took a moment out of his Reading Festival set to honour in a sweet tribute.
The 1975 were last month, with Lewis also due to headline Leeds tomorrow.
Bruises hitmaker Lewis, 26, has taken a step out of the limelight and cancelled his tour plans ‘for the foreseeable future’ to focus on his .
Lewis’s heartbreaking announcement came after the very emotional star at Glastonbury as the crowd assisted him amid his Tourette’s, which he is still getting to grips with.
Considering that The 1975 – also consisting of guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel – are it seemed a no-brainer that they would step in for this weekend’s festivals.
Speaking to the thousands-strong crowd at Leeds on Saturday (August 26), frontman Matty, 34, gave Lewis a shout-out.
‘Well, first of all, can we have the loudest round of applause in our set for Mr Lewis Capaldi who couldn’t make it tonight,’ the Chocolate hitmaker began before playing the famous tune.
Headlining this weekend gave The 1975 a chance to play the entirety of their debut self-titled album, which brought a great deal of joy to fans.
Matty announced the exciting news at TRANSMT earlier this year as he teased the 2013 record’s 10-year anniversary.
‘So, on Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds in celebration of 10 years of our debut album, The 1975 will be playing that album in full in support of our good friend Lewis Capaldi,’ he said.
‘If you’ve got tickets, good for you. If you haven’t, go and get them. We’ll see you there.’
Elsewhere during their set tonight, Matty seemed unusually tame.
Nope, there was tonight although, as he typically does, the Robbers vocalist sipped from a hip flask through the set.
Perhaps the group are trying to rein it in after
Matty and co. have been to a festival that was cancelled by the government in Malaysia after
The group were subsequently banned from the country after Matty’s attempted protest at their strict anti-gay laws at Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes festival.
Prior to the kiss with his bandmate, he also ranted against the Malaysian government and spoke in support of the LGBTQ+ community, with as a result.
They now have no choice but to pay the whopping fee for allegedly breaching a contract as the festival and vendors lost major revenue once the event was cancelled with no notice.
If they don’t pay up, they will face legal action.
