The Best of Tubular Bells I, II & III will tour across the UK throughout February and March 2026, featuring a full live group, led and arranged by Smith, which will see extended sections of each ...

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Mike Oldfield was just 19 when he composed his masterwork, Tubular Bells. "I suppose," he later told the Guardian, "I was advanced for my age." Some musicians toil for decades as they work toward ...

Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells Telecaster has cropped up on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow – after it was bought for $12,500. Janelle Borg. Tue, February 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM UTC. 2 min read.

LONDON – Mike Oldfield wants to use the Olympics opening ceremony as a rallying cry. The British musician performed his most famous composition, "Tubular Bells," during Friday's spectacular, and ...

Mike Oldfield is not a man you would think would be in need of validation. His history-making record 'Tubular Bells' has sold an estimated 15 to 17 million copies worldwide and, four decades after ...

Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield’s seminal debut album that became a global smash hit in 1973 when its opening theme was used in the soundtrack to The Exorcist (providing a very early boost to ...

Reclusive rock star Mike Oldfield used his 'Tubular Bells’ millions to travel the world chasing the sun. But then a message from London called him home for the biggest show of his – or anyone ...

Documentary about the musician Mike Oldfield, whose 1973 album Tubular Bells launched the Virgin record label and became the biggest-selling instrumental album of all time.

A year before Mike Oldfield released Tubular Bells, his 1973 instrumental masterpiece, even his own label was wary of its promise.. As Oldfield recalled to Guitar Player in 1978, Virgin Records ...

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 ...