Radiohead’s Philip Selway, Live Nation and more back new mental health touring scheme

Radiohead‘s Philip Selway, Live Nation and more have backed a new mental health touring scheme. READ MORE: Radiohead live in London review: a generous and visceral hit parade (of sorts) Entitled the Pay It Forward Fund set up by the Music Industry Therapy Collective (MITC), the scheme aims to make specialist mental health support accessible for artists and crew on small and mid-scale tours. With touring professionals at “an elevated risk of stress, anxiety and burnout, as well as clinical depression and suicidality”, a press release states “that a growing number of larger tours now provide welfare or pastoral support as part of the production”. It added: “On smaller tours, those pressures can be compounded by tighter budgets, leaner teams and more challenging work and travel conditions. However, these teams rarely have the budget to offer people the same resources or opportunities to talk, reflect and reset.” The new scheme offers confidential conversations with qualified mental health practitioners who understand the realities of music and touring available online around the clock in several languages. Tour Check-Ins can also be used by any member of the touring team to decompress...