The BACK LOUNGE community primarily encompasses music touring and live events crew and artists, but is open to anyone working in the wider events industry including management, booking agents, venue staff, security and so on. It’s a peer support group with the aim of pooling resources and supporting each other in maintaining positive physical and mental health within what sometimes feels like a crazy industry.

On our regular zoom meets, you can take part with your camera on or off, and either speak or listen – it’s up to you. All we ask is that you mute yourself when you’re not talking, treat everyone in the group with respect and give them space to say their piece. Everyone is given time to contribute to the discussion, as long or as little as you like.

We often have specialist guests speaking on various subjects, and we always say this is not a webinar, it’s a discussion – we express our views, share experiences, argue (without anger), offer support, vent our feelings, occasionally cry – but we also laugh (a lot!) The BACK LOUNGE is a safe space and for this reason our more emotive and personal sharing sessions are not recorded and anything members share should always be treated as confidential.

There is no formal membership as such; you just have to have an ongoing association with the touring industry, and you can come and go as you please, depending on your inclination and demands of work. And there will never be a charge to ‘belong’; you belong just by showing up.

So feel free to join us. Just send a message on the link or via our socials and we’ll add you to the group.

Our community looks to support each other especially when times are hard. We’ve all been on those ‘difficult’ tours or ones where, inexplicably, you just don’t fit in. Or the tours when Jack Daniel’s by the half-pint is de rigueur and you’d secretly prefer a cuppa and an early night 😉 Here at the Back Lounge, we’ve got your back, whatever your personal choice.

We look forward to you joining our community