Mike Oldfield
English musician
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2023 | Oldfield's label announces his retirement from music. |
May 26 2023 | A 50th anniversary edition of Tubular Bells was released, featuring a new master of the original album and an additional 8-minute previously unreleased track, 'Introduction to Tubular Bells 4'. |
November 7 2022 | Released 'The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour' video album through Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment in 2×DVD and 2×Blu-ray formats, which charted at number 1. |
2017 | Publicly expressed support for US President Donald Trump and Brexit in an interview. |
January 2017 | Oldfield released Return to Ommadawn, a sequel to his earlier album Ommadawn, which reached No. 4 in the UK charts. |
2015 | Experienced personal tragedy when his son Dougal died after collapsing while working at a film production company in London. |
March 3 2014 | Oldfield released the rock-themed album Man on the Rocks through Virgin EMI, produced by Steve Lipson. |
2013 | Invited Richard Branson to the opening of St. Andrew's International School of The Bahamas, debuting Tubular Bells for Schools, a piano solo adaptation of his work. |
October 2013 | BBC broadcast the documentary 'Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story' about his life and career. |
2012 | Performs at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. |
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