Lewis Capaldi Makes Comeback at Glastonbury After 2-12 months Hiatus
Lewis Capaldi made a triumphant return to the Glastonbury Pageant on Saturday, June 28, after taking a two-year break to give attention to his well being.
“Glastonbury, it’s so good to be again,” Capaldi, 28, informed followers throughout his shock set. “I’m not going to say a lot up right here as we speak as a result of, if I did, I’d begin crying.”
The “Somebody You Liked” stepped away from the highlight following a disappointing efficiency at Glastonbury in the summertime of 2023. Capaldi suffered from vocal points on stage on the competition, which had been attributed to his then-recent analysis with the nervous system dysfunction, Tourette’s syndrome.
Throughout his set on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday, Capaldi informed followers that he’d “actually, actually missed” performing for them throughout his time away.
“It’s been troublesome at instances [thinking] that possibly this wouldn’t ever occur once more,” he admitted. “Genuinely, from the underside of my coronary heart, it means the f***ing world to me that everybody’s right here.”
He then declared, “My identify is Lewis Capaldi and I’m f***ing again, child!”
The sing-songwriter carried out a mini-set of seven songs, together with his U.Ok. chart-topper “Somebody You Liked,” “Grace” and “Earlier than You Go.”
In September 2022, Capaldi confirmed he had lately been recognized with Tourette’s. (Based on the Mayo Clinic, Tourette’s syndrome is “a dysfunction that includes repetitive actions or undesirable sounds (tics) that may’t be simply managed.”)
Lewis Capaldi in June 2025. Harry Durrant/Getty Photos
“I’ve all the time had it apparently,” Capaldi informed followers by way of Instagram Reside on the time. “So, I do the shoulder twitch rather a lot and also you see beneath each TikTok individuals are like, ‘Why is he twitching?’ Which is okay. Curiosity is okay. I get it.”
He went on, “It’s a brand new factor, I haven’t actually realized a lot about it — I’m studying. I’ve bought Botox on my shoulder to cease it shifting. It labored for a bit, however the worst factor about it’s once I’m excited I get it, once I’m harassed I get it, once I’m comfortable I get it. It occurs on a regular basis.”
Capaldi shocked followers shortly after his look on the Glastonbury Pageant in 2023 by cancelling all future performances so as to give attention to his well being. He defined by way of Instagram in June 2023 that he wanted to “take a break from touring for the foreseeable future.”
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“[I’m] nonetheless studying to regulate to the influence of my Tourette’s [syndrome] and on Saturday it grew to become apparent that I must spend rather more time getting my psychological and bodily well being so as, so I can hold doing all the pieces I really like for a very long time to come back,” he mentioned on the time.
He summed up his mind-set by declaring: “I must really feel nicely to carry out at the usual you all deserve.”
Two years later, many rightly predicted that Capaldi would make a shock look at Glastonbury following the discharge of his comeback single, “Survive.” He shared Glasto’s Pyramid Stage on Saturday with the likes of Brandi Carlile, Raye, John Fogerty and headliners, Neil Younger and the Chrome Hearts. (Sunday’s closing day at Glastonbury will function headliner Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, Nile Rodgers & Stylish and Rod Stewart, amongst others.)