The farewell tour letter has been around for several years now, and so is the case with rock great Mike Oldfield. He quietly escapes the “show world” and finds his golden sanctuary in the Bahamas. His last tour dates back to 2007 and five years later he experienced his final ‘moment’ with his performance at the London Olympics.
Oldfield, yes, is the man in his twenties who in 1973 Richard Branson’s recording adventure pushed Virgin Records forward with the avant-garde jingle of the more adventurous rock classic “Tubular bells” (from the soundtrack of “The Exorcist”). as well as the melody of the TVE sports program ‘Torneo’). An album that will eventually release two more episodes, and the last, fourth, awaited in recent years has finally been downloaded. eight minutes music Unpublished, included in the new reprint of the classic on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, announced on May 26.
Eight minutes: Looks like Oldfield is giving away no more. After releasing his last album ‘Return to Ommadawn’ in 2017, he is said to have sold his instruments and his musical activity has been slowly dwindling. Without a ‘Goodbye tour’ to fill his coffers and now, using that beautiful 50 as a slogan, he would let him fill major venues halfway around the world.
So, actually, Mike Oldfield is retired, but that doesn’t mean his music has stopped playing. we should talk about Opus One (first name for ‘Tubular bells’), a 16-musician formation He is preparing to recreate not only his famous album, but also Oldfield’s songs that were said to be on the charts of the 80s: ‘Five miles out’, ‘Family man’, ‘Moonlight shadow’… Do you remember?
The most striking part Opus One contains three historical sounds. At the concert in Palau in Barcelona on 13 June, will play Maggie Reilly, Will be when in Girona Barry Palmer who will also perform in Seville and Palma, together there Anita Hegerland (she was Oldfield’s partner and mother of two of his seven children). Previously, as a portico, a ‘premiere’ on a ‘stream’ no less than that in Barcelona Synchrotron Park on May 25.
Galactic framework to evoke a musician “I tried to look like a pop star without being a pop star”, Opus One’s director, Xavier Alern, declares concerts very respectful “and without anachronism.” With the composer’s approval? Oldfield, who seems to be connecting with the world through his sister Sally, shuts up and lets things go.