TICKETS ALERT: The Exorcist music heads to Yorkshire on Tubular Bells live tour

The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III UK tour will play York Barbican and Sheffield City Hall in 2027.placeholder image
The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III UK tour will play York Barbican and Sheffield City Hall in 2027. | Sebla

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The haunting music forever linked with The Exorcist will be performed in York and Sheffield, as Mike Oldfield's legendary Tubular Bells celebrates its groundbreaking trilogy live.

Those chilling piano notes. That creeping sense of dread. A simple, hypnotic piano melody repeats, quietly building an atmosphere of unease long before a single scream is heard.

For millions of film fans, those haunting notes instantly conjure memories of The Exorcist.

But Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells is much more than cinema's most iconic horror theme. It's one of the most groundbreaking and influential albums ever recorded and its now going on tour - tickets here.

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The haunting music of Tubular Bells became synonymous with The Exorcist. | Warner Brothers

Now, more than 50 years after its release, The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III will be performed live on a UK tour heading to York Barbican on Tuesday, March 2, and Sheffield City Hall on Monday, March 15, 2027.

GET TICKETS: Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, July 17 - buy here at www.ticketmaster.co.uk.

It will also play Nottingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gateshead, Eastbourne, Guildford, Basingstoke, Oxford, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, London, Poole and Brighton.

Tickets are already on sale for 2026 dates in Bexhill De La Warr, Bromley, Aylesbury, Fareham and Southend Cliffs Pavilion.

For full details see below and all ticket are available here.

The tour follows a string of sell-out tours across the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

The acclaimed production features the entire original Tubular Bells album, plus extended highlights from Tubular Bells II and III, along with Oldfield's worldwide hit Moonlight Shadow.

Released in 1973, Tubular Bells launched Virgin Records and became one of the most influential instrumental albums ever made, blending progressive rock, classical, folk and ambient music.

Oldfield completed the trilogy with Tubular Bells II in 1992 and Tubular Bells III in 1998, continually pushing musical boundaries.

The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III will be performed by an ensemble led by long-time collaborator Robin Smithplaceholder image
The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III will be performed by an ensemble led by long-time collaborator Robin Smith | Senbla

The music will be performed live by an ensemble led by Mike Oldfield's long-time collaborator Robin Smith. Oldfield himself does not perform in the production.

Smith said: "We're thrilled to continue our musical journey in the UK for 2027 and share Mike Oldfield's beautiful music with long-time fans and new listeners alike.

2027 TOUR DATES - GET TICKETS HERE.

Monday 1st - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Thursday 4th - Edinburgh Usher Hall

Friday 5th - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Saturday 6th - Gateshead Glasshouse

Monday 8th – Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Tuesday 9th - Guildford G Live

Thursday 11th - Basingstoke The Anvil

Friday 12th - Oxford New Theatre

Sunday 14th - Birmingham The Alexandra Theatre

Tuesday 16th - Liverpool Philharmonic

Wednesday 17th - Manchester Bridgewater Hall

Friday 19th - London Cadogan HallSunday 21st - Poole Lighthouse

Monday 22nd - Brighton Dome

2026 TOUR DATES - NOW ON SALE

Friday 16th Oct - Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion

Saturday 17th Oct - Bromley Churchill Theatre

Monday 19th Oct - Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Wednesday 21st Oct - Fareham Live

Thursday 22nd Oct - Southend Cliffs Pavilion

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