Please note, this is a lunch performance, starts at 12.30pm.

Book launch and lecture by Tamsin Embleton and Philip Selway with VI.BE  

Tamsin Embleton is a psychotherapist and director of the Music Industry Therapists and Coaches (MITC). She worked as a music promoter, tour manager and artist manager for ten years.

Philip Selway know as a drummer for Radiohead, his work as a solo artist, member of The Weird Sisters (Harry Potter), ambassador of Independent Venue Week,.... among others.

About the book:

'Touring and Mental Health' is a comprehensive handbook that helps musicians and people working in the (live) music industry identify and deal with the various physical and psychological problems that can arise during, or as a result of, touring. It covers topics such as mental health, peak performance and stage fright, addiction, group dynamics, relationship issues, dealing with the media, physical health, diversity and inclusion, crisis management and post-tour recovery.

Written by health and performance professionals, this up-to-date and essential book offers sound clinical advice, cutting-edge research, practical strategies, tools and detailed illustrations. Each chapter is underpinned by personal recollections from musicians and prominent touring personnel, including Nile Rodgers, Justin Hawkins, Philip Selway, Charles Thompson, Katie Melua, Kieran Hebden (4Tet), Pharoahe Monch, Will Young, and many others.

Touring and Mental Health is meant to be picked up, put down, read at length and passed around on the tour bus.

‘I wish this book had been around when I first started touring … It should be the first thing we all pack when we head out on the road.’ Philip Selway, Radiohead

‘This book can add decades to a career, give wisdom to the most exhausted mind, and offer encouragement to every burdened heart.’ James Ainscough, CEO Help Musicians UK

‘[it’s] like having a therapist in your back pocket. It helped deepen my understanding of myself as a performer and how the demands of the music business can take a toll’ Siobhan Donaghy, Sugababes

‘The perfect book at the perfect time.’ Marty Hom, Tour Manager Fleetwood Mac, Shakira, Beyoncé

‘A remarkable encyclopaedia of wisdom... This impressive book needs to be read by every single artist and every single psychological worker as well.’ Professor Brett Kahr, Senior Fellow, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology