Lewis Capaldi has announced that he will be releasing a brand new album and also touring around the UK and Europe.
The 26-year-old rocketed straight to the top of the UK singles chart with his song ‘Forget Me’ last month, making it his third UK number 1.
And now fans of the singer have been left delighted today when he announced that his brand new album 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent' will be out on May, 19 2023 on EMI Records.
'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent' is the follow up to his smash-hit debut, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, which was the biggest selling UK album of both 2019 and 2020.
Lewis announced his new single 'Forget Me' via a TikTok live stream during the closing night of his two sold-out London’s O2 Arena shows. ‘Forget Me’ arrived with high anticipation from the start, and was shortly followed by a true spectacle of a music video that saw Lewis re-enact Wham’s 1983 hit ‘Club Tropicana’ shot-for-shot.
The song - now silver certified and approaching 100 million streams globally - made him just the third artist this year to have a single go straight in at Number 1 in its first week, alongside Harry Styles with 'As It Was’ and Dave's ‘Starlight’ and is still sitting in the UK top 3.
Capaldi's website crashed just minutes after today's announcement, and he's urged fans not to buy signed copies of his new album on eBay.
Speaking about his new album, Lewis said: “I don't want to create a new sound for myself, or reinvent myself. The songs I want to write are emotional songs, about love or loss.”
Lewis recorded the album with a setup of just a small interface, laptop, speakers, and a Shure SM7B vocal mic and it felt more chilled out for him. He said: “I felt like I was sounding better because I was just chilled out in my own gaff. Also, a lot of this record was made with most of the same people who I worked with on the first one: TMS, Phil Plested, Nick Atkinson and Edd Holloway. At least one of them is on almost every song.”
Lewis' debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was a huge success, selling over 10 million copies worldwide, the album propelled Capaldi from bedroom musician to superstar.
After selling out headline shows to hundreds of thousands across the continents, Lewis sold out London’s SSE Arena Wembley ahead of his debut album release, making him one of the first artists to ever achieve such a feat. Just this summer, he re-emerged to headline his first ever festivals, on top of two rapturous sold out nights at London’s O2 Arena last month.
He will now take to the road next year for a full arena headline tour across the UK and Europe. Pre-sale on October 26, and general sale on October 28.
JANUARY
Sat 14 - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Mon 16 - Sheffield, Utilita Arena
Wed 18 - Manchester, AO Arena
Thu 19 - Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
Sat 21 - Newcastle, Utilita Arena
Mon 23 - Aberdeen, P&J Live
Tue 24 - Glasgow, OVO Hydro
Thu 26 - Birmingham, Utilita Arena
Fri 27 - Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
Sun 29 - Belfast, SSE Arena
Mon 30 - Dublin, 3Arena
FEBRUARY
Wed 1 - Cardiff, International Arena
Thu 2 -Exeter, Westpoint Arena
Mon 13 - Warsaw, Torwar - Poland
Tue 14 - Vienna, Stadthalle - Austria
Thu 16 - Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena - Germany
Fri 17 - Prague, O2 Arena - Czech Republic
Sun 19 - Hamburg, Barclays Arena - Germany
Tue 21 - Frankfurt, Festhalle - Germany
Thu 23 - Antwerp, Sportpaleis - Belgium
Sat 25 - Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome - Netherlands
Sun 26 - Paris, Accor Arena - France
Tue 28 - Cologne, Lanxess Arena - Germany
MARCH
Thu 2 - Copenhagen, Royal Arena - Denmark
Fri 3 - Oslo, Spektrum - Norway
Sun 5 - Stockholm, Avicii Arena - Sweden
Tue 7 - Zurich, Hallenstadion - Switzerland
Wed 8 - Milan, Mediolanum Forum - Italy
Fri 10 - Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi - Spain
Sat 11 - Madrid, WiZink Center - Spain
Tue 14 - Stuttgart, Schleyerhalle - Germany
Wed 15 -Munich, Olympiahalle - Germany
You can pre-order Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent here.
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