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This article is a list of Mike Oldfield concert tours. The larger of the tours have separate articles. Oldfield has performed in concerts since his youth, and most recently performed in 2008.
Background
Oldfield's career began fairly early in his life, playing acoustic guitar in local folk clubs. Oldfield had been touring as a musician with various acts in his early life, including with the Sallyangie, Barefoot, and Kevin Ayers & the Whole World. Following the release of his debut solo album in 1973, Tubular Bells, Oldfield performed a premiere concert in London. The founder of Virgin Records, Richard Branson, gave Oldfield a Bentley motor car to entice him into playing.[1]
Oldfield did not tour for the following six years, until 1979, when he toured Europe in support of his Incantations album. This first tour produced an album, Exposed. Oldfield then toured every year until 1984, promoting albums.
During the 1990s Oldfield toured twice, for Tubular Bells II and Live Then & Now 1999, the later promoted both the Guitars and Tubular Bells III albums. Oldfield finished the 20th century by performing a one off concert on New Year's Eve 1999 in Berlin. During the 2000s Oldfield performed at the Night of the Proms concerts in 2006 and 2007, and premiered his Music of the Spheres album in 2008.
Tubular Bells - Premiere
Country Date City Venue Great Britain 25/06/1973 London Queen Elizabeth Hall Tour of Europe 1979
Main article: Tour of Europe 1979In Concert 1980
Main article: In Concert 1980European Adventure Tour 1981
Main article: European Adventure Tour 1981Five Miles Out World Tour 1982
Main article: Five Miles Out World Tour 1982Crises Tour 1983
Main article: Crises Tour 1983Discovery Tour 1984
Main article: Discovery Tour 1984Charity Concerts 1986
Country Date City Venue Notes Great Britain 06/02/1986 London Hammersmith Odeon With Marillion 25/04/1986 London Royal Albert Hall The Colombian Volcano Concert Tubular Bells II 20th Anniversary Tour 1992/93
Main article: Tubular Bells II 20th Anniversary Tour 1992/93Tubular Bells III - Premiere
Country Date City Venue Notes Great Britain 04/09/1998 London Horse Guards Parade Released on Video 31/10/1998 London BBC Studio Later with Jools Holland Live Then & Now 1999
Main article: Live Then & Now 1999The Millennium Bell - Premiere
Country Date City Venue Notes Germany 31/12/1999 Berlin Siegessäule Art In Heaven, released on Video Nokia Night of the Proms 2006
Country Date City Venue Notes Belgium 27/10/2006 Antwerp Sportpaleis Rehearsal Germany 01/12/2006 Hamburg Color Line Arena 02/12/2006 Hamburg Color Line Arena 03/12/2006 Hannover TUI Arena 05/12/2006 Erfurt Messehalle 07/12/2006 München Olympiahalle 08/12/2006 München Olympiahalle 09/12/2006 München Olympiahalle 10/12/2006 München Olympiahalle 12/12/2006 Bremen AWD Dome 13/12/2006 Dortmund Westfalenhalle 14/12/2006 Düsseldorf ISS Dome 15/12/2006 Köln Kölnarena 16/12/2006 Köln Kölnarena 17/12/2006 Oberhausen König-Pilsener-Arena 19/12/2006 Mannheim SAP Arena 20/12/2006 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 21/12/2006 Frankfurt Festhalle 22/12/2006 Frankfurt Festhalle Night of the Proms 2007
Country Date City Venue Spain 30/03/2007 Valencia Velódromo Luis Puig 31/03/2007 Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid Music of the Spheres - Premiere
Country Date City Venue Spain 07/03/2008 Bilbao Guggenheim Museum References
- ^ Oldfield, Mike (2007). Changeling - Autobiography of Mike Oldfield. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1852273811.
External links
- "Mike Oldfield tours". Tubular.net. http://tubular.net/tours/. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
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