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Lewis Capaldi played Glastonbury on the iconic Pyramid Stage back in 2023 and was unfortunately unable to finish his set due to his Tourette’s syndrome and anxiety, leading to vocal strains. The singer took a two-year hiatus from performing on stage to focus on mental health. This year at Glastonbury, he returned, making a surprise appearance after two years off the stage. 

Capaldi released a new song after his break titled ‘Survive’ on June 27, which explored an emotional journey with mental health struggles, diving into feelings of depression and hopelessness. The powerful lyrics and vocals showed determination, resilience, and honesty in recovery and a choice to move forward. The song debuted at the number one spot on the UK Singles Charts with over four million streams. 

Through Lewis Capaldi’s partnership, he made a video with BetterHelp explaining his journey with music, mental health, and his return to the stage. Capaldi explained in the interview that he “felt the best I’ve felt in a long time through therapy”. He also explains the importance of giving therapy time and multiple chances. It takes time to find the right therapist for every individual with the type of topics and person to feel comfortable around when surrounded by vulnerability.

The singer expressed that therapy is a “massive part of the reason that I’m able to be a musician again”. This partnership allowed the singer to reflect on his own experience with therapy. The importance of his 734,000 hours of free therapy is that it is a thousand hours for every day he was not on stage during his break. 

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Lewis Capaldi is set to go on tour again in the UK and Ireland, starting in September with shows in Glasgow, London, Manchester, Cardiff, and Dublin. You can find tickets here. He has also just announced his return to Australia and New Zealand in December, with tickets available this coming Thursday, July 10.   

Capaldi featured in Glastonbury 2025 as one of the festival’s surprise sets. Taking to the Pyramid stage on Friday (June 27), he gave a triumphant performance that featured favourites of his like ‘Someone You Loved’, as well as new material.

In between songs, Capaldi gladly declared “I’m f**king back, baby!”, completing his set at the festival where he struggled in 2023. Back then, Capaldi lost his voice and experienced pronounced tics, a symptom of his tourettes.

During his returning performance, he told the crowd “Second time’s a charm on this one,” referring to his struggles at his last set. He continued, saying, “I just wanted to come and finish what I couldn’t finish last time.”

Now, Capaldi is looking to come back in full swing with an arena tour in Autumn this year. Announcing the shows on social media with an atmospheric, lo-fi black-and-white trailer, Capaldi wrote: “About time I got back to work… hope to see you out there.”

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The new tour dates listed on the video are as follows: Capaldi will kick things off in Sheffield’s Utilita Arena on September 7, followed by shows in Aberdeen on September 11 and Glasgow on September 13. He’ll then return to England for back-to-back shows in London at the O2 Arena, on September 17 and 18. The tour will then hit Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Cardiff, before closing out at Dublin’s 3 Arena on September 29.

During his Glastonbury performance, Capaldi premiered a new song titled ‘Survive’, an emotional number which addressed the challenging period in his career amidst his 2023 Glastonbury performance. The song is on course to become his sixth No. 1 single on the UK Top 40.

Capaldi’s full tour dates can be viewed below:

LEWIS CAPALDI SEPTEMBER TOUR –

7 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena 
11 – Aberdeen, P&J Live 
13 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 
17 – London, The O2 
18 – London, The O2 
20 – Manchester, Co-Op Live 
23 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 
26 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena 
27 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena 
29 – Dublin, 3 Arena 

Tickets will go on pre-sale on July 8 at 9am, and the general sale will begin at the same time on July 10 – you can find details, dates and tickets here.

Benn, in referencing the stage changes, told NME, “There are always changes in the artists, but there will be to the stages as well. It’s a mix of all sorts of things, really. I’m not quite ready to announce it yet, but I’m really very excited about it.”

As for the possible headliners for next year’s Reading & Leeds festival, Benn was quick to rule out the likes of Yungblud, Paramore, Dua Lipa, Drake and Queens Of The Stone Age, lightheartedly replying, “You’ve lost a lot of money” in response to the interviewer’s claim of betting on the aforementioned acts to perform at next year’s event.

Others, though, may be well in the mix, including Central Cee, whom Benn has said of, “The trajectory of Central Cee is just incredible. He played Wireless Festival last year and it was an explosion in that sense with a really big crowd compared to what he’d been having. He’s really worked it since then. He’s getting breakthroughs in the US and working with some really important artists, and it just feels like he’s got a great future. I’m not going to say he’s going to be a future headliner because I don’t want to give anyone that burden. I felt like it was a burden I’d given to Foals. They came through with it, but I don’t want to do that again.”

Lewis Calpaldi, who unfortunately had to pull out of this year’s festival, and who was ultimately replaced by The 1975, is always welcome back to perform a headline show at Reading & Leeds, with Benn stating, “I think there will always be an open offer, but at the same time the only thing that needs to be thought about is Lewis’ health. We certainly wouldn’t be having a discussion prior to Lewis’ health being right.”

Rage Against The Machine, however, are a band that are unlikely to feature after cancelling last year, as Benn spoke about their potential return, “It’s not an agenda item at the moment, let’s put it that way. Rage are a US-based act and would very rarely do one-off shows, so it would need to fit in to a lot more scheduling.”

Additionally, Benn has also confirmed that a headliner has in fact been chosen for 2024 already, stating, “We have one of the headliners confirmed, and have had them confirmed for a little while actually. They’ve headlined in the past so we know their strength with it and we’re pleased with that.”