Lewis Capaldi reveals Justin Bieber 'ghosted' him after pair enjoyed wild night out at star-studded bash
The singer, 28, told Capital Breakfast's Chris Stark that despite the pair exchanging numbers on the night, Justin, 31, failed to respond to his message the morning after.
He said: 'It was amazing, there was famous people, Charli xcx was there, Justin Bieber was there.
'Justin Bieber comes over and said "hey man, what's going on?" And I said, "you don't remember my name?" And he said, "of course I do, you're Lewis Capaldi".
'Me and Bieber had this super night together, like really lovely evening together. We didn't spend the night together, but we hung out and I'm like 'me and the Biebs are gonna be best pals, this is huge'.
'And he's like "man make sure I get your number tomorrow". And I was like "me and the Biebs, this is huge".
'I text him maybe the most sucking up his a*** text. I said, "Just wanted to jump on bro, last night was so special, great guy, so nice to hang out with you, such a dude", blah blah all this stuff.
'He likes it and doesn't reply. So if you're out there Bieber, wherever you are, text me back please. Bieber aired me.'
Elsewhere in Lewis' first radio interview in two years, the hitmaker touched on his career hiatus.
'I've done a lot of growing up in the last year an a bit', he told Chris as they caught up over a pint of Guinness at London's The Devonshire.
He said: 'Weirdly, I felt like the last two years I've had off, I was getting better but I was also kind of having my uni experience. Because I went and toured while everyone was at uni.
'There's times where I kicked the a*** out of it. Like going out and having nights in here and nights out in London, because I moved to London as well and I was getting to grips with that and stuff.'
Lewis' comeback tour sold out in seconds last month, with disappointed fans furious at Ticketmaster for 'freezing as they reached the front of the queue '.
The adored Scotsman is set to perform 17 dates across the UK and Ireland in September as he returns to the stage two years after taking a break for his mental health.
'He likes it and doesn't reply. So if you're out there Bieber, wherever you are, text me back please. Bieber aired me', Lewis added
His dedicated fans had every single ticket in their baskets by one second past 9am, Lewis revealed, so the star added extra dates - but even those shows sold out in record time, with the tour being his 'fastest selling ever'.
Heartbroken fans who failed to secure tickets have hit out at Ticketmaster for kicking them out of the queue or glitching when they tried to pay.
Lewis took to Instagram to share the 'surreal feeling' of his tour selling out so quickly, thanking fans for their dedication and apologising to those left disappointed.
In an emotional update, Lewis revealed he would not be adding any further dates 'for now' so as not to push himself too far following his return to the stage.
Sharing that he was adding extra dates this morning, Lewis wrote: '1 second past 9am and you've got every single ticket in the baskets [mind blown emoji].
'Genuinely blows my mind to be saying this but adding new dates rn that'll go on sale in a minute, will be on the same link so keep checking x.'
Just one hour later, Lewis shared a post revealing that both the original and extra dates were sold out.
'Honestly didn't expect this at all…' Lewis wrote. 'Genuinely had no idea what to expect after taking a break for so long so be seeing this tour sell out faster than any tour I've ever played is the most incredible surreal feeling ❤️.
Lewis took to Instagram last month to share the 'surreal feeling' of his tour selling out so quickly, thanking fans for their dedication and apologising to those left disappointed
'Thank you to every single one of you who got a ticket and i'm very sorry to any of you who wanted to come and missed out this time.
'There won't be any other shows for now, want to make sure I don't push myself too far too soon. Means more than ya know how many of you were waiting to get tickets this morning x.'
Fans of the star who failed to secure tickets directed their fury at Ticketmaster on Thursday morning as they slammed the site for crashing.
They wrote: 'I GIVE UP trying get Lewis Capaldi tickets now!! In the waiting room by 8.42am… at the front of the queue by 9.02am… message comes up saying that ones sold out but an extra date has been added so get into that queue at 25,000th, it crashes… Zero tickets for a THIRD DAY!';
'Losing the ticketmaster war for lewis capaldi is quite humbling actually,'; 'Birmingham Lewis Capaldi tickets sold out in 6 seconds,';
'Ticketmaster count ur days!! Sat like this for the Lewis Capaldi's Sunday date for ageeesss only had a few thousand infront of me! Joke'.
A Ticketmaster spokesperson said: 'The site did not crash. We always advise to fans to make sure they only use one tab, clear their cookies, and do not use any VPN software on their device.'
Lewis revealed he's no longer on antidepressants and is feeling the 'best he's felt in a long time' in a new health update last month.
Heartbroken fans who failed to secure tickets have hit out at Ticketmaster for kicking them out of the queue or glitching when they tried to pay
The Glaswegian singer made his return to music with an epic and emotional performance at Glastonbury.
It came almost exactly two years after he broke down on the very same stage, prompting a hiatus during which Lewis was forced to focus on improving both his physical and mental health.
But after taking some time away from the limelight and the 'pressures' of being a star, Capaldi says that he's now 'doing much better' and is no longer taking the antidepressant Sertraline.
'I'm not on antidepressants anymore,' Lewis - who marked his return with the new track Survive which has soared to Number 1 - told fans on a livestream.
'It was f*****g hard to get off it. You could say I survived getting off Sertraline but let's not get into that. This is happy stuff, I'm trying to share less.'
He later added: 'I've felt the best I've felt in a long time through therapy.
'I think I will always be an anxious person, accepting that's always going to be there for me is a big thing. It's about how I respond to anxiety.'
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