The emotional music, which charts his battle with anxiousness and Tourette’s, marks one other profitable comeback by the singer who carried out on the pageant unannounced.
Lewis Capaldi has scored his sixth No1 single two years after taking a prolonged break from music to cope with his psychological well being.
The Scots singer’s newest music Survive was launched on Friday, hours earlier than he made a shock look on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury within the TBA slot.
The emotional music, which charts his battle with anxiousness and Tourette’s, marks one other profitable comeback by the singer who carried out on the pageant unannounced.
The music has develop into the nation’s largest promoting observe of the week with Somebody You Cherished additionally tipped by the Official Charts Firm to re-enter the Prime 20.
Survive had been described by 28-year previous Lewis’s group as “a daring and courageous new anthem that underscores a difficult interval in his profession that ended at Glastonbury 2023 when the Pyramid Stage crowd helped carry an emotional Capaldi over the end line.”
In it, he sings, “I swear to God I’ll survive, if it kills me to, I’m gonna’ rise up and take a look at, if it’s the very last thing I’ll do.”
The much-loved singer, from Whitburn, West Lothian – subsequently took an “prolonged break” from the music enterprise, however drew a packed crowd at Glastonbury on Friday along with his shock set.
The singer struggled after reaching international success in 2019 when his breakthrough single charted in 29 international locations and remained at No1 for seven weeks.
His debut album Divinely Impressed To A Hellish Extent and the 2023 comply with up Damaged By Need To Be Heavenly Despatched additionally topped the charts.
The worldwide success and adulation took its toll and he stayed out of the limelight earlier than taking part in the Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage to one of many weekend’s largest crowds.
He fought again the tears a number of instances in the course of the present on the Worthy Farm web site and was met with a deafening roar having taken the stage.
He mentioned: “The final three years haven’t been the very best for me. It’s been a troublesome time. This has been my f***ing aim, to get again right here doing this,” including, “The second time’s a attraction. I’ve actually actually missed doing this over the previous few years. As I say, it’s been troublesome at instances to assume that this possibly wouldn’t ever occur once more. Genuinely from the underside of my coronary heart, it means the f***ing world.”
The pageant was largely overshadowed by the battle in Gaza with police investigating incidents throughout units by punk duo Bob Vylan and Belfast trio Kneecap.
On Sunday, Rod Stewart offered one of many highlights of the weekend when he carried out within the Legends spot on the Pyramid stage, with a hit-packed set.
He was one more artist to speak politics as he informed the gang: “There was numerous discuss lately in regards to the Center East, rightly so, and I need to draw your consideration to Ukraine.”
His company included Merely Pink’s Mick Hucknall, Lulu and former Faces bandmate and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wooden earlier than the Sunday night time headliner Olivia Rodrigo wrapped up the weekender.