Star Scottish singer Lewis Caplaldi followed up his Rogers Arena concert with a quick singalong at Vancouver pub
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Scottish balladeer Lewis Capaldi knows what it means to own the U.K. singles charts.
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His 2019 track, Someone You Loved, saw him in the Top 10 for seven weeks, topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and winning a 2020 Brit Award for best new artist.
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But when he turned up at Donnellan’s Irish Pub at 1082 Granville St. for an impromptu singalong following his show last Wednesday, he stayed in classic Brit Pop territory. Capaldi went all the way back to 1996, choosing to give the crowd his acoustic guitar take on Oasis’ fifth smash single Don’t Look Back in Anger.
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Sitting in with the mid-week house band, The Sweet Tarts, Capaldi seemed like he was ready to play another full-length show. Nobody was expecting the jovial performer, whose past credits include headlining the main stage at Glastonbury, to crash the band’s set. But crash he did, grabbing an acoustic guitar and bringing the house down with both the Oasis ditty and the Creedence Clearwater Revival gem, Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
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Even after a big arena gig that left fans impressed by his big voice and also opening act Joy Crookes, Capaldi still carried off the tunes with ease. Naturally, the audience certainly knew all the lyrics. It’s about as close as they’ll get to an Oasis show, so they cut loose. Capaldi has previously covered such hits as Every Time by Britney Spears and U2s I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, with Irish singer Niall Horan.
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After the impromptu performance, Capaldi did the fans a favour by taking photos with fans and hanging about for a bit.
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As the Rogers Arena show marked the end of his most recent North American tour, Capaldi can rest his voice until his May 29 gig in Warsaw.
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