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Ben Homewood

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Features Editor at Music Week

features editor @MusicWeek. Words also in NME, BBC, Red Bull, Guardian, BEAT

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  • 'It's about making the industry sound more exciting': MNEK talks Proud Sound 2025

    1 day ago | musicweek.com | Ben Homewood

    MNEK has opened up about his mission to “make the industry more colorful and more proud”. MNEK and Warner Chappell Music presents Proud Sound 2025, powered by Spotify Glow has been running throughout Pride month at London's Miloco Studios, and its founder spoke to Music Week about the impact the camp is having.

  • 'On stage is where the magic happens': Haim look ahead to I Quit tour

    2 days ago | musicweek.com | Ben Homewood

    In an exclusive unseen extract from our cover interview, Haim have told Music Week that the key to success as a band is “knowing what’s good for yourself”. The trio, made up of Alana, Danielle and Este Haim, are riding high in the albums chart with new record I Quit this week, and are preparing for their upcoming UK tour – which could be preceded by a rumoured surprise appearance at Glastonbury this weekend.

  • Ben Mortimer celebrates Polydor's 13-year relationship with Haim ahead of I Quit

    1 week ago | musicweek.com | Ben Homewood

    Polydor Label Group president Ben Mortimer has described Haim as “a cultural force” ahead of the release of their fourth album I Quit, which is released this Friday (June 20). Mortimer’s relationship with Haim is unique in that it goes right back to the start of his time at the major. “I signed Este, Alana and Danielle back in 2012, as he first act I signed when I came to Polydor,” he told Music Week, in an interview for our Haim cover story.

  • Jim King, Kamran Haq & RCA salute headliner boom ahead of huge Charli XCX and Sleep Token shows

    2 weeks ago | musicweek.com | Ben Homewood

    This weekend, the 2025 boom in headliners will be in glorious evidence at Lido, where Charli XCX headlines a festival for the first time, and Download, where Sleep Token do the exact same thing. As part of our headliners feature in the new edition of Music Week, we spoke to Jim King, CEO of European festivals for AEG Presents, which runs Lido, as well as All Points East, BST Hyde Park and Forwards Festival.

  • 'This industry is not for the weak': Inside Haim's comeback with I Quit

    2 weeks ago | musicweek.com | Ben Homewood

    Anyone who thought Haim had said their piece on the music business with their 2021 album Women In Music Pt. III is in for a shock.

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