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 ...

How do you follow up one of the most innovative debut albums of all time? That was the challenge a young Mike Oldfield found himself facing in 1973. The debut in question, the now-iconic Tubular Bells ...

The phrase “difficult second album” might have been coined specifically for Mike Oldfield, such was the enormity of his Tubular Bells debut in 1973. A soon to be iconic calling card, it squatted in ...

In the early seventies, a precociously talented 19-year-old English musician managed to convince studio bosses (and notably a ...