
Happy New Year 2010!2009 has been rainy for us Mike Oldfield fans, we can be proud of our patience...

Maggie Reilly's latest album, Looking Back, Moving Forward, contains re-recordings of Moonlight Shadow, To France, and Family Man. Order from Voiceprint, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca.Thanks, manintherain.

The UK's Royal Mail is planning on releasing a Tubular Bells first class stamp as part of a series featuring classic album covers on January 7th 2010...

The 50th Anniversary edition of Music Week features Tubular Bells in the official Top-Selling UK albums 1959-2009 at No. 35, noting it as the only entry that did not yield a hit single. Sales in the UK are listed as 2,630,000...

Tony Palmer's All You Need Is Love documentary covering the history of popular music is soon to be available to buy as individual DVDs...

The grounds of Mike's former South Gloucestershire home near Bristol are now open to the public aimed at being "a great day out for all the family". The grounds were used as the setting for many of the publicity photos for Music of the Spheres. The house itself is not open to visitors...

The National Film Theatre on London's South Bank will be showing The Space Movie (which includes otherwise unreleased music by Mike Oldfield) on the 28th and 29th of July.Tickets are £6.40 for the 28th (18:20 in the smaller NFT 3) and £9.00 for the 29th (17:50 in NFT 1).Many thanks, Bob Smith

Sadly, it doesn't look like there's a solution in sight for many of the ordering problems reported with signed copies of the Tubular Bells Ultimate Edition.The main problems appear to be:Items still not despatched, despite credit cards having been charged as far back as mid May.Inadequate packaging...

The Tubular Bells Collection has entered the BBC Radio 1's top 40 album chart at no 25. Check it out at BBC Radio 1.Thanks, Chris Simmons!

The people at UK Hi-Fi store Richer Sounds tell us that by signing up to their 'VIP Club' mailing list in June, you can win one of several Tubular Bells-themed prizes.Top prize is a £1000 Cambridge Audio/Mordaunt Short hifi system, a signed ultimate edition, a t-shirt and a canvas print....

To celebrate the re-release of Tubular Bells, Mercury Records is holding a special event on June 6th at the British Music Experience at the O2 in London.The event will feature the 29 piece Handbell Ringers of Great Britain and an Orbular Bells DJ set by The Orb.There will also be bell ringing...

A new online store has been launched, where you can order the limited edition version of the upcoming Tubular Bells Ultimate Edition, signed by Mike Oldfield.There's also a selection of Tubular Bells t-shirts available to buy.

Universal has updated mikeoldfield.com / tubularbells2009.com to include a buy link for registering interest in the Tubular Bells Ultimate Edition.

Spanish music news website Efe Eme has published a picture of the Tubular Bells Ultimate Edition.Muchas gracias, mikeoldfieldblog.com














