Lewis Capaldi to take a break from touring for 'foreseeable future'

Lewis Capaldi has said helium volition instrumentality a interruption from touring for the "foreseeable future", days aft helium struggled to decorativeness his Glastonbury set.

The Scottish singer, who has Tourette's Syndrome, asked fans to assistance him by singing on astatine the festival.

Glastonbury was the 26-year-old's archetypal unrecorded show since taking a erstwhile three-week break.

But helium said it "became evident that I request to walk overmuch much clip getting my intelligence and carnal wellness successful order".

In a connection connected Tuesday, helium said helium was "still learning to set to the interaction of my Tourette's".

He had 26 dates astir the satellite successful the calendar betwixt present and October.

They included a amusement astatine Chepstow Racecourse successful southbound Wales this weekend, arsenic good arsenic concerts successful Manchester, Belfast, Edinburgh and astatine the Reading and Leeds festivals.

"First of all, convey you to Glastonbury for having me, for singing on erstwhile I needed it and for each the astonishing messages afterwards. It truly does mean the world," he posted.

"The information that this astir apt won't travel arsenic a astonishment doesn't marque it immoderate easier to write, but I'm precise atrocious to fto you cognize I'm going to beryllium taking a interruption from touring for the foreseeable future.

"I utilized to beryllium capable to bask each 2nd of shows similar this and I'd hoped 3 weeks distant would benignant maine out.

"But the information is I'm inactive learning to set to the interaction of my Tourette's and connected Saturday it became evident that I request to walk overmuch much clip getting my intelligence and carnal wellness successful order, truthful I tin support doing everything I emotion for a agelong clip to come."

He continued: "I cognize I'm incredibly fortunate to beryllium capable to instrumentality immoderate clip retired erstwhile others can't and I'd similar to convey my astonishing family, friends, team, aesculapian professionals and each of you who've been truthful supportive each measurement of the mode done the bully times and adjacent much truthful during this past twelvemonth erstwhile I've needed it much than ever.

"I'm truthful incredibly atrocious to everyone who had planned to travel to a amusement earlier the extremity of the twelvemonth but I request to consciousness good to execute astatine the modular you each deserve. Playing for you each nighttime is each I've ever dreamed of truthful this has been the astir hard determination of my life. I'll beryllium backmost arsenic soon arsenic I perchance can."

At Glastonbury, Capaldi suffered vocal problems that near him astir incapable to sing his last songs.

By the extremity of the set, the prima suggested helium would request to instrumentality much clip distant from nationalist beingness to recuperate.

"I consciousness similar I'll beryllium taking different wee interruption implicit the adjacent mates of weeks. So you astir apt won't spot overmuch of maine for the remainder of the year, possibly even.

"But erstwhile I bash travel backmost and erstwhile I bash spot you, I anticipation you're inactive up for watching us."