How do you follow up one of the most innovative debut albums of all time? That was the challenge a young Mike Oldfield found himself facing in 1973. The debut in question, the now-iconic Tubular Bells ...
Mike Oldfield collaborator, Grammy-nominated conductor Robin Smith, has announced a new tour celebrating each of Oldfield's iconic Tubular Bells series of albums The Best of Tubular Bells I, II & III ...
“Tubular Bells” and “Mike Oldfield” immediately evoke the iconic earworm that is the tune's opening piano motif, which, on a broader pop culture level, is inextricably linked to William Friedkin's ...
Following on from the hugely successful extended 50th anniversary celebrations of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, which toured throughout the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand in 2023 and 2024, The ...
In 2012 Joe Duplantier, vocalist and rhythm guitarist with French metallers Gojira, discussed the importance of Mike Oldfield to his band’s music, explaining that they might never have found their ...