Two years after his most recent performance, Lewis Capaldi’s emotional surprise return to Glastonbury saw the Scottish singer receive a slew of celebrity support.
An emotional Lewis Capaldi was supported by a wave of celebrity friends as he made a surprise return to Glastonbury. The Scottish singer returned to Worthy Farm two years after he last performed at the festival. The Someone You Loved singer struggled to finish his set last timeout, with his voice faltering in a touching message to the crowd.
He apologised to them at the time, “Glastonbury, I’m really sorry. I’m a little irritated by myself. Someone You Loved’s vocals were soon resurrected by the crowd. Over the coming weeks, I think I’ll be taking a wee break. So, for the rest of the year, perhaps even, you won’t see much of me. But I hope you’re still up for watching us when I do return and when I do see you.
And now, after saying “second time’s a charm,” Lewis was able to sing the song two years later. Lewis shared a clip of the two performances combining on Instagram after his emotional set.
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It depicted the struggle of 2023 in the moving clip before a teary-eyed Lewis watched as he returned to the stage today. He wrote, “Glastonbury, it’s so amazing to be back, thank you so much for having me,” as the caption for his upload read.
And his video received a lot of enthusiastic support right away. Former football player Alan Shearer, who simply said, “Love it,” while emojis clapping hands, were some of the people chatting with the star.
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Paddy McGuinness was also on hand to compliment his efforts, calling him the governor, while ex-Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall responded with a love heart emoji.
Lewis was also supported backstage after his gig. Matty Healy was seen recording a message for some fans backstage to send his support to the Scottish star. A source attending Glastonbury told the Mirror: “I heard him say ‘really pleased he is here and I wish him well”
Lewis’ return comes hours after he released a new song called Survive. As he shared a post on Instagram announcing the new tune, he captioned it: “It’s been a while.” The new song is full of emotion with lyrics including lines such as “I swear to God I’ll survive” and “I’m going to get up and live until the day that I die.”
Since stepping out of the spotlight due to his mental health, this is his first new album. And as he sang it to the Glastonbury audience, he sobbed in agony. As he paid homage to the fans at Glastonbury, he revealed that his top goal was to return to the stage.
He struggled to get past the song’s final words as he sang those final words passionately, with the emotion clearly being high for him as he sang them.
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