Lewis Capaldi has made an emotional comeback with a "secret" performance at Glastonbury - two years after announcing a break from the spotlight, where he struggled on stage at the festival.

After revealing his new song, Survive, earlier in the day, Capaldi took to the Pyramid Stage and surveyed the huge crowd before him, before launching straight into his 2019 hit, Before You Go.

"Glastonbury, how you doing?" was the simple introduction after the first chorus, and then came his second song, Grace.

Before the next one, the Scottish star took it all in again and told the audience: "Glastonbury, it's so good to be back... I'm not going to say much up here today because if I do, I'll probably start crying."

But, he added, he wanted to thank his fans, and "finish what I couldn't the first time round".

Along with the headliners and the Sunday afternoon "legends slots", secret sets from the likes of Foo Fighters, The Killers, and Radiohead have become some of the most talked-about performances at Glastonbury in recent years.

This time round, there had been much speculation about some of the big unannounced slots on the bill - in particular the TBA act scheduled to appear on the festival's main stage, the Pyramid Stage, just before Alanis Morissette on Friday afternoon.

With various clues trailed on social media and in Glasgow, where Capaldi was born, and Castle Cary, near Glastonbury, by the time Capaldi walked on stage, it was in reality no secret to all but a few of the huge crowd that had turned out for the "surprise".

The 28-year-old acknowledged the absurdity of his set being "TBA", describing it as the "worst kept secret" and joking: "I don't know who's been f*****g telling people."

There were chants of "Oh, Lewis Capaldi!" from the crowd before he began his next songs, including Hold Me While You Wait, Bruises, Forget Me, and Someone You Loved.

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