Thirty years ago next month, Depeche Mode opened their Devotional tour, later described as the “most debauched ever” and the equivalent of “taking an asylum on the road”. Come 2023, the band’s surviving members are in far better shape than in 1993, but even without the distractions of drugs and debauchery, being on the road for months on end away from family and home comforts can become gruelling.

Help is at hand with the Touring And Mental Health manual, which weighs in at a hefty 625 pages and covers absolutely everything you might need to know on the topic. To wit: relationships, crisis management, stress, addiction, vocal health, dealing with the media, back problems, sleep, fame and nutrition, with valuable insight from a crack team of health professionals as well as artists.

The manual’s editor Tamsin Embleton spent a decade working in the live music arena before qualifying as an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, so is fully aware of the pitfalls. Packing Touring And Mental Health into your flight case before embarking on a tour is not only highly recommended, but should be pretty damn essential for both artists and management.