#NOMUSICONADEADPLANET: Music Declares Emergency launches in US

Music Declares Emergency (MDE), the collective working to drive a music industry response to global climate change, has chosen Earth Day 2022 to launch a US chapter.

Arcade Fire, Billie Eilish, Bon Iver, Chicano Batman, Major Lazer, Bootsy Collins, The 1975, Fantastic Negrito, Juanes, Massive Attack, Machel Montano, Anni Lenix, Pretenders, Tegan and Sara, Tom Morello, KT Tunstall, Brian Eno, Tycho, and Tom Odell are amoung the many major artists supporting the initiaive which also includes many music industry professionals,

The group was originally founded in the UK in 2019 and also has active chapters in France, Germany, Switzerland, Chile and Canada.

So far MDE has collected over 6,000 signatures from across the industry demanding an immediate governmental response to climate change.

“The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time, and the power of music should take its place at the forefront of this important movement to create a safer, fairer, more sustainable world.,” the group said in statement “The climate crisis is about science, not politics. There is #NOMUSICONADEADPLANET.”

“This declaration needs to be the moment where music steps up and really pushes the truth to our audiences and confronts governments so that things happen much more quickly,” says Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde.

“It’s vital that we back this campaign,” says Mike Smith, Global President, Downtown Music Services. “The threat from climate change is real, and we all need to play our part in combating it. We can still do more to reduce our own carbon footprint and use our platform to spread the message that action needs to be taken.”

Learn more and sign the declaration here.

MDE also recently shared a song titled “Resolution Song” which brought together diverse voices from all around the world.

Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.