Matty Healy paid tribute to Lewis Capaldi as The 1975 brought TRNSMT 2023 to a close on Sunday night.
The frontman confirmed the 26-year-old was supporting them backstage, after the Scottish singer recently announced he would be taking a hiatus from live performances due to the toll they had been taking on his mental health.
Speaking to the Glasgow crowd, Healy revealed: “Our good friend Lewis Capaldi is joining us this evening. He’s watching backstage.”
Healy then revealed that his band, which formed in 2002, will replace Capaldi as the headliner at Reading and Leeds festival.
He added: “Film this because I’m not going to do an Instagram post, I’m not on the social media anymore, so people know.
“So, on Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds in celebration of 10 years of our debut album The 1975, we will be playing that album in full in support of our good friend Lewis Capaldi.”
Aside from watching The 1975, the Before You Go singer was also spotted in the crowds at LF Soundsystem on the King Tut’s stage on Saturday evening.
Earlier this month, Capaldi announced that he would be taking a break from touring “for the foreseeable future,” saying he is “still learning to adjust to the impact of my Tourette’s”.
Capaldi revealed in 2022 that he had been diagnosed with Tourette’s, and this year gave an insight into its impact in his documentary Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now.
He had previously cancelled three weeks of shows to rest and recover ahead of Glastonbury, however the singer was left apologising to the Worthy Farm crowd as he struggled with tics associated with his diagnosis during his performance.
Taking to social media days after his Glasto appearance, he said his performance made it “obvious that I need to spend much more time getting my mental and physical health in order, so I can keep doing everything I love for a long time to come”.
He also thanked “Glastonbury for having me, for singing along when I needed it and for all the amazing messages afterwards,” adding: “It really does mean the world.”
