In the first table below, interviews and articles are classified by date. You have also access to a classification by albums, in another table at the end of this page. Thanks to all the people who scanned or transcribed the interviews, and special thanks to people who translated some interviews into English.
Recent additions
 Tim Cross Q&A (November 2007)
| Classification by Date |
| March 9, 1974 |
Billboard Magazine - Tubular Bells Review |
| August 24, 1974 |
Oldfield: High on the Ridge |
| September 28, 1974 |
I Can't Stand People Who Play Things Blandly... |
| December, 1974 |
Balm For The Waking Dead |
| January 11, 1975 |
New Musical Express - The Orchestral Tubular Bells Review |
| June 5, 1975 |
Down Beat - Hergest Ridge Review |
| August 23, 1975 |
Dirty Double Mars Birthday |
| October 25, 1975 |
Beyond the Ridge: Portrait of a Genius |
| October 25, 1975 |
Beyond the Ridge: Portrait of a Genius (Ommadawn Review) |
| January 23, 1976 |
Mike Oldfield: I Think I Am Able To Show With Music What A Human Being From The Twentieth Century Is |
| 1978 |
Mike Oldfield: A Rare Interview with the English Guitarist, Studio Wizard, and Composer of "Tubular Bells" |
| November 11, 1978 |
This is the year of the expanding man... |
| December 1, 1979 |
Melody Maker - Platinum Review |
| December 29, 1979 |
Boy Genius 'Not Broke' Shock |
| June, 1980 |
Mike Oldfield by Tim Oakes |
| 1981 |
Saved from the Bells |
| July, 1982 |
Stereo Review Interview |
| July, 1982 |
High Fidelity - Five Miles Out Review |
| 1982-1983 |
World Tour '82/83 Booklet |
| July 3, 1983 |
A Room Of My Own |
| August 5, 1984 |
El Dominigal Article |
| 1985 |
Tim Grundy interviews Mike Oldfield |
| 1987 |
Thomas Gottschalk interviews Mike Oldfield |
| September 24, 1987 |
Islands Press Kit |
| June, 1988 |
A One-Man Orchestra |
| October, 1989 |
Sue Humphries' Interview |
| October 21, 1989 |
Melody Maker October 21, 1989 |
| July 11, 1989 |
TV-AM Interview |
| 1990 |
The Amarok Cover |
| October, 1990 |
Mike Oldfield Turns the Clock Back - Computers: Curse of Modern Music |
| 1991 |
Interview for "Oldfield's Dream" |
| 1991 |
1991 Virgin Biography |
| March, 1991 |
Mike Oldfield on Amarok |
| July 7, 1991 |
The Hiawatha Pierre Moerlen Interview |
| 1992 |
Silvia Grijalba's Interview |
| 1992 |
Mike Oldfield on "The Break" |
| 1992 |
Mike Oldfield has regained his balance back |
| June, 1992 |
1992 Virgin Biography |
| August 27, 1992 |
Oh No, It's Tubular Bells II! |
| September 19, 1992 |
Melody Maker - Tubular Bells II Review |
| October, 1992 |
Mad? Us? |
| October 13, 1992 |
Le Top Interview |
| December, 1992 |
Saved by the Bells |
| January, 1993 |
Keyboards - Tubular Bells II Review |
| February 13, 1993 |
Billboard article about Spain |
| September 16, 1993 |
Mike Oldfield Thinks Pop Today Is Music For Children |
| October 8, 1993 |
Theme From "The Exorcist", the Sequel |
| December, 1993 |
New Sounds Interview With Mike Oldfield |
| 1994 |
Pre-Release Promotional Blurb for 'The Songs of Distant Earth' |
| 1994 |
Promotional Blurb for 'The Songs of Distant Earth' |
| 1994 |
Promotional blurb for 'Hibernaculum' |
| 1994 |
iMusic.com - The Songs of Distant Earth Review |
| November 5, 1994 |
Oldfield Pioneers Music/Cyberspace Border |
| November 30, 1994 |
PRNewswire - The Songs Of Distant Earth |
| 1995 |
Mike Oldfield: I've Made Enough Music |
| Janaury, 1995 |
Tous les chemins mènent à ROM  |
| Janaury, 1995 |
Close Music from Distant Earth |
| February, 1995 |
Tubular Worlds |
| February 1995 |
Q Interview |
| February 1995 |
Totally Tubular |
| March 25, 1995 |
Wendy Roberts Interview |
| June 1, 1995 |
Gareth Randall Interviews Mike Oldfield |
| July 10, 1995 |
How A Name Can Help To Sell A Home |
| August 25, 1995 |
Essentials: Mike Oldfield on Sibelius |
| November 30, 1995 |
Mike Oldfield Enhanced CD, "The Songs of Distant Earth," set for release January 30th |
| January 12, 1996 |
Entertainment Weekly - The Songs Of Distant Earth Review |
| March, 1996 |
Time Scapes - Mike Oldfield |
| August, 1996 |
I Feel I Bring My Ideas About The Future |
