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ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 05:09 From London to Cologne, Berlin to Rio, and Oz to Amsterdam. Which concerts have you been to? What performances have stayed in your memory? And on and off stage with Mike, did anyone get a back stage pass? Back to top

yanouch65 Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 06:11 I saw Mike in... Lausanne 1984 Zurich 1993 Zurich 1999 Stuttgart 2006 Frankfurt 2006 Madrid 2007 Bilbao 2008 I met Mike at Madrid airport in 2007 where he gave me an autograph, but not a smile   It is funny, because after his concert in Lausanne in 1984, he went back home.....Lausanne being very near from Villars where he lived at the time. -------------- 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

Philippe Tavares Group: Members Posts: 1613 Joined: Feb. 2005 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 06:38 1993 Tubular Bells II in the Zenith of Paris .     1999 Then and Now  in the Grand Rex of Paris . Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 06:45 Quote (ex member 419 @ Feb. 16 2010, 10:09) Rio LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL He has been once in Rio as a tourist,not for gigs...he has never played in Brazil,although I've read once in a brazilian newspaper that he wanted to play one day there (still waiting XD) Why not checking the Tours section for more details about where he has played all those years? -------------- "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

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 07:52 I've sadly never seen Mike in concert but as my fandom is indirectly a cosequence of Mike's appearance at the Roskilde in july 1982. I was nine years old at the time and of course too young to go to concerts, but it was the Roskilde gig that made Mike semi-popular in Sweden in the early 80s. There was a buzz about him and my older brother and all his friends had MO records lying about at home, and I realize now that it was because of the Roskilde gig that some of them had been to (apparently the gig was spectacular). It was later that Moonlight Shadow became a hit and Mike was on national TV doing playbacks more or less regularly in the years 1983-86. Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

manintherain Group: Members. Posts: 546 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 09:04 19.03.1981 Köln, Sporthalle 16.12.1982 Köln, Sporthalle 17.06.1983 Essen, Georg-Melches-Stadion (Midsummernight Festival) 08.10.1984 Köln, Sporthalle 04.09.1992 Edinburgh, Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle 26.03.1993 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 27.03.1993 Kassel, Eissporthalle 02.04.1993 Frankfurt am Main, Festhalle 04.09.1998 London, Horse Guards Parade 20.06.1999 Hanau, August-Schärttner-Halle 28.06.1999 Bonn, Museumsmeile 09.12.2006 München, Olympiahalle 15.12.2006 Köln, KölnArena 22.12.2006 Frankfurt am Main, Festhalle 07.03.2008 Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim Every single gig is worth a mention but the ones that stick out are Cologne 1982, for it was the very last concert during his world tour, the Premieres in Edinburgh, London and Bilbao and the Munich concert in 2006, where I had the chance to meet and talk to Mike. Edited by manintherain on Feb. 16 2010, 13:09 Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 09:37 14th July 1999 Birmingham NEC Then And Now Tour.Absolutely fantastic gig.Even if when he went to play the first guitar line on Let There Be Light he had completely the wrong tone!  Played everything you could want him to play including Ommadawn!And the biggest surprise was that he actually talked to the audience.Up till that point i'd only seen the Knebworth gig during which he didn't speak at all.  "We're going to play a peice  i wrote in 1975".That will stay with me till the day i die as Ommadawn will always be my favourite Mike peice.There were tears in my eyes! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 10:59 Quote (The Caveman @ Feb. 16 2010, 09:37) Played everything you could want him to play including Ommadawn! I was there -  and remember thinking the exact same thing - he's played everything I could have wanted him to play, particularly a large chunk of Ommadawn - I was chanting every bit of the chant up to the screaming guitar part. I thought he looked a very happy man in his white t-shirt, and seemed to really soak up audience appreciation. I wish there was a record of this concert somewhere to refresh my memory - I would like to know the exact sequence of pieces. I have a photographic memory of some parts and not others. At the later stage I got up in the aisle to dance, but I can't remember what to now. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

yanouch65 Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 11:04 By the way, could anyone, among the admins, add the Bilbao World Premiere to the Tour section please? -------------- 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

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 11:06 You were there?Wow.I remeber when he came on stage and just stood there lapping it up for what seemed like ages.  And then when he introduced the band he forgot poor old Fergus in much the same way as he forgot Morris Pert on the Montreux DVD.Fantastic gig.  And Pepsi was a revelation too.i remember her as half if Pepsi and Shirley but she was amazing on Shadow On The Wall. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 11:19 Caveman - Lapping it up is a good way of putting it - my eyes were glued on him, and I remember thinking how much he deserved all the applause he was getting, and hoped it might make him want to perform more in Britain (though it obviously didn't). I didn't understand why most of his concerts were elsewhere. Have you retained a memory of everything he played? -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 11:25 Not all of it.I know he did Ommadawn,Let There Be Light,FATC ("with a bit of Tubular Bells 1 if you're lucky") (twice,once as an encore)several peices from Guitars,Moonlight Shadow,Shadow On The Wall.I forget what else.I do remember him saying "It's great to be back in Birmingham" and thinking "Oh god that's cheesy!!!" -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

