When Capaldi’s career started to take off, Sheeran took him aside and offered a succession of dire warnings about fame. “He said: ‘Has your family started getting weird yet? Have there been any sort of fringe members of your family started to get weird with you?’ I said no. And he goes: ‘What about your friends?’ and I said no, and he goes: ‘That’ll happen.’ It was like the most doomsday conversation I’ve ever had in my life. Cheers, Ed – that’s really pepped me up. He said: ‘Fame doesn’t change you; it changes everyone around you.’ Restaurant responds after couple's claim they were surrounded by waiters who 'wanted to fight them'

I met him in Chicago at the end of 2019, and he talked about what had happened with the forthcoming shows in a tone of disbelief. “I’ve gone from doing two nights at Barrowlands in Glasgow to 4,000 people,” he said, “to two nights at a 16,000-capacity arena.” I turned to sourdough. Sourdough is my solace. The cogs started turning and I thought, pizzas could be my true calling.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. He added: “It took a while it was a lot of trial and error. Eventually that spark just ignited and I stumbled upon greatness. I want to give these pizzas the best chance they can to succeed.” Singer/songwriter Lewis Capaldi has launched his own range of “big” and “sexy” pizzas in supermarket chains Iceland and Tesco. Under the circumstances, it’s hard not to wonder aloud if all this – a new album, the expectations around it, interviews, a world tour – is really the best thing for him. The thing is, he says, he would probably be like this even if he weren’t a pop star. “It’s been a big contributing factor with my anxiety, but at the end of the day, it all comes down to the same insecurities, fear of not living up to something, impostor syndrome, which my friends have who work in finance or whatever. So it is to do with success, but you can boil it down to these really human feelings and thoughts.”

oimozza tweeted: "@LewisCapaldi I hope you felt the love from everyone at Glastonbury and at home for you. You are brave and brilliant and look after yourself" and @ZarahConnolly applauded: "Lewis Capaldi you legend. Take a bow how brave to be so open about everything. This Glastonbury crowd is incredible! Keep going lad". The first time, it’s a hair-raising effect—“Forget Me” is as visceral as a pleading romantic showdown outside EastEnders’ Queen Vic pub—and occasionally Capaldi steals a little nuance in there. “Wish You the Best” starts with understated immediacy as he follows a train of thought about an ex, longing to know everything about her new life, but hold the new boyfriend. Then the chorus hits: “I wanna say I miss the green in your eyes/And when I said I wish we could be friends, guess I lied,” he howls, and the sour note he lands as he stretches out that last word feels grimly true as he contemplates the gap between who he wants to be and who he feels he is. I have experienced that for sure, but it’s obviously not been as intense as it was for him. I’m very suspicious of people anyway. It comes from my father.” He laughs. “My dad hates everyone until they prove themselves: ‘Ah, I like him.’ If I’m going on a date with a wee girl, he’s like: ‘What does she do? Why’s she going out with you?’ He’s very cautious and protective and it’s kind of bled down to me.” The audience stops singing before loud boos are heard. "We can't be fighting," the 26-year-old singer continues. The crowd then erupts into laughter as he adds: "What a weird song to fight to. Bizarre, bizarre."

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Lewis Capaldi was forced to stop his show in Manchester after a fight broke out in the crowd. The Someone You Loved singer temporarily stopped playing after commotion erupted at AO Arena on Wednesday night (January 18).