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Lewis Capaldi’s new track Survive soared to the top of the charts this week after he made an emotional return to music at Glastonbury last weekend.
The 28-year-old Scotsman’s comeback came after he took a two-year hiatus to focus on his mental health and ‘adjust’ to his Tourette’s diagnosis.
He returned with the track Survive, released last Friday, detailing a difficult two years – and it’s been a huge hit with millions of fans across the country.
Lewis has landed not only his biggest ever, but the largest opening week of any single released this year with the comeback track.
Survive has shifted a whopping 68,500 units in its first week, including more than four millions streams, surpassing the much-loved singer’s previous best of 56,000 with his 2022 song Forget Me.
Lewis Capaldi ‘s new track Survive soared to the top of the charts this week after he made an emotional return to music at Glastonbury last weekend
The 28-year-old Scotsman’s comeback came after he took a two-year hiatus to focus on his mental health and ‘adjust’ to his Tourette’s diagnosis
Gushing about the support he’s received since his highly-anticipated comeback last week, Lewis said: ‘Survive is this week’s UK Number 1, and I want to say a massive thank you to everybody who’s been streaming it, downloading it – it really means the world.
‘I’ve been away for a little while and to come back to this outpouring of love and support has been absolutely incredible.
‘I can’t thank everybody enough for all the kind words since Glastonbury – and now this! It’s been the best week of my life. I hope you continue to enjoy the song, it means a lot to me.’
Lewis pipped Michigan DJ and producer MK to top spot, with his Chrystal collab Dior sitting in second in place, while filling the remaining three spots on the top five are Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild, Rayvn Lenae’s Love Me Not andPink Pony Club by Chappell Roan.
Such is the mania surrounding Capaldi’s return that streams and sales of his old music also sky-rocketed.
Streams of signature track Someone You Loved shot up by 115%, while his 2019 chart-topping album Divinely Inspired surged by 198%.
And amid the astounding success of his new single, Lewis announced this week that he will be embarking on a UK tour later this year consisting of 10 dates.
He will play at Sheffield, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Nottingham and two dates at the 02 arena.
He returned with the track Survive, released last Friday, detailing a difficult two years – and it’s been a huge hit with millions of fans across the country
The Someone You Loved hitmaker will play 10 dates later this year, playing venues in cities including Sheffield, Aberdeen, Birmingham and Nottingham
Pre-sale tickets go on sale on July 8, while general sale is on July 10.
The Bruises hitmaker was greeted with cheers from the huge Worthy Farm crowd on Friday, following a two-year career hiatus.
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’
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 Bruises hitmaker was greeted with cheers from the huge Worthy Farm crowd on Friday, following a two-year career hiatus
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.
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.
It came 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.
The short video features sweet moments throughout Lewis’ life and career, including snippets from his childhood.
The new song has been described as a ‘brutally honest track that addresses mental health challenges of self-doubt and despair’, highlighting the difficult period in his career following his last Glastonbury performance.
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