Trend Crisis lines, tour mental-health providers and industry funds expand for music workers

Summary

The Music for Health and Wellbeing Initiative reports growing support for the mental wellness of musicians and the teams around them. In February the organisation Backline opened a crisis line available around the clock for artists and music professionals. Its backers include Spotify, Live Nation, AEG Presents and singer Noah Kahan with his Busyhead Project. Amber Health, which provides mental health care for artists on tours and at festivals, reports a steady rise in contracts over the past year. MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Recording Academy, launched suicide prevention training and a resource site in April with The Jed Foundation. The Initiative links these steps to survey evidence of high distress in the music workforce.