Lewis Capaldi was honoured with a touching tribute from Google as returned to Glastonbury two years after his battle with Tourette’s left him unable to finish his performance.
The singer, 28, choked back tears as he declared ‘I’m back baby’ during his emotional return to Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage for a secret set on Friday.
In honour of Lewis’ return, Google made a sweet tribute to Lewis as they added a ‘welcome back’ message to their search for anyone Googling the star.
Below his name the words ‘Welcome back Lewis – Someone we love’ flashed up on screen alongside a love heart emoji.
Google also posted a picture of the Scottish singer to its official Instagram, with the same caption.
The Bruises hitmaker was greeted with cheers from the huge Worthy Farm crowd, following a two-year career hiatus.
Lewis Capaldi was honoured with a touching tribute from Google as returned to Glastonbury two years after his battle with Tourette’s left him unable to finish his performance
The singer, 28, choked back tears as he declared ‘I’m back baby’ during his emotional return to Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage for a secret set on Friday
In honour of Lewis’ return, Google made a sweet tribute to Lewis as they added a ‘welcome back’ message to their search for anyone Googling the star.
Delighted to be back in front of an audience he tearfully said: ‘Two years ago I wasn’t sure if I’d ever do this again, but I’m back baby!’.
Lewis sung a number of his famous hits, before once chocking back tears as he performed brand new single Survive, which highlights the difficult period in his career following his last Glastonbury gig.
Fans in the crowd could be seen crying and calling out his name before joining him in a rendition of mega-hit Someone You Loved.
In his emotional speech, Lewis said: ‘Glastonbury it’s good to be back. Won’t say too much up here today as if I do I might start crying, but I can’t thank you enough for coming here and being with here’.
‘Second times a charm hey! It’s a short set today but just wanted to come and finish what I couldn’t last time, also this was like the worst kept f*****g secret ever’.
Following his set Lewis took to Instagram with footage of his performance alongside a post which read: ‘Glastonbury it’s so incredible to be back, thank you so much for having me x’
Fans and famous friends rushed to the comments to welcome the talented musician back into the public eye.
Sam Fender said: ‘Return of The King’, while Alan Shearer said: ‘Love It’: Paddy McGuinness gushed: ‘Governor’ and Jade Thirlwall shared a slew of loving emojis.
Google also posted a picture of the Scottish singer to its official Instagram, with the same caption
Delighted to back in front of an audience he tearfully said: ‘Two years ago I wasn’t sure if I’d ever do this again, but I’m back baby!”
The Scottish singer was greeted with cheers from the huge Worthy Farm crowd, two years after his battle with Tourette’s left him unable to finish his show at the festival
Following his emotional set at Worthy Farm in June 2023 (pictured) the singer took time off to focus on his mental health and to ‘adjust to the impact’ of his Tourette’s diagnosis
Following his emotional set at Worthy Farm in June 2023, the singer took time off to focus on his mental health and to ‘adjust to the impact’ of his Tourette’s diagnosis.
Also performing on Glastonbury’s first day was CMAT, Lola Young, Alanis Morissette, as well Lorde with her own secret set.
Meanwhile, Rizzle Kicks also made a return to the stage after their own 11-year hiatus and were joined by a surprise guest.
Harley ‘Sylvester’ Alexander-Sule and Jordan Stephens performed the biggest hits, with the later introducing his mum on stage during their track Mama Do the Hump.
Pointing to his parent, who was wearing a green wig, he exclaimed: ‘Give it up for my mum!’ as the crowd went wild.
It comes hours after Lewis shocked fans by announcing his comeback on Instagram, sharing a snippet of his new song and the Henry Dockrill directed accompanying music video.
Captioning his exciting post, he simply wrote: ‘It’s been a while…’ before directing his followers to the link to his song in his bio.
