Mike Oldfield

radio2

Born 15 May 1953.

Please Note: you do not have javascript enabled. Video content requires javascript to be enabled.
6 Music News |   BBC 6 Music

Mike Oldfield on 40 years of Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield discusses his 1973 hit album Tubular Bells and what it means to play at the Olympic Opening Ceremony

Featured on BBC MUSIC SHOWCASE
 

Biography

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock with such genres as folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his 1973 hit album Tubular Bells, which launched Virgin Records, and for his 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow". He is also well known for his hit rendition of the Christmas piece "In Dulci Jubilo".

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia. Find out more about our use of this data.

Links & Information

Personal Relationships

BBC Reviews

  1. The Collection 2009

    Review of The Collection

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    Oldfield's magnum opus and assorted hits, remastered for the 21st century.

  2. Music Of The Spheres 2008

    Review of Music Of The Spheres

    Reviewed by Sid Smith

    So much of Music Of The Spheres sounds like an old arrival rather than a new departure.

Share this page

More BBC Music highlights

  1. BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

In order to listen to track previews you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions.

Latest Tracks Played on the BBC

  1. Tubular Bells

    BBC Radio 2 | Richard Allinson 05/05/2013

     
  2. To France

    BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce With Sinead O'Connor on Tracks of my Years

     
  3. Blue Peter theme

    BBC Radio 1 | Sara Cox Tuesday: #Biebergeddon

     
  4. Portsmouth

    BBC Radio 2 | Pick of the Pops 1977 and 1988

     
  5. Blue Peter

    BBC Radio 2 | Pick of the Pops 1963 and 1980

     

Similar Artists

  1. Vangelis

    Vangelis

  2. Kitaro

    Kitaro

  3. Andreas Vollenweider

    Andreas Vollenweider

  4. Tangerine Dream

    Tangerine Dream

  5. We use data provided by The Echo Nest to recommend similar artists. Find out more about this information.

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.