Lewis Capaldi surprises fans with 'beautiful' Britney Spears cover on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge

Whitburn star Lewis Capaldi is celebrating as his newest single takes America by storm.

Lewis Capaldi turned 26 yesterday, but missed most of his day due to being extremely jetlagged. The Forget Me singer took to Instagram to mark the occasion a day late and shared one gift he was sent as a sweet surprise.

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Sourdough. You all started making it in lockdown, didn’t you? You got hold of a starter from somewhere. Maybe you fermented one yourself, or found it in a ditch or something.

Nova Twins were the latest band to take part in BBC Radio One’s Live Lounge segment today, where they delivered a storming cover of Beyoncé‘s ‘Break My Soul’.You can see the duo’s performance below, which sees them transform the original house-inspired track into a punchy rock anthem. You can take a look below.The Beyoncé original first appeared in June as the lead single from her much-anticipated ‘RENAISSANCE’ album, and was followed by a surprise remix EP last month featuring Honey Dijon, will.i.am, Terry Hunter and Nita Aviance.As well the cover, Nova Twins also performed a live rendition of their own track ‘Choose Your Fighter’, the fifth single from June’s Mercury Prize-nominated second album ‘Supernova‘.Earlier this month, meanwhile, Nova Twins extended their British and European ‘Supernova’ tour dates into 2023.

Lewis Capaldi has launched his very own pizza range.The singer-songwriter took to Instagram last night (September 27) to reveal that during lockdown he had busy creating his own range of frozen pizzas with supermarket chains Iceland and Tesco.“I think lockdown spurred on a lot of ideas for a lot of people,” said Capaldi. “And I turned to sourdough.

Lewis Capaldi has dropped his official advert for his brand new venture which has saw him release his own range of pizzas.

Get ready to dance.

Lewis Capaldi covered Britney Spears‘ 2003 single ‘Everytime’ in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge earlier today (September 26).The track featured on Spears’ fourth studio album ‘In The Zone’ which also featured her huge hit ‘Toxic’.Capadli was joined by a pianist and a string section for his take on the track, which you can view below.The singer-songwriter also performed comeback single ‘Forget Me’, which recently went straight to Number One in the UK singles chart and came complete with a music video that recreates Wham!’s ‘Club Tropicana’ video shot-for-shot.‘Forget Me’ is his first new original material since the release of the extended edition of his 2019 debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’.He recently said of the track: “It’s a wee bit more upbeat than my previous numbers, mostly because after touring the world, I noticed that my lesser known slower tracks were making some of the crowds look like they were about to fall asleep out of sheer boredom. However, this new one is sad AND fast, much like my love making.

He's number one in the music charts and has just hit an epic milestone so pop star Lewis Capaldi was definitely in the mood to celebrate in Manchester. And he did it in style - with a mammoth 22" pizza at hip NYC-style restaurant Nell's.

Lewis Capaldi left presenters on BBC Breakfast red-faced with embarrassment after after making a rude comment during a live interview, which he later called a "breakdown in communication".

Lewis Capaldi has covered Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘Driver’s License’ for Spotify Singles – hear the cover, recorded at Abbey Road, below.Capaldi recently returned with comeback single ‘Forget Me’, which went straight to Number One in the UK singles chart and came complete with a music video that recreates Wham!’s ‘Club Tropicana’ video shot-for-shot.Alongside the ‘Driver’s License’ cover, Capaldi also shared a stripped back version of ‘Forget Me’ for the Spotify Singles release.In a statement about the new song, Capaldi wrote: “I’m back. My new single is called ‘Forget Me’, and let’s just be honest here, lyrically it covers a lot of the same ground as before.

Not that you’ve forgotten, but Lewis Capaldi is back. Today sees the Scottish singer-songwriter clinch his third UK Number 1 single with Forget Me. 

“… Baby One More Time” being originally sung by anyone else. But if pop impresario Simon Cowell had gotten his way, those infamous lyrics would have been delivered by one of his former UK boy bands — and not One Direction, either.

Britney Spears could have been the future queen of England! In an interview from 2002, Spears told talk show host Frank Skinner that she and William had a "cyber relationship" and the pair communicated via email during their teenage years.The then 20-year-old pop star revealed that she invited the Prince of Wales to dinner while she was visiting London, but he never showed. "We exchanged e-mails for a little bit and he was supposed to come and see me somewhere but it didn't work out," she said at the time, per the Daily Mail.

Martin Lewis returned to present Good Morning Britain on Wednesday (September 14) alongside host Susanna Reid. The ITV breakfast programme has been at the centre of coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's death ever since the tragic news broke on Thursday evening (September 8).