Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smith first premiered the new live version of Tubular Bells at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2021, and has been touring the ...

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 ...

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I am not sure whether to feel pride or shame but I played a part in the piece’s success. I had met Richard Branson – who signed Oldfield to his new Virgin label after hearing his demos – in 1967, when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

21:05, Sat, May 20, 2023 Updated: 21:05, Sat, May 20, 2023 Funny how things turn out. The mighty Virgin brand sprung from a shy yet precocious teenager playing around with guitars and pretty much any ...

That creepy theme music from “The Exorcist” is memorable, but it might also be a seldom-heard presence in Fox’s new reboot of the horror classic starring Geena Davis. Filmgoers will recognize the ...

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, ...