Mike Oldfield concert tours

Mike Oldfield at the Nokia Night of the Proms in December 2006 in Frankfurt am Main.

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

In Concert 1980

European Adventure Tour 1981

Five Miles Out World Tour 1982

Crises Tour 1983

Discovery Tour 1984

Charity 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

Tubular 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

The 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

2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

Country	Date	City	Venue
United Kingdom	27/07/2012	London	Olympic Stadium

References

1. Oldfield, Mike (2007). Changeling - Autobiography of Mike Oldfield. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1852273811.

External links

• "Mike Oldfield tours". Tubular.net. Retrieved 2009-01-28.