Smith first premiered the new live version of Tubular Bells at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2021, and has been touring the performance globally ever since. “The wonderful thing about Tubular Bells is ...

With tape manipulation and an insane amount of overdubbing, Mike Oldfield's one-man-band approach to the original "Tubular Bells" taxed the limits of recording technology in 1972. By Billboard Staff ...

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Mike Oldfield’s prog-rock epic “Tubular Bells” is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever created. Recorded when the multi-instrumentalist was just 19 years old, it was released in the spring of ...

It's possible to draw a direct line from an LP deemed utterly uncommercial to a company prepared to put tourists into space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 waffled ...

Cleopatra Entertainment will release 'The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour,' filmed over three nights at London's Royal Albert Hall and also featuring a 90-minute doc exploring the history and ...

00:01, Sat, Feb 18, 2023 Updated: 13:46, Sat, Feb 18, 2023 It was the album that launched Richard Branson’s business empire. Fifty years ago, in May 1973, British musician Mike Oldfield released his ...

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Hardware projects often fall into three categories: Those that flash lights, those that make sounds and those that move. This virtuoso performance by [Kevin]’s “Lo-Fi Orchestra” manages all three, ...