| August, 1996 |
Divishow - Voyager Review |
| August 24, 1996 |
For Whom the Tubular Bells Toll |
| September 1, 1996 |
Mike Oldfield: Trip from Cosmos to Ibiza |
| September 19, 1996 |
Symphony Of Wood And Stone |
| September 27, 1996 |
Mike Oldfield on Hungarian Television |
| September 28, 1996 |
Life Is An Achievement As Such |
| October, 1996 |
Beat Magazine - Voyager Review |
| October, 1996 |
Mike Oldfield meets Orbital |
| November, 1996 |
Le voyageur |
| July18, 1997 |
Not Totally Tubular |
| August 24, 1997 |
Tom Newman Interview |
| September 25, 1997 |
Barry Palmer Interview |
| August, 1998 |
Music doesn't mean anything if it has no soul, no heart |
| August, 1998 |
BBC CEEFAX - Tubular Bells III Review |
| August 23, 1998 |
Oldfield back with a ravers, Tubular Bells. |
| August 28, 1998 |
The Independent - Tubular Bells III Review |
| August 30, 1998 |
I know I’m unstable. I accept that. |
| August 31, 1998 |
As Mike Oldfield Releases A New Album, An Astonishingly Frank Confession |
| 1998 |
Tubular Bells III - Swedish reviews |
| September 2, 1998 |
Oldfield and Branson End Rift |
| September 3, 1998 |
Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells III |
| September 4, 1998 |
Tubular Bells III programme |
| September 5, 1998 |
Tubular Bells III premiere concert review |
| September 5, 1998 |
Daily Telegraph - Tubular Bells III review |
| September 5, 1998 |
Tubular Bells III conference press |
| September 6, 1998 |
For whom the Bells toll |
| September 7, 1998 |
It's Raining on Mike's Parade |
| September 9, 1998 |
Pompous and unimportant from Oldfield |
| September 9, 1998 |
Mike Oldfield Interview on BBC Radio 2 |
| September 9, 1998 |
The Bells Toll |
| September 10, 1998 |
Horse Guards Parade |
| September 13, 1998 |
CNN Interview |
| September 20, 1998 |
'I kept screaming at Branson to pull the lever…' |
| September 27, 1998 |
Classic FM Tubular Bells III interview |
| October, 1998 |
He Only Sells Records When He Calls Them Tubular Bells |
| October, 1998 |
Turning a deaf ear to Tubular Bells III |
| November, 1998 |
Mike Oldfield 10 Favorite Tracks |
| 1998 |
Richard Branson - The Inside Story |
| January, 1999 |
Villa Of The Week |
| March, 1999 |
Simon Phillips Interview |
| April, 1999 |
Far Above The Clouds Press Release |
| April, 1999 |
Guitars Press Release |
| May 20, 1999 |
Mike Oldfield: I think that I've got bored with Tubular Bells |
| June 6, 1999 |
Interview from Roland PowerOn magazine |
| June 28, 1999 |
The Independent - Guitars Review |
| June 29, 1999 |
Martin Glatz's Interview |
| July, 1999 |
F H M - Guitars Review |
| July 12, 1999 |
Mike Oldfield guides Music Power through Guitars... |
| July, 1999 |
Review of Concert at Wembley Arena |
| July, 1999 |
Then & Now at Birmingham Reviews |
| July, 1999 |
Questions & Answers |
| July 9, 1999 |
Dangers of a Musical Hit With Bells On |
| July 10, 1999 |
Oldfield To Turn Heads Again |
| July 12, 1999 |
Mike Oldfield guides Music Power through Guitars... |
| July 29, 1999 |
Langeland press conference |
| July 31, 1999 |
Interview at La Coruña |
| August 26, 1999 |
Canberra Times - Guitars Review |
| Novemer, 1999 |
The bell of Oldfield |
| November 22, 1999 |
musicINSTINCT - The Millennium Bell Review |
| December, 1999 |
His millennial bells will play at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin: "The world must celebrate it" |
| December 13, 1999 |
His last album, The Millennium Bell, reflects eleven periods of human history |
| December 22, 1999 |
BBC 2 Radio Interview with Steve Wright |
| 2000 |
New Straits Times Press Berhad - The Millennium Bell Review |
| January, 2000 |
The Millennium Bell Review in El País |
| January, 2000 |
For Whom The Bell Tolls |
| January, 2000 |
Another Bell Sound |
| February 2000 |
Q Magazine - The Millennium Bell Review |
| March 6, 2000 |
Me and my Motor |
| March, 2000 |
Mike and the workings of time... |
| May 9, 2000 |
VH-1: Greatest Hits |
| July, 2000 |
Lord Of The Rings |
| April 26, 2001 |
Seven More days That Rocked The World: Tubular Bells |
