Lewis Capaldi Apologizes to Glastonbury Crowd After Losing Voice

Lewis Capaldi was excited to headline Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, June 24, earlier than his voice cracked in the course of “Someone You Loved.”

“I’m going to be honest everybody, but I’m starting to lose my voice up here, but we’re going to keep going and we’re going to go until the end,” the Scottish singer, 26, informed the group on Saturday, per BBC live performance footage, apologizing for the sudden vocal shift. “I just need you all to sing with me as loud as you can if that’s OK?”

Capaldi, who seemed informal in a white shirt in the course of the efficiency, had began singing the 2019 single as regular. However, moments into the refrain he wanted to pause. The packed crowd on the Worthy Farm stage shouted out the lyrics in his place.

“I’m not crying, you are,” one Twitter person wrote early on Sunday, June 25. “Brilliant from the crowd & brilliant too from Lewis. Even though he knows he’s struggling, he still goes on the stage & that takes true courage.”

Another added: “As his Tourette’s overwhelmed him, and he needed a break thousands of voices lifted him up. I feel something akin to a religious experience hearing them sing. The effect on Lewis Capaldi must have been profound. You don’t even have to like the song to get choked up. Beautiful.”

Capaldi — who gained a Brit Award for “Someone You Loved” in February 2020 — introduced in September 2022 that he had been recognized with Tourette’s Syndrome.

“I’ve always had it apparently,” the “Wish You the Best” crooner defined throughout an Instagram Live session. “So, I do the shoulder twitch quite a lot and you see underneath every TikTok people are like, ‘Why is he twitching?’ Which is fine. Curiosity is fine. I get it.”

Capaldi added on the time: “It’s a new thing, I haven’t really learned much about it — I’m learning. I’ve got Botox on my shoulder to stop it moving. It worked for a bit, but the worst thing about it is when I’m excited, I get it, when I’m stressed, I get it, when I’m happy, I get it. It happens all the time.”

Capaldi, who has additionally been candid about his psychological well being struggles, introduced earlier this month that he had canceled his lineup of concert events main up to Glastonbury.

“I need to take a moment to rest and recover, to be at my best and ready for Glastonbury and all the other incredible shows coming up so that I’m able to continue doing what I love for a long time to come,” he wrote in an Instagram assertion on June 5. “I’m getting all the help and support I need from the incredible people around me, who I’m so grateful for.”

Capaldi famous on Saturday that he plans to lengthen his touring hiatus after the British pageant. “So you probably won’t see much of me for the rest of the year, maybe even,” he famous. “But when I do come back and when I do see you, I hope you’re still up for watching us.”