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Lewis Capaldi fans feared for the star on stage during emotional Glastonbury performance

Lewis Capaldi fans expressed their concerns for the loveable singer during his Glastonbury set this afternoon.

The Scottish singer-songwriter took to the stage at Worthy Farm after a few weeks off work to focus on his wellbeing, but struggled to finish his performance.

"We’re gonna play two more songs if that’s okay, even if I can’t sing properly," he told the crowd earlier today.

"I’m really sorry before I go any further. You’ve all come out and I’m really apologising. My voice is packing in."

Lewis was a few minutes late arriving on the Pyramid Stage ahead of his emotional performance today.

After his first song, the screens went black and Lewis appeared to disappear off stage - causing some fans to wonder that was going on.

One festival goer told the Mirror: "I thought, 'Is Lewis okay?’ I know he’s suffered with problems with his voice lately but he’s really giving it everything!"

Lewis appeared moments lately and the screen continued to turn to black after every song, During his performance Lewis addressed his vocal problems and admitted he was worried, before adding that he would be on stage for an hour "or less, I’m known to do that".

Another member of the crowd added: "I'm so glad I came to see him, he’s so funny and sounds amazing. You could tell he started the set nervous but with every song the crowd was behind him."

Lewis, who has with Tourette’s Syndrome, could be seen struggling with uncontrollable tics on stage but he didn’t let that stop him singing every song was pitch perfect and giving the crowd an unforgettable experience.

Making his diagnosis public last year, Lewis explained how he wanted to tell his fans about his condition as he doesn't want people thinking he is "taking cocaine or something", as he opened up discovering he has the condition that causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements called tics.

Lewis explained in September how he was relieved to find out he had the condition because he originally feared he might be suffering a degenerative disease, and said he can see signs he had Tourettes when looking back at old interviews.

The Hold Me While You Wait singer is being treated with Botox injections to freeze muscles to try to control the tics characteristic of Tourette’s, and reassures fans his shoulder twitches are " not as bad as it looks".

Lewis' Glastonbury performance follows the singer taking a few weeks off and cancelling a string of gigs in order to spend some time at home and protect his mental wellbeing.

In a statement shared with fans at the start of this month, the singer said: "Hi everyone, hope you're well. This is a really difficult message and one that hurts me a lot to have to type.

"But I'm really sorry to say that I'm going to have to cancel all commitments from now until I play Glastonbury on June 24th.

"It's been such an incredible time leading into this new album, and seeing all of the support from everyone has been beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of."

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