with the result. I think it's our most inventive album yet, we really opened ourselves up to creative possibilities and thankfully the vision paid off. We can't wait to get out there and play it live..." says Kyle Falconer of The View. The tour kicks off in Aberdeen on September 16th. September Wed 16th Aberdeen The Lemon Tree http://bit.ly/1d9xIqY Thu 17th Newcastle O2 Academy http://bit.ly/1RDh5gq Fri 18th Wolverhampton Slade Rooms http://bit.ly/1RDh2Be Sat 19th Wrexham Central Station http://bit.ly/1RDh5gw Wed 23rd London Electric Ballroom http://bit.ly/1RDh5gq Thu 24th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms http://bit.ly/1RDh5gx Fri, 25th Sheffield The Leadmill http://bit.ly/1RDh5gz Sat, 26th Leeds Brudenell Social Club http://bit.ly/1RDh2Bj Sun, 27th Nottingham The Rescue Rooms http://bit.ly/1RDh8c3 Tue, 29th Manchester Gorilla http://bit.ly/1RDh5gq Wed, 30th Hull The Adelphi http://bit.ly/1RDh2Bn October Thu 1st Cumbria The Old Fire Station http://bit.ly/1RDh5gw Sun 4th Edinburgh The Liquid http://bit.ly/1d9xIqY Mon 5th Edinburgh The Liquid Rooms http://bit.ly/1d9xIqY http://po.st/TheView www.cookingvinyl.com

Miley Cyrus announced her MTV VMAs hosting duties while dressed as a green alien. The 22-year-old We Can't Stop songstress put on a history-making performance with Robin Thicke at the fun awards ceremony in 2013. But this year she won't be onstage as a guest performing act, as she has been dubbed the host of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. 'F**k yeah VMAs!!!!! #VMAs on @MTV Aug 30 at 9pm,' Miley wrote on Instagram Monday July 20 attached to a picture of herself holding signs while wearing a green extraterrestrial costume. During the 2013 MTV VMAs, Miley teamed up with singer Robin Thicke to perform a duet of his song Blurred Lines onstage. The pair put on a raucous show, as Miley was twerk dancing with giant teddy bears while stripping down to a nude bikini, grinding against Robin and kissing him on the neck. Giant foam fingers and wagging tongues also caused a stir during the infamous performance. But last year the Wrecking Ball pop star showed up to the VMAs in an entirely different context. She was accompanied at the 2014 ceremony by transient Jesse Helt, now 23 years old, who accepted her award for Video of the Year and read the star's acceptance speech in a bid to raise awareness for youth homelessness. "I've survived in shelters all over... Though I may have been invisible to you in the streets, I have a lot of the same dreams that brought many of you here tonight," he told millions while accepting Miley's award, while she sat in the audience with tears in her eyes. "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."

Speaking to Capital's Toby Tarrant on Capital, Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall was quizzed on whos the naughtiest when it comes to public displays of affection... Jesy Nelson and her fiance Jake Roche from Rixton or Perrie Edwards and her man Zayn Malik? Jesy gets dropped in it but Jade confirms it's 'not in an annoying way', and that she actually quite admires them for it!

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton's divorce is officially complete. The pair announced on Monday July 20 they had called it quits on their marriage after being wed for four years. And a source tells Us Weekly just hours after Miranda and Blake revealed their union is over, a judge in Oklahoma signed off on their divorce. Although it's claimed Blake filed legal documents to end their marriage well ahead of their split announcement, it normally takes a few months for divorces to be officially granted in court. Sources tell Radar Online the pair are handling their breakup very differently. It's claimed Blake has been boozing through the pain of his divorce, with the country singer even calling attention to his alcohol consumption via Twitter on July 17, three days ahead of the split announcement. 'Good news! I can see clearly!! AND Cheyenne I'm headed for you!!! Actually my vision may be a little blurred by the end of the night. B***h,' he tweeted. Meanwhile Miranda is currently performing shows as part of her Platinum Tour. 'Miranda is doing well right now and focusing on her music and her animals,' a source told Radar Online. The country singers married in May 2011 after meeting in 2005. In their joint statement, Miranda and Blake said the divorce was something they had never envisioned in their future. 'This is not the future we envisioned," their representatives said in a statement to the Associated Press. "And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter." This is Blake's second divorce, as he was once married to longtime girlfriend Kaynette Gern, until they split after three years of marriage in 2006.