| July, 2001 |
Seven Days In The Life Of Mike Oldfield |
| July, 2001 |
The Bell Boy |
| July, 2001 |
Ritchie Blackmore's Interview |
| August, 2001 |
The Making Of Tubular Bells |
| October, 2001 |
Mike Oldfield On Fingerpicking |
| June, 2002 |
Transcription of a promotional video for "Tres Lunas" |
| June 21, 2002 |
Plato Mania - Tres Lunas Review |
| June, 2002 |
Oldfield rings the changes |
| June, 2002 |
Virtuoso Reality |
| July 31, 2002 |
Transcription of a web chat on BBC Radio 2 |
| June-July, 2002 |
Tres Lunas Reviews in Slovak Newspapers and Magazines |
| August 8, 2002 |
Tech: Mike Oldfield's odyssey |
| August 8, 2002 |
BBC Radio London with Lisa l'Anson |
| August 9, 2002 |
The Daily Record - Music VR Review |
| August 9, 2002 |
60 second interview - Mike Oldfield |
| August 25, 2002 |
Interview with Mike Oldfield from BBC 1's Heaven and Earth programme |
| November, 2002 |
Sound On Sound - Mike Oldfield |
| May 22, 2003 |
Encunetro digital Mike Oldfield |
| July, 2003 |
Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells" reaches thirty years old... |
| September, 2003 |
Digital Music Pioneer |
| January 14, 2005 |
Chat With Schiller |
| September 30, 2005 |
I don't know whether I'll do something musically incredible in the next years |
| October 22, 2005 |
Chat With Jason Cluts |
| November, 2005 |
One-track mind |
| November, 2005 |
Light & Shade Review in The Australian |
| April, 2006 |
Simon Philips Tubular.net and Totoweb.org interview |
| March, 2007 |
Craft: Mike Oldfield |
| March, 2007 |
"Surviving used to be my motivation, now it is the audience" |
| November, 2007 |
Tim Cross Q&A |
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| Classification by Album |
| Tubular Bells |
Billboard Magazine - Tubular Bells Review (1974)
I Can't Stand People Who Play Things Blandly... (1974)
Balm For The Waking Dead (1974)
Stereo Review Interview (1982)
Saved by the Bells (1992)
Tim Grundy interviews Mike Oldfield (1985)
Mike Oldfield on Hungarian Television (1996)
Tom Newman Interview (1997)
As Mike Oldfield Releases A New Album, An Astonishingly Frank Confession (1998)
Interview from Roland PowerOn magazine (1999)
Seven More days That Rocked The World: Tubular Bells (2001)
The Bell Boy (2001)
The Making of Tubular Bells (2001)
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| Hergest Ridge |
I Can't Stand People Who Play Things Blandly... (1974)
Down Beat - Hergest Ridge Review (1975)
Beyond the Ridge: Portrait of a Genius (1975)
Beyond the Ridge: Portrait of a Genius (Ommadawn Review) (1975)
Tom Newman Interview (1997) |
| The Orchestral Tubular Bells |
| New Musical Express - The Orchestral Tubular Bells Review (1975) |
| Ommadawn |
Beyond the Ridge: Portrait of a Genius (1975)
Beyond the Ridge: Portrait of a Genius (Ommadawn Review) (1975)
Mike Oldfield: A Rare Interview with the English Guitarist, Studio Wizard, and Composer of "Tubular Bells" (1978)
Interview from Roland PowerOn magazine (1999) |
| Incantations |
| Mike Oldfield: A Rare Interview with the English Guitarist, Studio Wizard, and Composer of "Tubular Bells" (1978) |
| Platinum |
Melody Maker - Platinum Review (1979)
Wendy Roberts Interview (1995) |
| Five Miles Out |
Stereo Review Interview (1982)
High Fidelity - Five Miles Out Review (1982) |
| Crises |
Tim Grundy interviews Mike Oldfield (1985)
Barry Palmer Interview (1997) |
| Discovery |
| Barry Palmer Interview (1997) |
| The Killing Fields |
| Interview from Roland PowerOn magazine (1999) |
| Islands |
| Islands Press Kit (1987) |
| Earth Moving |
TV-AM Interview (1989)
Mike Oldfield Turns the Clock Back - Computers: Curse of Modern Music (1990) |
| Amarok |
The Amarok Cover (1990)
Mike Oldfield Turns the Clock Back - Computers: Curse of Modern Music (1990)
Mike Oldfield on Amarok (1991)
Gareth Randall Interviews Mike Oldfield (1995) |
| Tubular Bells II |
Mike Oldfield on "The Break" (1992)
Mike Oldfield has regained his balance back (1992)
Oh No, It's Tubular Bells II! (1992)
Melody Maker - Tubular Bells II Review (1992)
Le Top Interview (1992)
Saved by the Bells (1992)
