"Flowers of War" Trailer

 Christian Bale stars as a catholic American priest who gives shelter to prostitutes and female students in Flowers of War, a movie based on true events that happened during the 1937 invasion of China's then-capital Nanjing by Japanese troops.

 The film, shot 40% in English and the rest in Mandarin Chinese, is directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero) and has already been selected as China's 'Best Foreign Language' entry for next year's Oscars.

 Check out the trailer above!

 Are you ready for another of Bale´s astonishing performances?

First Listen: Show me the Way - The Cranberries

The Cranberries, one of the most iconic bands of the 90´s are back after 10 years without releasing any new music.

 The sixth studio album from the Dublin quartet, Roses, will be released worldwide on February 14, 2012.

 Listen to their brand new single, Show me the Way, below!

Are you happy to have them back?

Westlife Confirm Split

 Irish boyband Westlife announced their separation as a band through a statement released on Wednesday after 14 years together in the music business.

 The statement reads as follows:

After 14 years, 26 top ten hits including 14 number one singles, 11 top 5 albums, 7 of which hit the top spot and have collectively sold over 44 million copies around the world, 10 sell out tours and countless memories that we will forever cherish, we today announce our plan to go our separate ways after a greatest hits collection this Christmas and a farewell tour next year.

The decision is entirely amicable and after spending all of our adult life together so far, we want to have a well-earned break and look at new ventures.

We see the greatest hits collection and the farewell tour as the perfect way to celebrate our incredible career along with our fans. We are really looking forward to getting out on the tour and seeing our fans one last time.

Over the years Westlife has become so much more to us than just a band. Westlife are a family. We would like to thank our fans who have been with us on this amazing journey and are part of our family too.

We never imagined when we started out in 1998 that 14 years later we would still be recording, touring and having hits together. It has been a dream come true for all of us.

 Westlife´s greatest hits compilation will be released on November 21st.

 Will you miss the band? Sound off in the comments!

First Watch: Paradise - Coldplay

Coldplay´s brand new music video is here for the world to see!

The video directed by Mat Whitecross serves for the band´s first single, Paradise, taken from their forthcoming album Mylo Xyloto, out October 24th.

Check it out above!

First Watch: Criminal - Britney Spears

 Britney Spears fourth music video, Criminal, has been revealed.

 The fourth single taken from her Femme Fatale album (one of our personal favourites) was written and produced by Max Martin and Shellback.

 The music video directed by Chris Marrs Piliero was shot on location in London and it features Spears real life boyfriend Jason Trawick.

 Check it out above!

 Thoughts?

First Listen: Princess of China - Coldplay feat. Rihanna

One of the most anticipated music collaborations of the year has leaked!

 Coldplay recently recorded a duet with pop superstar Rihanna called Princess of China for the band´s upcoming fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto which will be out on October 24th .

 Chris Martin explained early this year how the collaboration happened:

 “In like a dream scenario, we had a song that I’d secretly kind of written to see if Rihanna would want to sing it. And then the rest of the band wanted to keep it, so we came up with the idea of asking her to sing it with us, and, to our great surprise, she said OK.”

 The track will surely be a smash hit!

 This is the first time Coldplay features another fellow artist on one of their songs!

 Click below to listen!



Thoughts?

First Watch: Love on Top - Beyoncé

 Since the very first time we heard this track, we knew it was definitely single material.

 Beyoncé has finally unveiled the music video for Love on Top, one of the standout songs from her latest album, 4.

 Knowles herself has described what she wanted to accomplish with the video:

“I have worked very hard on this video, this song is special to me and I had an idea for the video based on some of my favorite male groups. I remember seeing videos from New Edition, The Jackson 5 and the Temptations, bands I love for their beautiful harmonies, and precise choreography and I always wanted to make a video and be part of a boy group myself. It was so much fun. I put my heart and soul into “Love On Top” and I hope you love it.”

Click on the video below to watch!

What do you guys think?