Police tried to shut down Lewis Capaldi‘s New York pop-up show. Find all the details – and hear his new single ‘Stay Love’ – below.
The Scottish singer-songwriter played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden last night (April 16), but ahead of the gig surprised fans with a pop-up concert outside a florist in New York’s Penn Station.
He played his 2019 hit ‘Before You Go’, and debuted a new track ‘Stay Love’, which was released today. However, the gig drew such a big crowd that it was almost shut down by police.
“NYPD truly met their match in the form of a crowd of mild mannered ‘middle of the road’ pop music fans,” Capaldi joked about the moment on X afterwards.
‘Stay Love’ marks an extension of Capaldi’s 2025 EP, ‘Survive’, which was his first new music since his 2023 album ‘Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent‘.
The track, a vulnerable, piano-led ballad, sees Capaldi explore hope and love, singing: “Oh just stay, love, when everybody’s leaving / C’mon stay, love, to get me through the evening / You know I pray, love, that you’ll always be the one / And when the road gets rough, don’t give up on us, and this could stay love.”
Listen to it, and see footage from his pop-up gig, below.
@lewiscapaldi thank you to everyone who came down to the pop up nyc was so nice to see you all!!! sorry we got shut down early but I’ll see you tonight at MSG! Stay Love out midnight!!! x
♬ Stay Love – Lewis Capaldi
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