Lewis Capaldi makes surprise return to Glastonbury after two-year hiatus amid Tourette’s battle
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Lewis Capaldi is “f–ing back, baby.”

Capaldi returned to the prestigious Glastonbury Festival with a lot of emotions on Friday, following a two-year hiatus caused by his Tourette syndrome flaring up and interrupting his performance.

The Scottish artist, famous for his hit song “Someone You Loved,” took the audience in England by surprise with a 35-minute performance on the festival’s main Pyramid Stage.

In an emotional moment, Capaldi expressed his gratitude towards the fans stating, “I’ve returned to complete what I couldn’t finish the last time on this stage. I am thankful to everyone at Glastonbury for providing me with this opportunity.”

The two-time Grammy nominee limited his audience interaction, confessing that if he talked a lot on stage, he’d “probably start crying.”

The “Before You Go” singer’s set was not promoted publicly by the festival, but thousands of fans were tipped off about the special moment, the BBC reported.

Capaldi performed seven songs, including his new single “Survive,” which was released hours before his first live performance since he stepped away from the stage.

“The last two years haven’t been the best for me,” Capaldi said. “It’s been difficult at times. I wanted to write a song that was about overcoming that stuff.”

Capaldi performed his smash hit “Someone You Loved,’ which received a Grammy nomination in 2020 for Best Song of the Year, as his final song on Friday.

“I couldn’t sing this song two years ago,” the musician said while tearing up again. “I might struggle to finish it today for different reasons.”

The “Bruises” vocalist ended the set shouting, “My name is Lewis Capaldi and I’m f–ing back, baby.”

In June 2023, Capaldi canceled his tour after an episode of Tourette syndrome caused him to lose his voice while performing at the Glastonbury Festival.

Fans in the audience sang along to the music to help him finish the show.

In a statement released after the performance, he shared that he was “still learning to adjust to the impact of my Tourette’s and on Saturday it became obvious that I need to spend much more time getting my mental and physical health in order, so I can keep doing everything I love for a long time to come.”

He chose to take a break from touring for the “foreseeable future” and embarked on his musical hiatus in June 2023, just one month after the release of his second album, “Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent.”

Two months before the episode, Capaldi, who was diagnosed in 2022, admitted that he would “quit” music if his Tourette syndrome got worse.

“If it gets to a point where I’m doing irreparable damage to myself, I’ll quit,” Capaldi told the Times of London in April 2023.

Tourette syndrome is a “disorder that involves repetitive movements or unwanted sounds (tics) that can’t be easily controlled,” according to the Mayo Clinic.

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