"Lewis Capaldi is a pop star known for his patter. But tonight, he warns the crowd he is feeling too overwhelmed to perform his usual funnyman routine. I probably won't say lots this evening because I don't know what to say, he says. I'm just genuinely thrilled that this is still a possibility for me. The 28-year-old being lost for words tonight is understandable."
"Capaldi's music has never been especially adventurous: it's his voice raspy and emotive that's the appeal. But absent his usual onstage banter, the back-to-back balladry and heartbreak anthems do begin to merge. The homogeny is thankfully broken up by the schmaltzy 80s stylings of Leave Me Slowly, with its pillowy electric pianos and guitar solo, and the poppier melodies of Forget Me also offer a little variation."
Lewis Capaldi warned the crowd he felt too overwhelmed to perform his usual comedic patter and said he probably would not say much, expressing genuine gratitude to be performing. He took a touring hiatus in 2023 after sharing mental health struggles and a 2022 diagnosis of Tourette syndrome. He reappeared unannounced at Glastonbury earlier in the summer and returned tonight for his first headline show since the break in Sheffield. The set opened with Survive and featured emotional ballads such as Grace, Heavenly Kind of State of Mind and Forever, with the audience joining in singalongs. Instrumentation varied with 80s-tinged Leave Me Slowly and the poppier Forget Me, and a new, striking song, The Day That I Die, was performed.
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