Lewis Capaldi says awkward encounter with American music legend was ‘better than meeting the Queen'
'DREAM COME TRUE' Lewis Capaldi says awkward encounter with American music legend was 'better than meeting the Queen'
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LEWIS Capaldi joked that country legend Dolly Parton couldn't understand a word he was saying when they recently met in Nashville.
The Scots singer, 28, revealed that the awkward moment was "better than meeting the Queen".
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Lewis Capaldi during an interview with US chatshow host Jimmy Fallon
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The Scots musician recently met country legend Dolly Parton
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The musician shared the anecdote during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in the US.
He told the chatshow king: 'I did a little show In Nashville last week and I got to meet Dolly.
'It was great, she was lovely. She really struggled to understand what I was saying as most people in America do.
'But she was very polite and it was a bit of a dream come true.
'That's like meeting the Queen or something. Better than meeting the Queen actually, yeah I said it.'
It comes after the singer, from Whitburn, West Lothian, described his emotional return to Glastonbury as the best day of his life.
Capaldi performed a surprise set on the Pyramid stage last month, two years after being unable to finish his set on the same stage when he struggled to manage the symptoms of his Tourette syndrome.
Following the 2023 performance, he called off his world tour to address his mental and physical health - a move he described as 'the most difficult decision of my life'.
He said: 'It was terrifying. In the lead-up to it I was like 'This is horrific, I made a terrible decision'.
'And then I went out and we did it and it was really beautiful and lovely and it went exactly how I hoped.
Lewis Capaldi breaks silence on emotional Glastonbury return after taking a break from music
'It was probably the best day of my life.
'I assume when I have a child I might be like 'Well maybe Glastonbury was still better'.'
Describing his previous experience at Glastonbury in 2023, Capaldi said: 'The first time did not go well. I had a mental breakdown on stage.
'I have Tourette's so I used to tic quite a lot. I still do tic but I used to do this thing with my shoulder and it became really uncontrollable and I had a panic attack on stage at Glastonbury and I couldn't finish the song.
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Lewis performs on the Pyramid Stage during the third day of Glastonbury
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'It had happened a couple of times before at shows but because this one was so publicised and there were so many eyes on it it really made me think 'Oh God I really need to go and get myself sorted, I can't really keep doing this to myself'.'
On the US chat show Capaldi performed his new track Survive, which has gone to number one on the singles chart in the UK.
He showed off his trademark sense of humour during his appearance by telling the audience the song was 'under-performing' in the US and urging them to buy it.
Capaldi recently announced a partnership with BetterHelp which will see him give fans 734,000 hours of free therapy - 1,000 for each of the days he couldn't perform due to poor mental health.
He said therapy was 'a massive part of the reason that I'm able to be a musician again'.
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