Lewis Capaldi makes emotional return to Scotland after health hiatus for Glasgow and Aberdeen gigs

Lewis Capaldi is set to perform in Scotland for the first time since taking a hiatus from music to focus on his health.

The Bathgate singer was forced to cut short his Glastonbury 2023 set after experiencing a flare-up of his Tourette’s symptoms, with the supportive Somerset crowd singing along to “Someone You Loved” to help carry him through.

But he made an emotional return to the Pyramid Stage this summer and has since embarked on a UK-wide tour.

Capaldi was visibly nervous, and at one moment broke into tears, during his opening performance at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena on Saturday night.

And now he’s back on home soil – performing two nights at the P&J Live in Aberdeen and two nights at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow.

Within minutes of becoming available, tickets for the singer’s long-awaited comeback tour appeared on resale sites for hundreds of pounds more than face value.

Disappointed fans who missed out on the tickets took to social media to voice their dismay, with many claiming the singer could sell out higher-capacity venues, such as stadiums.

Capaldi addressed the requests and admitted that playing at venues the size of stadiums would be the “most terrifying thing ever” at this stage of his comeback.

“Seen a couple of people mention bigger venues, honestly after taking the break it’s impossible to know how many of ya might want to come [or] not come to shows,” he said.

Speaking earlier this year, Capaldi said his 2023 Glastonbury performance was the “worst moment of his life”.

The Grammy-nominated artist also said he had previously been “lying” to a therapist and “telling them what I thought they wanted to hear” – but that he now “feels amazing” after a session..

“I really struggle with it, it’s not fun. I don’t have a fun time there.

“I feel amazing after, it’s like going to the gym, I think, which obviously I’m well versed in.

“Sometimes it can be really difficult, but I think I do it because I realise how important is for me to continue to feel good, because I’ve felt the best I felt in a long time through therapy, I would say that has been the cornerstone of like, why I feel how good I feel now.”

What is Tourette’s?

The NHS describes Tourette’s as “a condition that causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements called tics“.

It was named by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot after his intern Georges Gilles de la Tourette reported the cases of nine patients with “convulsive tic disorder” in 1885.

Symptoms can also include shouting out random words and swearing – although that is rare – as well as grimacing, eye rolling and jumping.

Usually beginning during childhood, symptoms usually improve after several years and sometimes go away completely.

Boys are more likely to be diagnosed as girls – but it’s not known why.