Lewis Capaldi joked that Leeds “had me worried” during his Roundhay Festival headline show, months after calling out slow ticket sales.
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The Scottish singer-songwriter headlined the first edition of Roundhay Festival in Leeds last night (July 4), the new event organised by the team behind BST Hyde Park.
The show had previously become the subject of a comic rant from Capaldi during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show last October, in which he highlighted the fact that the Leeds date had not sold as quickly as some of his other 2026 shows.
“What the fuck are you playing at?” he quipped. “If you’re in Leeds, just buy it for someone you don’t like. That pocket of the country hate my fucking guts”.
Now, footage from the Roundhay show has shown Capaldi making light of that moment from the stage, telling the crowd: “You had me worried, Leeds.”
“Thank you for EVENTUALLY buying a ticket!” he continued. “What the fuck were you playing at?!”
Check out footage from the show here:
The Roundhay date did eventually sell out, and the new festival also featured headliner Pitbull on Friday (July 3), with All Things Orchestral topping the bill today (July 5).
Capaldi’s appearance comes as part of his major 2026 headline tour, which continues at Newcastle’s Exhibition Park on July 8 before two BST Hyde Park shows in London on July 11 and 12 – find any remaining tickets here.
The shows come after Capaldi released his ‘Survive’ EP earlier this year, featuring the comeback single ‘Survive’ alongside ‘Something In The Heavens’, ‘Almost’, ‘The Day That I Die’ and ‘Stay Love’.
Speaking at TRNSMT last month, Capaldi confirmed that a new album is in the works, while also reflecting on the period when his mental health “took a beating”.
Capaldi’s emotional 2025 comeback saw him make an unannounced Pyramid Stage appearance at Glastonbury, two years after he struggled to finish his 2023 Glastonbury set amid symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome, before announcing a break from touring to focus on his mental and physical health.
He has also spoken candidly about feeling “fucking dejected, disappointed, sad and just worthless” during that period, saying he never wanted to “phone it in” again.
Elsewhere, Capaldi recently said his friendships with Sam Fender and Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten had inspired him to take more creative risks, explaining that being around other artists had helped push him out of his comfort zone.