Lewis Capaldi made a triumphant return to the Glastonbury Pageant on Saturday, June 28, after taking a two-year break to deal with his well being.
“Glastonbury, it’s so good to be again,” Capaldi, 28, told fans throughout his shock set. “I’m not going to say a lot up right here right this moment as a result of, if I did, I would begin crying.”
The “Somebody You Cherished” stepped away from the highlight following a disappointing efficiency at Glastonbury in the summertime of 2023. Capaldi suffered from vocal issues 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 Cherished,” “Grace” and “Earlier than You Go.”
In September 2022, Capaldi confirmed he had not too long ago been diagnosed with Tourette’s. (Based on the Mayo Clinic, Tourette’s syndrome is “a dysfunction that entails 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 through Instagram Reside on the time. “So, I do the shoulder twitch quite a bit 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 received 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 glad 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 with a view to deal with his well being. He defined through 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 affect of my Tourette’s [syndrome] and on Saturday it turned apparent that I have to spend way more time getting my psychological and bodily well being so as, so I can maintain doing all the pieces I like for a very long time to return,” he mentioned on the time.
He summed up his frame of mind by declaring: “I have to 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.)
