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 ...

What might have been rather eccentric and charming, in the end, turns out to be mostly throwaway. At least the videos offer fans a genuine treat - even if mainly from the weird spectacle of the two ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On April 1, Virgin/UMe will release Mike Oldfield's Man On The Rocks, the GRAMMY® winner’s 25 th studio album and his first new release since 2008. Available in a 2CD ...

13 May 07 - The Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright has hit back at Mike Oldfield after the musician complained that giving away his Tubular Bells album as a freebie in the paper was devaluing his ...

Mike Oldfield has confirmed details of his new album, Return To Ommadawn. The album will be released on January 20, 2017 on the Virgin EMI label. A sequel to Oldfield's 1975 album, Ommadawn, this new ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “When I first began to think of what I should do for my new album, I went on social media and ...

Andy Bennett has received funding from the ARC. English composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells 50 years ago, at the age of 17. The record, released two years ...

Mike Oldfield has complained after the The Mail on Sunday gave away his album for free. The musician said handing out Tubular Bells, the musician's most popular record, devalued his music. Oldfield ...

To the keen music fan, he is probably best remembered for his epic Tubular Bells album. To the informed pop fan, he is the artist who gave us Moonlight Shadow, but to the music world in general, Mike ...

ORIGINALLY rejected for being ‘unmarketable’, Tubular Bells gained international recognition when its opening theme was chosen for the 1973 film The Exorcist. It was the first record released by the ...