Donald Trump's star may be on the rise among those running for the Republican Presidential nomination, but he may need a bit of a boost in Iowa where he ran nine points behind Scott Walker in today's caucus. To boost his image, Trump is scheduled to be at the Iowa State Fair on August 15 with one of his jobs for the day being the introduction of Def Leppard at their concert. Trump being involved with their show is not sitting well with guitarist Viv Campbell, who posted on his Facebook: Campbell's Facebook page has been a hotbed of controversy since he made his statement. The majority are in favor of his position but there is a vocal group who have attacked the guitarist over his view or even whether he should be involved in political opinion. Campbell has been fighting Hodgkin's Lymphoma since 2013 and has just recently seen it make a resurgence in his system. He has worked with doctors to allow him to be treated while still being on tour with the band.

Cara Delevingne reportedly split up with St. Vincent just weeks ago. The 22-year-old model was first romantically linked to the 32-year-old musician, real name Anne Clark, in late February and Cara confirmed in a recent interview with Vogue that the pair are indeed an item. But Page Six reports their brief romance has ended once again, with sources telling the outlet their split is 'recent'. Cara last appeared on St. Vincent's Instagram account around two weeks ago. However it seems the supermodel-turned-actress has wiped out all photographic memories of St. Vincent from her own account. As of Monday July 20, there isn't a single trace of the indie rock songwriter on Cara's Instagram. Cara recently told American Vogue how much she loves St. Vincent, speaking in the magazine's July 2015 issue. 'I think that being in love with my girlfriend is a big part of why I'm feeling so happy with who I am these days. And for those words to come out of my mouth is actually a miracle,' the star noted. Although they've only been dating for five months, Cara and St. Vincent have already broken up once before, with rumours they called off their romance back in April. During her Vogue interview, Cara noted women always seem to break her heart. 'Women are what completely inspire me, and they have also been my downfall. I have only been hurt by women, my mother first of all,' she said.

Songwriter Wayne Carson, whose long list of credits run from rock classics like The Letter to the country crossover smash Always on My Mind, died earlier today (Monday, July 20) after a long illness at the age of 73. Carson was born in Denver, Colorado to two professional musicians. The family moved a number of times before settling down in Springfield, MO where Wayne's father, Shorty Thompson, became part of the Tall Timber Boys. Even though his family was more involved with country music, Carson was drawn to the emerging rock scene and, as a teen, formed a number of bands who played around the midwest. In 1962, he moved to Nashville but, by the middle of the decade, returned home to Springfield where he started working with promoter and publisher Si Siman. Siman was a friend of Chet Atkins and brought a song written by Carson, Somebody Like Me, to his attention. Atkins, in turn, presented it to Eddy Arnold who recorded it and took the song to the top of the country charts in 1966. The next year, Carson moved from country to pop music, penning the number 1 Box Tops hit The Letter. He would have a long relationship with the group who would also have hits with Wayne's Neon Rainbow and Soul Deep. During the 70's and 80's Carson had numerous hits on the Country Singles chart including four number 1's but his signature song would become a top twenty hit for four different artists. Always on My Mind was first released by Brenda Lee but it was Elvis Presley who had the first hit with the song, hitting the top ten in the U.K. in 1972, and reentering the U.K. top twenty in both the 1990's and the 2000's. John Wesley Ryles then went to number 20 in 1979 on the Country Singles. The biggest version, by Willie Nelson, was released in 1982, topping the Country Singles and going top five on both the Hot 100 and the Adult Contemporary charts. Finally, the Pet Shop Boys took a dance version to number 4 on the Hot 100 and number 1 in England. Although Carson was semi-retired in recent years, one of his songs was included on the album I Want Some More by Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach. Carson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. He is survived by his wife and a son. Songs written by Wayne Carson that made the top twenty: Somebody Like Me - Eddy Arnold (1966 / #1 Country / #15 Adult Contemporary (AC) / #53 Pop) Do It Again a Little Slower - Jon & Robin & the In Crowd (1967 / #18 Pop) The Letter - Box Tops (1967 / #1 Pop / #30 R&B) Nine Pound Steel - Joe Simon (1967 / #19 R&B) Keep On - Bruce Channel (1968 / #12 U.K.) Something's Wrong in California - Waylon Jennings (1969 / #19 Country) Whos Julie - Mel Tillis (1969 / #10 Country) The Letter - Arbors (1969 / #20 Pop / #26 AC) Soul Deep - Box Tops (1969 / #18 Pop / #22 U.K.) Mary's Vineyard - Claude King (1970 / #17 Country) The Letter - Joe Cocker (1970 / #7 Pop / #39 U.K.) (Don't Let the Sun Set on) Tulsa - Waylon Jennings (1971 / #16 Country) No Love at All - B.J. Thomas (1971 / #16 Pop / #4 AC) Always on My Mind - Elvis Presley (1972 / #16 Country / #9 U.K. // 1997 / #13 U.K. // 2007 / #17 U.K.) Drinkin' Thing - Gary Stewart (1974 / #10 Country) I See What I Want to In Your Eyes - Conway Twitty (1974 / #1 Country) She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) - Gary Stewart (1975 / #1 Country) Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets - Johnny Paycheck (1977 / #7 Country) Ten Years of This - Gary Stewart (1977 / #16 Country) Whiskey Trip - Gary Stewart (1978 / #16 Country) Liberated Woman - John Wesley Ryles (1979 / #14 Country) That's the Only Way to Say Good Morning - Ray Price (1979 / #18 Country) You Were Always on My Mind - John Wesley Ryles (1979 / #20 Country) Barstool Mountain - Moe Bandy (1979 / #9 Country) The Clown - Conway Twitty (1982 / #1 Country) Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson (1982 / #1 Country / #2 AC / #5 Pop / #49 U.K.) Always on My Mind - Pet Shop Boys (1987 / #4 Pop / #8 Dance / #1 U.K.)

