Teary Lewis Capaldi tells fans 'I needed to finish what I started' in surprise Glastonbury return

Lewis Capaldi made a surprise appearance at Glastonbury Festival tonight - two years after he last performed at the festival. The Someone You Loved singer was back on the stage today - two years after he last appeared.

Earlier today, Lewis released a new song called Survive. Alongside the post announcing it, he shared a video and captioned it: "It's been a while." The new song is full of emotion with lyrics including "I swear to God I'll survive" and "I'm going to get up and live until the day that I die," his first new release since stepping out of the spotlight because of his mental health.

Lewis has been open about his mental health and hypochondria in the past. He said in 2022: "If I'm having a panic attack there's nobody else that can help me out of it except my mum, for sure.

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"My mum has had to sleep in my bed as recently as a month ago because of how bad my anxiety got at one point. But I think that was alcohol related to be honest, I had been on a bit of a bender."

He added: "It never really reached a tipping point until after getting famous, I never had a panic attack until after I was famous, or after I was a musician or after I got to a height. The hypochondria - I guess looking back, I was such an anxious kid, but now because I understand it a lot more with therapy and I speak about it a lot more with people and try to learn more about it, I look back at it and think the behaviour was a result of anxiety."

During his last Glastonbury set, Lewis struggled to finish his set. His voice faltered and he told the crowd: "Glastonbury, I'm really sorry. I'm a bit annoyed with myself." The crowd soon took over the vocals of Someone You Loved.

"I feel like I'll be taking another wee break over the next couple of weeks. So you probably won't see much of me for the rest of the year, maybe even. But when I do come back and when I do see you, I hope you're still up for watching us," he told the crowd

Emotional, he said: "I genuinely dreamt of doing this. If I never get to do it again, this has been enough."

He opened his set today with Before You Go and he told fans "second time's a charm", referencing what happened last time, as he added he wanted to finish what he couldn't before. He said he didn't want to say too much or he'd cry as he thanked fans for supporting him during the gig and also in the aftermath.

His set was interrupted by chants of "Oh Lewis Capaldi" but he stopped them and said he only had a short set and limited time. He told fans: "Thank you for being here, genuinely. For each and every one of you."

He cried as he began to sing his new song Survive, which he released today. He said his one goal was to get back on stage at Glastonbury as he paid tribute to the fans. At the end of the song, he struggled to get through the track, with the emotion clearly a lot for him as he sang those final words with passion.

Fans were thrilled to see Lewis back on stage. One wrote: "So inspiring to see Lewis Capaldi back on stage and being so open and vulnerable about his mental health struggles. Such a powerful message for anyone who has been at rock bottom. You can survive and things can get better #Glastonbury2025." Another added: "Watching @LewisCapaldi at #Glastonbury so good to have him back."

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