Latest about Mike Oldfield
Why Liv Kristine had to cover Mike Oldfield
Former Leaves’ Eyes vocalist admits she pretended to be Maggie Reilly, with a hairbrush for a microphone
Mike Oldfield’s personal bravery shines throughout Hergest Ridge: 50th Anniversary
Long overshadowed by illustrious predecessor Tubular Bells, his 1974 hymn to the British landscape has never sounded so brooding or beautiful
Mike Oldfield's softly spoken follow-up to Tubular Bells now sounds better than the big beast
Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge was originally received with a shrug, but time has only emphasised its quiet brilliance
We celebrate 30 years of Marillion's Afraid Of Sunlight on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now
The brand new issue of Prog is on sale now, and also featuring Richard Sinclair, Gentle Giant, Peter Baumann, Katatonia
The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III tour announced for February and March 2026
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II and III albums will be celebrated with a new live tour in Spring 2026
50th anniversary reissue of Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge to be released in June
Mike Oldfield's second album, 1974's Hergest Ridge, to be reissued on double vinyl and Blu-ray to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary
What happened when The Struts’ Luke Spiller worked with Mike Oldfield
Luke Spiller and Mike Oldfield collaborated on 2014 album Man On The Rocks, giving the Struts singer a new appreciation for the Tubular Bells mastermind
Urged on by fans, Mike Oldfield’s final album was a look back to his early years
Return To Ommadawn was a fresh exploration of the ideas on his third album – complete with a vinyl gatefold sleeve offering “hours of enjoyment”
“We introduced his influence and found ourselves”: Mike Oldfield is Gojira’s prog hero
French metal guitarist-vocalist admits it’s odd – but where he grew up there was no such thing as pigeonholing artists in genres
“They called me rude names:” In the punk era, Mike Oldfield just wanted to make double albums
He’d recorded Tubular Bells with substandard instruments but later Richard Branson personally delivered a world-class studio to his cottage. It still took Oldfield over 40 years to make sense of his original vision
