Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi said Tuesday that he’s taking a break from touring for the foreseeable future as he seeks to regulate to the impact of Tourette syndrome.
His announcement follows his Saturday performance on the Glastonbury Festival where he appeared to lose his voice and the gang carried him through his songs.
“To start with, thanks to Glastonbury for having me, for singing along once I needed it and for all of the amazing messages afterwards,” he said in a press release.
“The incontrovertible fact that this probably won’t come as a surprise doesn’t make it any easier to put in writing, but I’m very sorry to let you already know I’m going to be taking a break from touring for the foreseeable future,” he added.
Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder that causes individuals to make involuntary sounds and movements, sometimes called tics. Capaldi revealed last September that he had been diagnosed with the condition.
Capaldi, 26, was as a result of perform in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday.
His current tour, which would come with venues in Australia, South Korea and Iceland amongst others, was as a result of climax within the United Arab Emirates on Oct. 7.
In his statement, Capaldi said he was “still learning to regulate to the impact of my Tourette’s and on Saturday it became obvious that I want to spend rather more time getting my mental and physical health so as, so I can keep doing all the things I really like for a very long time to return.”
In an interview with The Associated Press in April following the discharge of a Netflix documentary in regards to the Grammy-nominated star, Capaldi said he was comfortable to have had his symptoms diagnosed. On the time, he said he was trying “to not learn an excessive amount of” about Tourette’s because it might often make his condition feel even worse.
The documentary, entitled “How I’m Feeling Now,” shows the fear and anxiety that plagued Capaldi as he returned home to Scotland and tried to put in writing recent songs throughout the pandemic.
