In response to Lewis Capaldi‘s use of a sizable music festival crowd to disparage “Eyes Closed” singer Ed Sheeran, the latter has criticized his fellow musician Lewis Capaldi.
Sheeran took to Instagram this week to share footage of the hilarious moment in which Capaldi told the crowd at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend in Scotland, “Ed is not here today… yeah, f–k ’em! Everybody on the count of three say ‘F–k you, Ed!’” The crowd then eagerly obeyed as Capaldi cracked up at his own antics onstage.
“I thought we were friends, Lewis. I thought we were friends you f…,” Sheeran said with a smile on his face as he added some saltier bleeped language. The video came with a playful message tweaking Capaldi using his own lyrics, with Sheeran writing, “I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved.”
Watch Sheeran’s response video below.
This week, Capaldi had cause to rejoice as his sophomore album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, shot to the top of the U.K. charts. The Official Charts Company reports that it outsold Sheeran’s Subtract album’s 76,000 first week chart units and was the most streamed, downloaded, and physically bought LP during the most recent chart cycle.
This summer’s tour dates feature both Sheeran and Capaldi. Sheeran is currently touring North America for the first time in almost five years, offering fans another opportunity to catch him in a more personal environment. In addition to the stadium dates, Sheeran revealed he will also be playing a series of theater shows in which he will play Subtract in its entirety. As for Capaldi, he just wrapped up his North American run in May but will continue his world tour in Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and more over the next few months.