Dave Black, the guitarist for UK band Goldie, has died after being struck by a train in Cullercoats in the North East England on Saturday night. Goldie had a no 7 hit in the UK in 1978 with the song 'Making Up Again'. Black co-wrote the song with singer Pete McDonald. Tributes for Black include words from Duran Duran's Andy Taylor who credits Dave with helping him start out in the music industry. 'I was having a lot of problems at school, and he was an incredible guitar player ' he joined the Spiders From Mars when Mick Ronson left,' Taylor told the Chronicle. 'He was my neighbour, lived just across the road when we moved to St George's Road near the train station. 'I knocked on his door one day, his brother Michael was a drummer, and I said I wanted to learn the stuff I didn't know, some of the scales and the more complicated chords.' Andy Taylor's first eight music lessons were from Dave Black. Police have no released any further details of the death of Black at this stage. https://youtu.be/0bRlInahcZQ

Everything Everything will release 'Spring / Sun / Winter/ Dread', on 4th September. It's the third track to be taken from their stunning third album 'Get To Heaven'. 'Get To Heaven' has received some of the best reviews of the band's career. Produced by Stuart Price, it hit the UK Top 10 on release and has seen the band become one of the most played on both Radio 1 and 6 Music, with A List records for both 'Distant Past' and 'Regret', as well as an appearance on Radio 1's Live Lounge. The same week the album was released Everything Everything played two shows at Glastonbury, including a phenomenal Other Stage performance that drew a huge crowd that witnessed a defining moment for the band. Everything Everything will be appearing at Reading and Leeds Festival at the end of August, before they return to the UK to play Festival No 6 in September and then embark on their biggest tour yet in the autumn. Full listings for the UK tour, culminating in shows at Brixton Academy and Manchester Apollo, are below: Sat 07 Nov Cardiff Great Hall Sun 08 Nov Bexhill De la Warr Pavillion Mon 09 Nov Portsmouth Pyramid Wed 11 Nov Nottingham Rock City Thu 12 Nov Glasgow ABC Fri 13 Nov Newcastle Academy Sat 14 Nov Birmingham Academy Mon 16 Nov Sheffield Leadmill Tue 17 Nov Cambridge Junction Wed 18 Nov Bristol 02 Academy Fri 20 Nov London Brixton Academy Sat 21 Nov Manchester Apollo https://youtu.be/Ww8gxT8ZWDs

Miranda Lambert didn't tell her mother she had split from Blake Shelton, it has been claimed. The 31-year-old and her fellow country singer spouse announced their plans to divorce after four years of marriage on Monday. But the news hasn't just come as a surprise to fans, it's also been a shock for members of their family. 'I have no idea what you're talking about,' Miranda's mother Beverly Lambert reportedly told Radar Online when contacted about the divorce news. 'They didn't tell me!' Over the years Beverly has been seen as one of Miranda's closest confidants. But as the outlet added that Blake reportedly filed for divorce months ago, it seems the couple have kept their break-up a secret from their loved ones for a long time. Radar also reports a judge is set to make a decision on the divorce this week. Meanwhile a source close to Blake, 39, revealed the star still loved his estranged spouse despite being the one to file the papers. The insider, who works closely with the singer on the US version of The Voice, told Extra that rumours of Blake being unfaithful during his marriage were not true because he had never cheated on Miranda. They added that Blake always made sure to have 'out time' from the programme so he could go home and spend quality time with his wife, who he was devoted to. In their joint statement, Miranda and Blake said the divorce was something they had never envisioned in their future. 'It is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately,' they said. 'We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.'

