Mike Oldfield is a world-famous musician and composer who has won multiple awards, provided the main theme for the horror classic “The Exorcist” and performed at the London Olympics.

After he performed Tubular Bells at the Olympics, Mike Oldfield was inspired to return to his Seventies rock roots. Helen Brown talks to him 'Only Danny Boyle could lure me away from the Bahamas ...

Long overshadowed by illustrious predecessor Tubular Bells, his 1974 hymn to the British landscape has never sounded so brooding or beautiful ...

Mike Oldfield playing the piano in a recording studio in 1974. ''Everything was raining down from my perspective: the lights, the fireworks, the interlocking rings, James Bond, the Mary Poppinses … ...

Mike Oldfield with his son Dougal (Image: Rex) He said: “I haven’t left this island since I got off the plane in London in 2012, I’ve got no desire to leave.

Reclusive rock star Mike Oldfield used his 'Tubular Bells’ millions to travel the world chasing the sun. But then a message from London called him home for the biggest show of his – or anyone ...

When Mike Oldfield asked his social media followers what kind of music they’d like from him, the overwhelming response was something in the vein of 1975’s Ommadawn.None of those fans could ...

In the '80s, Oldfield was prolific in his output with his most popular song being another haunting song called Moonlight Shadow. Tubular Bells is more commonly known as the theme to The Exorcist .

Mike Oldfield, 62, whose 1973 album Tubular Bells was in the charts for 250 weeks and has sold 16 million copies, also had a daughter Molly and son Luke with Dougal’s mum Sally, a PR worker.