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Further dates announced for Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells the 50th Anniversary Celebration




Following its successful sell-out run earlier this year, further dates have been announced around the UK –including Cambridge – for the Tubular Bells the 50th Anniversary Celebration before it heads to Europe.

Tubular Bells the 50th Anniversary Celebration
Tubular Bells the 50th Anniversary Celebration

Tubular Bells the 50th Anniversary Celebration will feature an expansive live group, arranged by Mike Oldfield’s long-term collaborator Robin A Smith.

Originally released on May 25, 1973, Tubular Bells will be performed in full, along with further Oldfield compositions such as Moonlight Shadow and Summit Day, touring across the UK beginning at York Barbican on September 13 and calling in at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on September 17.

Robin collaborated with Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells 2 and 3 including live performances at Edinburgh Castle, Horseguards Parade, The Millennium Bell in Berlin and the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony – when he first talked to Mike about his idea for this re-imagined version.

He said: “The show was premiered at the Royal Festival Hall in August 2021 to great acclaim as an early celebration of and tribute to Mike – who in my view is one of England’s greatest composers in the last century.

“Along with the musicians, it’s a real privilege to be performing this extraordinary work. It’s as fresh today as it was when Mike created it in 1971, and I love having the chance to bring it to new audiences as well as those who, like me, are still captivated by it whenever they hear it.

“The wonderful thing about Tubular Bells is that it never seems to age. It takes you on a journey through progressive rock and electronica, blues, folk, jazz and classical and along the way evokes such melodic beauty and drama. We’ve had plenty of tears from the audience and so many wonderful stories of their first experience with Tubular Bells.”

Tubular Bells, created in 1971 and released in 1973, was the debut studio album by English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Mike Oldfield.

Just 17 years old when he started composing the music, Oldfield recorded and played almost all the instruments on the album, which went on to become the highest-selling instrumental album of all time.

Tubular Bells 50th the Anniversary Celebration will be at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on Sunday, September 17. Tickets go on sale this Friday (May 19). For more information, visit mikeoldfieldofficial.com.



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