No, self-employed musicians have an obligation to organise a pension for themeslves, surely? The MU gives advice but no more & rightly so.

It's common sense & self-preservation to secure your later life- we have in our favour the NHS and a (pretty mean!) state pension in UK, and Covid did come out of the blue, but whilst wishing the Carthys rapid recovery, there has to be some doubt this is a 'charity' in the real sense of the word- compared to 'Water for Africa' 'Save the Children' etc?