ProjectZ Group: Members Posts: 243 Joined: July 2002 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 11:33 1999/06/29 Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2006/17/12 König-Pilsener-ARENA, Oberhausen, Germany -------------- the VANGELIS forum : Invisible Connections ( http://www.vangelis.fr/ ) Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 11:56 Quote (The Caveman @ Feb. 16 2010, 11:25) Not all of it.I know he did Ommadawn,Let There Be Light,FATC ("with a bit of Tubular Bells 1 if you're lucky") (twice,once as an encore)several peices from Guitars,Moonlight Shadow,Shadow On The Wall.I forget what else.I do remember him saying "It's great to be back in Birmingham" and thinking "Oh god that's cheesy!!!" Yes, it was Far Above the Clouds (encore) where I was jumping in the aisle and couldn't contain myself,  the atmosphere really was electric at that point, and the bass overlap from TB1 spot on, I remember. No, I don't remember him saying - "it's great to be back in Birmingham" - did he really, that IS cheesy! -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 13:05 Quote (wiga @ Feb. 16 2010, 11:56) Yes, it was Far Above the Clouds (encore) where I was jumping in the aisle and couldn't contain myself,  the atmosphere really was electric at that point, and the bass overlap from TB1 spot on, I remember. No, I don't remember him saying - "it's great to be back in Birmingham" - did he really, that IS cheesy! Yep and Pepsi was strutting up and down the satge shouting "Come on!" like a good un.I will never forget the sound of the bass run to TB running round the NEC with the TB logo bouncing right around the arena. Unfortunately he did say "It's great to be back in Birmingham".I remeber it distinctly.But hey it was a brilliant night wasn't it! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 13:18 Ipswich 4/5/80 Rainbow London 30/7/81 Wembley 22/7/83 Birmingham NEC 14/7/99 All brilliant shows, discussed elsewhere, Wembley memorable for good reasons. Me and my mate had got cheap tickets at the back high up and arrived to find the speaker stacks above our heads. So we got moved to just behind the VIP enclosure. NEC not so memorable, my marriage had just broken up and I wasn't in any state to enjoy it. Wasted a ticket that I had bought for my wife by ripping it up in anger. But I do remember the TSODE track made me smile. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 13:47 OlracUk - you did well there going to 4 concerts in Britain. It's understandable that your heart wasn't in the last one at the NEC. I'd be interested to know if there was something specific about the TSoDE track that made you smile, I'm trying to piece my memory back together. Manintherain - wow, you went to 15 concerts! Yanouch - 7 concerts is pretty good too! -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 13:58 Cologne 16.12.06 Frankfurt 21 and 22.12.06 Favorite gig? Cologne. -it wasn't orginally on my schedule,got a pair of tickets 3 days before travelling to Brazil to Germany -met a lot of the spaniards in person before the gig,it was amazing to go to the concert together,have a lot of fun -Mike's performance was amazing,you could see on his face that he was enjoying and happy -Ommadawn blew me away,had the chance to hear and see that f* awesome guitar solo live -Mike did say a few words,loved it! -I couldn't barely sleep when I arrived at my friends' house in Wuppertal XD -footage of this concert has appeared later on Best of NOTP Vol2 and 3 DVD. After the gig,went to the hotel where he was staying,a few lucky spaniards met him and took a pic a few minutes before I arrived (grrr....). My "atmosphere antenna" felt that he might be hanging out at the hotel bar,but I didn't listen to it...went home and on the other day,some of the spaniards sent some sms messages saying that he was there with Fanny and some of them did talk to him,but he was not very friendly at all...I don't know how I would react if I was there... Frankfurt on the 22.12 is also special: -the German fanmeeting,where I got the chance to meet some german fans from this forum as well as yanouch65 in person -last gig of the tour,Mike played a few jokes during Shadow on the Wall -saw the human side of Mike,when his PRS was unplugged by accident (it was his fault) and lost the timing to play TB guitar solo,when he got it we cheered a lot as a support for him! -------------- "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

captain cavern Group: Members Posts: 267 Joined: Oct. 2003 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 14:45 31.03.1993  Le Zénith, Paris, France   Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: Feb. 16 2010, 19:27 Thanks for sharing your memories. Reading a list of gigs to me is sterile. I wanted to hear your stories about the concerts and moments that stay in your memory. It fleshes out the experience of the moment, which can't always be captured in a video clip or a basic interview. It helps me get a feel for what you guys remember. Some really nice memories there. For me its like flying blind. I didn't get to see him in concert, so can't see the whole picture. The Bilbao concert would have been pretty special. At the end of the day I suppose when Mike walks off that stage he is Mr. Oldfield and likes to keep his private life private. We don't take our clients into our homes or social circle, and for Mike its the same. He appreciates his fans but when the work day is over he wants to go home and be an ordinary guy. He has put a lot of his life into touring. A lot. All of his concerts are planned well and have been enjoyed by you all. Back to top

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