LEWIS CAPALDI

The global balladeer has earned a place in our hearts not only for his soulbaring tunes, but also for his honesty and bravery in sharing the challenges of living with Tourette's

- Nick Reilly

‘I really apologise,” came the frank admission from Lewis Capaldi as he stood on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage this summer, looking out at one of the weekend’s biggest crowds.

“You’ve all come out, and my voice is really packing in. We’re gonna play two more songs if that’s cool, even if I can’t hit all the notes.”

In front of thousands of fans, Lewis Capaldi bravely showed the reality of what it’s like to be overwhelmed by an episode of Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological condition which causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements called tics.

For the way he’s shone a light on the condition and used his global platform to show how he lives with Tourette’s on a daily basis, we can think of no better person than Lewis Capaldi to win The Gamechanger Award at the first-ever Rolling Stone UK Awards, in collaboration with Rémy Martin, that was held at the Camden Roundhouse.