Keyboards - Tubular Bells II Review (1993)
Theme From "The Exorcist", the Sequel (1993)
New Sounds Interview With Mike Oldfield (1993) |
| The Songs Of Distant Earth |
Pre-Release Promotional Blurb for 'The Songs of Distant Earth' (1994)
Promotional Blurb for 'The Songs of Distant Earth' (1994)
Promotional blurb for 'Hibernaculum' (1994)
iMusic.com - The Songs of Distant Earth Review (1994)
Oldfield Pioneers Music/Cyberspace Border (1994)
PRNewswire - The Songs Of Distant Earth (1994)
Mike Oldfield: I've Made Enough Music (1995)
Tous les chemins mènent à ROM (1995)
Close Music from Distant Earth (1995)
Tubular Worlds (1995)
Totally Tubular (1995)
Gareth Randall Interviews Mike Oldfield (1995)
Mike Oldfield Enhanced CD, "The Songs of Distant Earth," set for release January 30th (1995)
Entertainment Weekly - The Songs Of Distant Earth Review (1996) |
| Voyager |
I Feel I Bring My Ideas About The Future (1996)
Mike Oldfield: Trip from Cosmos to Ibiza (1996)
Life Is An Achievement As Such (1996)
Beat Magazine - Voyager Review (1996)
Divishow - Voyager Review (1996)
Le voyageur (1996) |
| Tubular Bells III |
Music doesn't mean anything if it has no soul, no heart (1998)
BBC CEEFAX - Tubular Bells III Review (1998)
Oldfield back with a ravers, Tubular Bells. (1998)
The Independent - Tubular Bells III Review (1998)
I know I’m unstable. I accept that. (1998)
As Mike Oldfield Releases A New Album, An Astonishingly Frank Confession (1998)
Tubular Bells III - Swedish reviews (1998)
Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells III (1998)
Tubular Bells III programme (1998)
Tubular Bells III premiere concert review (1998)
Daily Telegraph Tubular Bells III review (1998)
Tubular Bells III conference press (1998)
For whom the Bells toll (1998)
Pompous and unimportant from Oldfield (1998)
Mike Oldfield Interview on BBC Radio 2 (1998)
The Bells Toll (1998)
CNN Interview (1998)
Classic FM Tubular Bells III interview (1998)
He Only Sells Records When He Calls Them Tubular Bells (1998)
Turning a deaf ear to Tubular Bells III (1998)
Villa Of The Week (1999)
Far Above The Clouds Press Release (1999) |
| Guitars |
Guitars Press Release (1999)
Mike Oldfield: I think that I've got bored with Tubular Bells (1999)
Mike Oldfield guides Music Power through Guitars... (1999)
Interview from Roland PowerOn magazine (1999)
The Independent Guitars Review (1999)
F H M - Guitars Review (1999)
Mike Oldfield guides Music Power through Guitars... (1999)
Canberra Times - Guitars Review (1999) |
| The Millennium Bell |
Interview from Roland PowerOn magazine (1999)
The bell of Oldfield (1999)
musicINSTINCT - The Millennium Bell Review (1999)
His millennial bells will play at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin: "The world must celebrate it" (1999)
His last album, The Millennium Bell, reflects eleven periods of human history (1999)
BBC 2 Radio Interview with Steve Wright (1999)
New Straits Times Press Berhad - The Millennium Bell Review (2000)
The Millennium Bell Review in El País (2000)
For Whom The Bell Tolls (2000)
Q Magazine - The Millennium Bell Review (2000)
Mike and the workings of time... (2000) |
| The Best Of Tubular Bells |
The Making of Tubular Bells (2001)
The Bell Boy (2001) |
| Tres Lunas |
Transcription of a promotional video for "Tres Lunas" (2002)
Plato Mania - Tres Lunas Review (2002)
Oldfield rings the changes (2002)
Virtuoso Reality (2002)
Transcription of a web chat on BBC Radio 2 (2002)
Tres Lunas Reviews in Slovak Newspapers and Magazines (2002)
Tech: Mike Oldfield's odyssey (2002)
BBC Radio London with Lisa l'Anson (2002)
The Daily Record - Music VR Review (2002)
60 second interview - Mike Oldfield (2002)
Sound On Sound - Mike Oldfield (2002) |
| Tubular Bells 2003 |
Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells" reaches thirty years old... (2003)
Digital Music Pioneer (2003) |
| Light + Shade |
I don't know whether I'll do something musically incredible in the next years (2005)
Light & Shade Review in The Australian (2005) |
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