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yanouch65 Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Mar. 30 2007, 09:01 Hi I a going to Madrid tomorrow to see Mike and the Night and the Proms. I was in Germany last year and I am very happy to see him again. I will post some news about this concert next week. Greetings -------------- Ray said : "it is a shame you don't play" manintherain said: "You´d better ask Mr. Y who was first" yanouch65 says: "I am in love with Scotland" Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Mar. 30 2007, 21:45 Some spaniards @ Taurus IV Mailing List said that Mike rocked a lot on the first gig! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Mar. 31 2007, 15:15 Could some of our Spanish fellows find out if there will be any broadcast on Spanish radio? Even better, probably on some station that is available on ASTRA satellite? i.e. some of: Cadena Dial                 Cadena SER                 CanalSur Radio           Euskadi Irratia             Los 40 Principales       M-80                           Máxima FM                 Radio Euskadi             Radiolé                       RNW 3 Back to top

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Mar. 31 2007, 15:26 enjoy -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: April 01 2007, 10:54 so how was the concerts?? it is quite quiet from fans.................. is there anybody out there?????????????????   -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

ProjectZ Group: Members Posts: 243 Joined: July 2002 Posted: April 02 2007, 06:07 On the German Proms blog there are some pictures of NOTP Spain -------------- the VANGELIS forum : Invisible Connections ( http://www.vangelis.fr/ ) Back to top

yanouch65 Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: April 02 2007, 11:54 Hello to all! I am back from Spain. As you know, there was a concert of The Night of the Proms with Mike yesterday. Believe me, Mike was better than in Germany, last year. He was fit and happy to be there. He had a big smile on his face and he spoke Spanish a lot to the audience between the tracks. The concert was different from in Germany. Mike came last and played his five tracks. His singer was Rosa Cedrón instead of Myriam Stockley. It was a great concert and Spanish fans are very friendly. Thank you to all of them for helping me during my trip. It was Christmas time for me yesterday: I met Mike at the Madrid airport. It was at the Terminal 1, Gate 21 in a small shop. In fact, I was sleeping on a chair, waiting for my flight to Geneva, and  suddenly I woke up. I decided to buy something at the shop in front of me. While I was choosing a drink, I saw a man close to me, doing the same thing as me. He was Mike. He was with his wife and a child. I asked him an autograph. He took my pen and wrote his name on a piece of carton I had in my bag. He didn't tell me anything....and he went away.... I bought his guitar last year and yesterday I met him. Several dreams have come true. I will put a photo of the autograph soon Regards -------------- Ray said : "it is a shame you don't play" manintherain said: "You´d better ask Mr. Y who was first" yanouch65 says: "I am in love with Scotland" Back to top

Nacho Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: April 02 2007, 12:38 Hi, Yannick, this is Nacho from Valencia (although we said goodbye in Madrid!!; nice that you had a good travel back home with that bonus prize!! Didn't you really mention anything about the concerts or the guitars, that should be a mix of emotion and fatigue!! By the way, send me a private mail with your address, I've got a little leaflet for you!! Best regards Nacho Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: April 02 2007, 13:00 Quote (yanouch65 @ April 02 2007, 17:54) Hello to all! I am back from Spain. As you know, there was a concert of The Night of the Proms with Mike yesterday. Believe me, Mike was better than in Germany, last year. He was fit and happy to be there. He had a big smile on his face and he spoke Spanish a lot to the audience between the tracks. The concert was different from in Germany. Mike came last and played his five tracks. His singer was Rosa Cedrón instead of Myriam Stockley. It was a great concert and Spanish fans are very friendly. Thank you to all of them for helping me during my trip. It was Christmas time for me yesterday: I met Mike at the Madrid airport. It was at the Terminal 1, Gate 21 in a small shop. In fact, I was sleeping on a chair, waiting for my flight to Geneva, and  suddenly I woke up. I decided to buy something at the shop in front of me. While I was choosing a drink, I saw a man close to me, doing the same thing as me. He was Mike. He was with his wife and a child. I asked him an autograph. He took my pen and wrote his name on a piece of carton I had in my bag. He didn't tell me anything....and he went away.... I bought his guitar last year and yesterday I met him. Several dreams have come true. I will put a photo of the autograph soon Regards you lucky one   -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Trinidad Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: April 02 2007, 13:13 I'm so happy I have been there! I was about to not going -you know, "just 30 minutes of typical Mike's music"- and what a big error that would have been. I enjoyed a lot, not only Mike's performance, but the whole event. That was great how the kind of music I usually don't like made me smile, like Chico & The Gypsies (with everybody, myself included despite my shyness, singing well-known songs), Tony Henry (whose voice really touched me), or the classical pieces, for example. Seeing all that live, with the orchestra and chorus, and in first line, was fantastic. Mike's performance came at the end. I think most people thought he was going to be the first, and somebody told me that. There were some false signs of him coming to stage, specially when the presenter said "You'll for sure recognize these first piano notes" ..... ..... . At some point of the concert the public was quite nervous; but, at the end, while the orchestra was playing a piece, a guy appeared carrying some guitars and leaving them in the middle of the stage, and suddenly.... WWAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! I think the acclamation to Mike's guitars was bigger than the acclamation to himself! Then there was no doubt... he came to stage, smiling, and said "Un momentito" ("A little moment") while picking a crib sheet... That phrase still mades me laugh; at that moment I really would have squeezed him like a cuddly toy . Then he said some words in spanish: "It's a big plaque for me..." hehe. Having seen a pair of videos of the NOTP in Germany, Mike's performance was more or less the same. A pity, because most time his guitars just blended with the rest of the music, except for two or three solos. At least he played his little parts very well, and I was able to see in person his typical face and body gestures I've seen many times on video. To me, he really seemed to be enjoying. Well, that was just my very personal vision of the event. As I have said, at first I wasn't going, but, at the end, I regreted for not having bought tickets for Madrid. Back to top

