Lewis Capaldi shocked supermarket shoppers with an impromptu and foul-mouthed perfomance on roof of an Aldi store in Nottingham on Friday, just hours ahead of his show in the city.
Overlooking the car park the Scottish hitmaker, 28, jokingly apologised to customers for potentially disrupting their shopping and went on to praise the store’s offers.
Lewis, who currently touring the UK for the first time since he returned to the spotlight following his comeback show at Glastonbury in June, said: ‘This is Capaldi on the roof of an Aldi’.
‘Sorry to get in the way of anyone’s shopping. I apologise. But I was back there earlier, some excellent produce, brioche buns, carrots – the lot.’
Well-known for his quick-witted sense of humour, Lewis asked: ‘Can I swear? Am I allowed to swear? No?’ before quipping: ‘F**k it.’
Before playing on the retailer’s similarity to his name and using a cardboard to make the store’s sign spell ‘Capaldi’.
Lewis Capaldi, 28, shocked supermarket shoppers with an impromptu and foul-mouthed perfomance on roof of an Aldi store in Nottingham on Friday
Overlooking the car park The Scottish hitmaker jokingly apologised to customers for potentially disrupting their shopping and went on to praise the store’s offer
He went on to compare himself to the Beatles, who perhaps inspired the performance after they played from the roof of their music label, Apple Corps HQ, back in 1969.
Lewis performed a selection of songs during the free gig including his hit ‘Someone You Loved’ as well as his new single ‘Something in the Heavens.’
As well as treating Aldi customers to the performance, the singer stopped to take selfies with fans ahead of the latest stop of his tour at the city’s nearby Motorpoint Arena.
Last week Lewis appeared overwhelmed as he issued an expletive-filled reaction after a couple got engaged at his show at the London O2.
His third show in the capital was made extra special after their was a proposal in the crowd.
As the crowd cheered and the camera found the couple in the audience, Lewis began: ‘Someone proposed or something.
‘Congratulations, I f*****g s**t myself. Wow, congratulations.’
Joking that the couple were staged, he teased: ‘It’s all an act. They’re paid actors. It was the whole thing, no I’m only joking.’
Lewis Capaldi shocked supermarket shoppers with an impromptu gig on roof of an Aldi store in Nottingham on Friday
Playing on the retailer’s similarity to his name, the ‘Someone You Loved’ singer, 28, taped a piece of cardboard to the Aldi signs to make them spell ‘Capaldi’
This was notably the first time that the latter has been performed outwith of the singer’s ongoing tour, which stops in Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena tonight
As well as treating Aldi customers to the performance, the singer stopped to take selfies with fans
Fans in attendance said that they had been lucky enough to get a heads-up about the free gig, which took place just after 10am, through social media
He continued: ‘Congratulations, that’s f*****g amazing stuff. I hope you like the new version of that song, otherwise….’
The singer then went on to introduce his new song ‘Something In The Heavens’, which was released on Thursday.
‘Right, everybody. what was I gonna say? Oh yeah, I released a new song this evening.
‘Yes. It’s a new song I’ve been teasing it, I’ve been teasing it gently over the last however many weeks and you know, it’s been a nice response, so we thought we’ll put it out, we’ll let people hear it.’
He joked: ‘I mean, I was gonna release it anyway if you didn’t like it. It’s the song that came out today.
‘I’m still, as you can probably tell, I’m still getting used to talking in between songs and stuff. I’m working my way back up.
‘But yeah, this is my new song, it’s called Something in the Heavens. I hope you like it.’
It comes after Lewis was seen riding the tube ahead of his sold out show in London, despite his £7.5million fortune.
The Someone You Loved singer has boosted his fortune drastically over the years despite taking a career hiatus in 2023 amid his battle with Tourette’s Syndrome.
His accounts firm Face Like Thunder was valued at £4,311,366 in December 2024, his second business, Face Like Thunder Touring, had £400,000 sitting in the bank as of last year and he also owns a £3million home in London.
But, despite having multi-million-pound assets, Lewis has proved that he is choosing not to live a million-pound lifestyle as he was spotted at North Greenwich station ahead of his show.
Posing for an Instagram selfie alongside AllOnTheBoard’s Ian Redpath and Jeremy Chopra, Lewis looked happy as he smiled and put a thumbs up alongside the two authors.
