ShareLewis Capaldi performing at The Motorpoint Arena Nottingham on Friday 26th September 2025.
Images and Review by Kevin Cooper
Lewis Capaldi made his second appearance in Nottingham on Friday, the first on the roof of West Bridgford’s Aldi and the second before a sold out Motorpoint Arena, showing that he has without doubt rediscovered the fun of playing live music.
Having cemented his status as one of the UK’s biggest talents with his emotional ballads, many will remember when he famously battled Tourette’s during a Pyramid Stage slot at Glastonbury in 2023, which had most of the crowd in tears but singing along to support him.
Fast forward two years and after his hiatus to concentrate on his mental health, he finally graced the Pyramid stage and again made the crowd cry but with tears of support and joy. This Arena performance showed that he is still the undisputed master of ballads and his self deprecating banter as he confidently started with his triumphant new single Survive, which became the fastest selling single of 2025 and Capaldi’s sixth number one.
Following up with Grace, Heavenly Kind Of State Of Mind and Forever he thanked the crowd for supporting him before launching into Wish You The Best. Backed by a tight five piece band and with the crowd fulfilling honorary choir duties at every opportunity, Love The Hell Out Of You was delivered with all the gusto of a man making up for lost time.
New song, Almost was given an airing as was a painfully raw piano ballad, The Day That I Die, written in the depths of his illness. For Something In The Heavens the wristbands given to the crowd lit up and on the chorus confetti rained down on the euphoric crowd and for main set closer Before You Go the wristbands were put to good use again.
As the show zipped by the only criticism must be levelled at the sound engineers because for most of the time Capaldi’s voice lacked clarity, but as he concluded with How I’m Feeling Now, Hold Me While You Wait and the triumphant fan favourite Someone You Loved, the crowd sang along to every word and as he walked off stage, again there weren’t many dry eyes.