Lewis Capaldi announced yesterday evening that he will be cancelling all prior commitments from now until his performance at Glastonbury on June 24.
The Scottish singer released his second studio album Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent last month but admitted that he now needed some time to rest both "mentally and physically" for a couple of weeks.
The announcement has sparked concerns over the Hold Me While You Wait singer's health again after he revealed he had been diagnosed with Tourette's last year and opened up about his mental health struggles in his Netflix documentary How I’m Feeling Now.
Lewis issued a statement to apologise to his fans but insisted that a break was necessary for him to be able to continue singing for a long time to come. The 26-year-old whose most recent performance in Scotland was just days ago at BBC Radio 1 Festival in Dundee explained that he is "struggling to get grips" with his busy schedule having not had any time at home since Christmas.
Lewis was due to play shows in Glasgow, Dublin, London and Norway over the coming weeks as well as his debut at the Capital Summer Ball next weekend at Wembley Stadium. This is not the first time Lewis has cancelled shows after he postponed a string of live performances in 2021 to focus on recording his album.
However his fans are here to support him with many far more concerned about the star who has opened up about his crippling mental health battle in the past. Here we take a closer look at Lewis' known health conditions that he has admitted are taking a toll on his career.
Tourette's
Lewis revealed in September last year that he had been diagnosed with Tourette's which according to the NHS is a neurological condition that causes you to make uncontrollable movements and sounds called tics.
The Someone You Loved singer said that he had been twitching for some time before he discovered his condition and recalled fans noticing it too on social media and questioning whether or not he was on drugs.
Speaking of his diagnosis on the Jonathan Ross show, the jokester musician said: “People think I’m on cocaine a lot and I’m not! … Now I’m the poster boy for Tourette’s, and I’ll accept that.”
He explained that his left shoulder raises and his head twitches whenever he has a flare up which is often while he is singing.
Capaldi had been noticing his tics which are fast, repetitive muscle movements that cause sudden body jerks or sounds since 2018 while he was doing interviews and revealed on the Lorraine Kelly show that his diagnosis "made a lot of sense".
He added: “I thought I was dying because I am a hypochondriac, so I thought I had some degenerative disease."
The star also revealed that he had since had botox in his shoulder to try and control his tics and is glad he went public about it because he now feels less "isolated".
Lewis previously told the Times: "It's only making music that does this to me, otherwise I can be fine for months at a time, so it's a weird situation."
In his documentary, the star admitted that his tics are getting quite bad on stage and he is struggling to get it under control as he often feels out of breath and gets very painful back pain while playing the piano.
Speaking about his flares up on Instagram Live, he said: “The worst thing about it is when I’m excited I get it, when I’m stressed, I get it, when I’m happy I get it. It happens all the time. Some days it’s more painful than others and some days it’s less painful.”
During a performance in Frankfurt in February, Lewis had a Tourette's flare up as he performed his closing song Someone You Loved and fans had to help him push through the final chorus of the tune by singing along.
Panic attacks
Lewis has also gotten candid about his panic attacks in the past as he previously admitted that if his mental health worsened he would be forced to give up music.
Speaking to Rebecca Rudd at Apple Music during a recent interview, he discussed how his mental health issues were a "direct symptom" of his superstar life.
The Glaswegian singer said: “I’ll take a few panic attacks and my Tourettes and stuff for what’s happening, but if it gets to the point where things get worse mentally and I stop kind of looking after myself in that regard, I think that would be a point where I’d be like, I’m just not going to do this anymore.”
Lewis's nurse mum, Carol, 56 and fishmonger dad, Mark, 56, also expressed their concerns over their son's health in his Netflix documentary as they questioned whether or not the fame was worth it.
Lewis agreed with his parents as he said: "I hate hyperbole but it is a very real possibility that I will have to pack music in."
The brave 26-year-old has been very open about his own mental health and even recalled one of his more recent panic attacks while speaking to DJ Scott Mills on Radio 2 in April.
Lewis confessed: I had multiple panic attacks on Saturday evening, I went out for a few beers on the Friday, I always feel anxious after drinking but I’d really hammered it after a long time of not boozing.
"My mum had to come down to calm me down, lie in bed with me and I was having panic attack after panic attack and the whole week after I felt off."
Vertigo
Although vertigo is not a symptom rather than a long term condition, it is something that Lewis has also spoken about suffering from.
Vertigo is the sensation that you or your surroundings are moving or spinning and can be so severe that you lose your balance or struggle to carry out tasks.
The singer revealed that he was suffering from dizzy spells so badly that he phoned an NHS out-of-hours service to clarify that he was not drastically ill.
Speaking to fans ahead of a special screening at Glasgow's Every Man Cinema before the release of his Netflix documentary, he said: 'I'm alive and living. I've not been very well.
"I've got vertigo. So I'm spinning but I'm smiling. I'm not dying so it's good. I did think I was for a couple of days but luckily I'm here.'
The star told the Times he has put his vertigo down to bronchitis which he was also suffering from at the time and him recently coming off Sertraline which is an anti-anxiety medicine.
However, that wouldn't be the only medication he is taking that is affecting him in other ways.
Last year Capaldi did an interview on The Zach Sang Show where he admitted that his Tourette's medication negatively impacts his sex life and causes low libido.
The star said: How do I say this? It makes it hard to climax. It’s like a rollercoaster that goes up and up and up and it never comes down".
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