yanouch65 Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: April 02 2007, 13:39 Quote (Nacho @ April 02 2007, 18:38) Didn't you really mention anything about the concerts or the guitars, that should be a mix of emotion and fatigue!! Hi Nacho, Yes, you are right. I was very tired.....24 hours without sleeping! Of course, I loved the concert. Everything was perfect! Thank you Regards -------------- Ray said : "it is a shame you don't play" manintherain said: "You´d better ask Mr. Y who was first" yanouch65 says: "I am in love with Scotland" Back to top

Hifiguru Group: Members Posts: 275 Joined: Aug. 2002 Posted: April 02 2007, 15:09 anyone recorded audio or something they could share? -------------- -TB Limited ultimate edition 2009 (still sealed) -Hergest Ridge Limited 2010 #017 -Ommadawn Limited 2010 #065 -Incantations Limited 2011 #003 -Platinum Limited 2012 #316 -QE2 Limited 2012 #112 -Opening Ceremony London 2012 #61 -Five Miles Out 2013 Limited LP #116 -Crises 2013 Limited LP #259 Back to top

Quicksilver Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: July 2005 Posted: April 02 2007, 16:00 I went to the Valencia concert. A lot of people went only to see Mike. He was funny, kind and seemed happy to be there & very relaxed. He promised us a long concert soon Mike talking in Spanish was a wonderful detail. This is the first time I see Oldfield on stage and I have to say that I am really impressed. I have high hopes in the next album. Cheers from Spain Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: April 02 2007, 18:04 Quote (yanouch65 @ April 02 2007, 13:54) Believe me, Mike was better than in Germany, last year. He was fit and happy to be there. He had a big smile on his face and he spoke Spanish a lot to the audience between the tracks. When I first saw this pic here http://p200server.us.es/mikeoldfield/fotos/5835.jpg I noticed that Mike was quite different from the German concerts -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Clodomir Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: Mar. 2006 Posted: April 03 2007, 08:20 Quote (yanouch65 @ April 02 2007, 11:54) I asked him an autograph. He took my pen and wrote his name on a piece of carton I had in my bag. He didn't tell me anything....and he went away.... I once had an autograph after the TB2 Brussels concert in 1993. I was in a small crowd of a dozen of fans and Mike didn't speak much (he seemed very shy in fact, almost afraid of the people...). You hadn't time to speak about the guitar you bought from him, hadn't you ? (I haven't read all your posts but it still isn't clear for me which gibson was used on Ommadawn...). Nicolas Mike Oldfield french website -------------- Mike Oldfield - Blog d'une passion http://www.mike-oldfield.net Back to top

manintherain Group: Members. Posts: 546 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: April 03 2007, 08:42 It´s the Gibson SG/Les Paul Junior cherry red 1962 #77138 Back to top

yanouch65 Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: April 03 2007, 08:57 Quote (Clodomir @ April 03 2007, 14:20) You hadn't time to speak about the guitar you bought from him, hadn't you ? He said nothing to me! He would not to talk to me. His face was completely still. What a pity! But the most important is...the autograph! -------------- Ray said : "it is a shame you don't play" manintherain said: "You´d better ask Mr. Y who was first" yanouch65 says: "I am in love with Scotland" Back to top

Quicksilver Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: July 2005 Posted: April 03 2007, 13:25 I know many of you don't understand spanish, but here in this video of the concert in Madrid you can see Mike's great attitude:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DzwLVehTg Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: April 03 2007, 13:58 haha what a great audience also   -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: April 03 2007, 15:35 Quote (yanouch65 @ April 02 2007, 17:54) Believe me, Mike was better than in Germany, last year. His singer was Rosa Cedrón instead of Myriam Stockley. Hey yanouch65, as you have seen both shows in Germany in Spain, you should be able to judge who did better as the singer - Rosa Cedrón or Myriam Stockley? I am very curious about it. Unfortunately, recordings at the youtube are of low quality, so I can't hear too much from Rosa 's vocal. As I've been listening for the recording of one of the German shows for a while now, I think I can point what annoys me most in Myriam - she sings too "slow", inertial, she is always a bit "after" the melody. Speaking in ADSR terms - her voice has too long attack time How did you find Lisa as the Mike's vocal? looking forward for your opinion amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

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