A live 1975 orchestral version of Mike Oldfield's 1974 album, Hergest Ridge, is to be released. The recording is taken from a September 5 performance of Oldfield's second album at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow ...

For some artists, returning to a part of their back catalogue can be uncomfortable. All they remember are the circumstances in which the music was born, the difficulties in writing it, or shortcomings ...

No pressure, then. In Spring 1974, Mike Oldfield’s debut solo album Tubular Bells was, to the surprise of many, not least its creator, taking over the world as Oldfield, just turning 21, was pushed by ...

A precociously talented musician, Mike Oldfield wrote his masterwork, Tubular Bells (1973), while still in his teens; despite his later successes, the unique and distinctive album went on to define ...