James Hanley
James Hanley began his career as news editor of Audience/Live UK magazine in 2012 before moving to Music Week at the start of 2015. Since then, he has become a Music Week stalwart. A live music specialist, he has broken and written about countless music industry stories, including a special report on the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, chronicling the live industry through the Covid pandemic and many more. James has written cover stories on Kylie Minogue, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Robbie Williams, Simon Cowell, Lewis Capaldi, Sting, Yungblud, Finneas, Merck Mercuriadis and more. His extensive portfolio of features includes Ringo Starr, Stuart Camp, Atlantic Records co-presidents Briony Turner & Ed Howard, Lorna Clarke, Sony Music Publishing’s Tim Major & David Ventura, Decca’s Laura Monks & Tom Lewis, Transgressive Records, AWAL, The Orchard, Robots + Humans’ Rob Ronaldson, Sam Fender, Lyor Cohen, Alexi Cory-Smith, Amy Frenchum, Mavin Records, Believe UK, ESEA Music, Hiten Bharadia, Concord Label Group, Nick Stewart, Hazel Savage, Shaurav D’Silva, UROK Management, Kobalt, Golnar Khosrowshahi, Kim Frankiewicz, Mike McCormack, Tileyard, Tony Visconti and more.
