Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge was originally received with a shrug, but time has only emphasised its quiet brilliance ...

And it turns out it is the same affordable plugin Finneas used on Billie Eilish’s Barbie track, What Was I Made For?

We’ve got to say it… these tubular bells sound awful! They don’t really have a tight pitch center so they sound really out of tune to us. But we think that’s the failing of the instrument ...

Mike Oldfield’s prog-rock epic “Tubular Bells” is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever created. Recorded when the multi-instrumentalist was just 19 years old, it was released in the ...

The Best of Tubular Bells I, II & III will tour across the UK throughout February and March 2026, featuring a full live group, led and arranged by Smith, which will see extended sections of each ...

Bells of all kinds—sleigh, tubular, and glockenspiel—chime in countless Christmas tunes. Although strongly associated with the Yuletide season, bells aren’t inherently Christmassy and also ...

Tubular Bells is 50! Robin Smith, long-time collaborator of Mike Oldfield shares some of his brilliant stories with Amanny Mo! Tubular Bells is 50!

Play them Tubular Bells! 'Tinkling' sounds might make veg taste sweeter in 'sonic seasoning' effect, experts say. Over 100 people rated different foods while listening to different types of music; ...

Musicians Daniel Holdsworth and Tom Bamford will present Tubular Bells for Two at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse theatre over two nights in September. The two-person recreation of Mike ...

It's 50 years ago this week that Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield rang out ... The music doesn’t sound that angst-ridden, but only I know the years of work and stress that produced 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 ...

Released in 1973 by 19-year-old Mike Oldfield, the classic album Tubular Bells would reach number one and spend 287 weeks on the UK album chart. nechronicle Load mobile navigation.