Global biz backs World Mental Health Day 2019

Launching today are Afem's mental health guide and new US initiative Tour Support, while Michael Rapino has funded MITC's Touring and Mental Health Manual

Live Nation's Michael Rapino is backing MITC's ‘Touring and Mental Health Manual’ and Tour Support © Coral von Zumwalt/Live Nation

Several initiatives aiming to improve the mental health of the international music industry have been announced in the run-up to World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 2019, which takes place worldwide today (10 October).

The Music Industry Therapist Collective (MITC), launched earlier this year by a collective of industry psychotherapists, has revealed that its 300-page Touring and Mental Health Manual is now fully funded – having smashed through its £21,774 goal courtesy of a donation from Live Nation’s president and CEO, Michael Rapino.

“Artists…

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