O2 is inviting rugby fans to Wear the Rose and show their support for the England Rugby Team by hosting the Official England Rugby 2015 Send Off with the RFU on 9th September. Held in front of 14,500 fans at The O2, the England Rugby squad, coaches and management will be there, with players taking part in live interviews on the night. They will be joined by global pop sensations Take That as they perform an hour-long exclusive set of hits, complete with a full 48-piece orchestra for the first time ever. Additional special guests include 2014 Britain's Got Talent Winners Collabro, who topped the album charts last year, and England Rugby's official anthem singer, million album selling soprano Laura Wright. Mark, Howard and Gary from Take That said, 'We're really excited to be returning to The O2 in September for this very special night, bringing together two of our favourite things, music and sport. We've met some of the England players preparing for the show and we're delighted to be supporting Head Coach Stuart Lancaster and the whole England Rugby team in this huge year. We've been asked to perform some of our biggest hits to close Wear the Rose Live and look forward to seeing many of you there!' To support the event O2 has created a unique TV advert to showcase the power of support, emphasising how important it is to get behind the England team and make them feel like giants in a home nation tournament. To enable thousands of rugby fans from across the country to attend, tickets will be priced from as low as £20.15 through to £85. Those purchasing an £85 ticket will receive the new 2015 England Rugby replica shirt. O2 customers will have the chance to get their hands on tickets 48 hours before the general public from 9am Wednesday 29th July by downloading the Priority app, whilst general sale will begin from 31st July. For more information visit https://www.o2priority.co.uk/or download the app from the app store. Join in and #WearTheRose.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are to divorce, it has been confirmed. The country singers married in May 2011 after meeting in 2005. But on Monday, the couple confirmed that they were calling time on their union. 'This is not the future we envisioned," their representatives said in a statement to the Associated Press. "And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter." Blake, 39, and Miranda tied the knot in a star studded Texas ceremony witnessed by famous faces including Katherine Heigl, Reba McEntire, Cee Lo Green and Kelly Clarkson. While the couple have no children together, the news marks the second divorce for Blake, who was previously married to Kaynette Williams from 2003 to 2006. The star has spoken in the past about how he met the 31-year-old and his instant attraction to her despite his marriage to Kaynette. 'I was a married guy, you know, standing up there going, 'Man, this shouldn't be happening,'" he said about the duet concert on Miranda's Behind the Music special on VH1. "Looking back on that, I was falling in love with her right there onstage." However the couple always maintained that they didn't begin their relationship until his marriage to Kaynette was over. Blake was the one to file the divorce papers in Oklahoma, according to TMZ after the couple were last seen in public together on July 3.

Following on from first single 'C'est La Vie', which has been heralded as one of the songs of the year so far, Stereophonics release second single 'I Wanna Get Lost With You' on September 11th on their own Stylus Records label through Ignition Records. Taken from the band's eagerly anticipated ninth studio album 'Keep The Village Alive' (also released September 11th), 'I Wanna Get Lost With You' is one of the album's many highlights and, 'is about wanting to lose yourself personally, and lose yourself with somebody, and then just literally get out there,' says lead singer Kelly Jones. The single is available to stream and download from 21st July and the video of which is the sixth video directed by Kelly who is fast becoming a very talented director in his own right. 'Keep The Village Alive' is written by Kelly Jones, produced by Kelly and Jim Lowe, and comes hot on the heels of 2013's acclaimed, platinum-selling 'Graffiti On The Train'. The album was recorded at ICP Studios in Brussels and the band's own Stylus Studios in London. Stereophonics sold out 16 arena shows on their 'Graffiti On The Train' tour in 2013, selling over 150,000 tickets. This summer they headline V Festival on August 22nd and 23rd with more live dates to be announced for the autumn shortly. The band are: Kelly Jones (vocals/guitar), Richard Jones (bass), Adam Zindani (guitar) and Jamie Morrison (drums). http://www.stereophonics.com https://youtu.be/b3cZqWoqweU