Bentley creates fund backing mental health aid to music community
The Broken Branches Fund will be administered in partnership with Music Health Alliance (MHA) and will provide mental health grants for qualified candidates and their families to cover outpatient counseling, as well as a plan for follow-up care.
Fans can donate to the fund themselves throughout the summer at Bentley's tour stops and other activations and online.
Bentley will kick off his 30-city Broken Branches Tour on Thursday joined by Zach Top and The Band Loula, ahead of his forthcoming 11th studio album, "Broken Branches," out June 13 on MCA.
Making this album and prepping for the tour, I've never been more aware of the sacrifice that the people in this town make every day to keep country music playing," Bentley said. "Whether you're sitting in a room all day trying to write the perfect hook or leaving home on a bus for weeks at a time, it can be isolating and exhausting. This just felt like the right opportunity to make a bigger commitment on my part to supporting those folks and their families in a more direct and intentional way," said Bentley.
"Dierks was one of the first artists to believe in and support Music Health Alliance, and from day one, he's led with both heart and action," said Tatum Allsep, founder & CEO of Music Health Alliance. "Creating the Broken Branches Fund at MHA to support music's mental health shows his deep commitment to the people who power our industry both on stage and off, and to their well-being for many years to come."
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- 06/13/25: Bentley returns with "Broken Branches"
- 05/09/25: Bentley is "Standing in the Sun"
- 04/18/25: Bentley prefers "Well Well Whiskey"
- 04/15/25: Bentley deals with "Broken Branches"
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- 02/17/25: Bentley announces Broken Branches Tour
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