Mike Oldfield took the world of music by storm at the age of 19 in 1973 with the release of his debut album "Tubular Bells," which hit the #1 spot in numerious countries and has gone on to sell in excess fo 16 million copies worldwide. It was not until the end of the decade that Oldfield began to play live on a regular basis. In 1981, he embarked on his "European Adventure Tour," which took in the Montreux Festival in July, where he performed in front oof an enthusiastic sold-out audience.