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Laura Ferguson

Lewis Capaldi's Glastonbury crowd shows love for singer as he confirms more time off

Lewis Capaldi was met with an outpouring of love at his Glastonbury set this evening.

The Glasgow singer-songwriter earlier this month confirmed he was cancelling all commitments ahead of his Glastonbury set on the Pyramid Stage.

He made the decision due to the impact of his gruelling schedule on his health, saying it has been "full on both mentally and physically".

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During his set, he confirmed he was struggling with his voice and apologised to fans, but was met with a flood of support, as fans sang his songs back to him.

Looking visibly frustrated, Lewis, 26, admitted he was starting to lose his voice - but that he was going to power through to end of his slot.

He told the crowd: "I'm going to be honest everybody but I'm starting to lose my voice up here, but we're going to keep going and we're going to go until the end.

"I just need you all to sing with me as loud as you can if that's okay?"

He added: "Look I'm really sorry before we go any further, because this is a pain in the arse," he said. "You've all come out and I'm apologising that my voice is f***ing packing in. Glastonbury I'm really sorry, I'm a bit annoyed with myself here."

However, the Forget Me hitmaker's famous sense of humour remained in tact. Following chants of "Oh Lewis Capaldi", he finally took his shirt off after teasing earlier in the set that he might have to abandon it when he overheated from performing.

He added, "I feel like Iggy Pop".

Lewis also confirmed that he would be "taking another wee break" and that he may not be seen "for the rest of the year".

He told the crowd: "I recently took three weeks off just because I've been none stop the past year and I wanted to take a wee break from my head for my mental health.

"I wanted to come back and do Glastonbury because it's obviously so incredible so I just want to thank you all for coming out. I was scared but you've really made me feel at ease so thank you very much for that."

He added: "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, when I do see you, I hope you're all still up for watching."

Viewers watching from home were quick to share their admiration for Lewis as well on. Twitter.

One said: "What a beautiful moment in the crowd at Lewis Capaldi. True courage and perseverance shown."

Another added: "There's something really beautiful about the crowd filling in the lyrics for Lewis Capaldi. Poor guy. He looks devastated. But this is so wonderful. And all respect that he turned up to perform."

Meanwhile, one fan added: "The Glastonbury crowd filling in for Lewis Capaldi during Someone You Loved is one of the most wholesome things I've ever seen. Takes huge balls to go on THAT stage when you know you're not at your best. You could see how much that meant to him."

"Lewis Capaldi is a legend. After everything he goes through getting up there and singing the way he does is amazing. He needs to stop apologising though he is loved & appreciated just the way he is," another tweeted.

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