Watch: Lewis Capaldi sings Delilah whilst wearing Wales bucket hat
Lewis Capaldi has been captured on video belting out Delilah whilst wearing a Wales bucket hat on stage in Cardiff.
In the video, posted by a TikTok user last week, Capaldi said: “We all know the Welsh national anthem is…”
Capaldi then gave a short rendition of the 1968 Tom jones hit as the crowd sang along.
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The Scottish Someone You Loved singer was performing at Cardiff International Arena as part of his sell out UK tour and happily told the screaming crowd, “It’s good to be back in f**king Wales” before popping on the bucket hat which was thrown onto the stage by a crowd member.
Delilah’s controversial lyrics divided opinion last week after the Welsh Rugby Union banned it from choir playlists at the Principality Stadium following a week of sexism and “toxic culture” allegations.
During Wales’ defeat by Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday crowds at the Principality Stadium could still be heard singing the song.
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Disgustingly toxic.
Aren’t we grown up enough that we need to change our behaviour as time goes on?
I can’t tell wether you are being sarcastic? How many people who go about murdering their partners do you reckon were inspired by this particular song? Hahaha.
Good on you Lewis. So many people sang it over the weekend, putting two fingers up at the pathetic WRU.
Not at the stadium they didnt – attempts by a few boozed up idiots to get people to sing it were largely ignored. PS. its domestic violence campaigners in Wales that are sadly being given a V sign by boneheads like capaldi
I heard it, it was being sung.
I should be surprised that any kind of professional body would decide to ban people from singing because of a “toxic*” song…but I’m not. This world is run by jack b**t***s that pass the buck and lie and bluff and con their was around leaving a trail of broken promises and people who hate them wherever they go. I suppose next we will be banning any murder ballads sung anywhere because it might inspire “toxicity”. Lets cancel Iona Zajac then, I was at a gig where she sang a song about murder….we are banning “Delilah” from a public space being… Read more »
It hasnt been ‘banned’ – just taken off the matchday choir songlist (people in the stadium are free to sing it if they have such a desperate need to break into song about a man stabbing a woman to death). But where have those bellyaching about this decision been for the last 8 years – the choir havent sung the song on a matchday since 2015! And while the matters you raise with regards to Amazon etc are important what on earth have they got to do with the WRU?
The way the laughing part Delilah is sung by crowds–
“She stood there laughing HA HA HA HA”
It’s clear that the laugh isn’t a woman’s laugh but indicates laughter by a physically well built pre-op transexual. If it weren’t for the knife I think Delilah would have laid him out cold.
Delilah’s suitor or maybe he’s her stalker is obviously a pathetic inadequate psychopath who deals with rejection with murder. Though surprisingly rather “woke” as shown by his use of what are presumably Deliah’s pronouns of choice.
Anthem? The dunce Capaldi obviously doesnt know it was written by two english songwriters and – other than being a hit for a welsh born singer – the song has nothing to do with Wales (a welsh born singer who hasnt even lived in Wales for well over 50 years incidentally).
This is what gets me.
Scottish bloke sings old song with dodgy lyrics that are popular with fans of an English football club and Welsh rugby fans, written by English bloke and once a hit for a Welsh bloke. It’s not news, it’s not important, what’s it doing on here?
Its the usual trick of steering the agenda, the discussion, the discourse. Its a distraction, turning people and their thoughts down a shallow suburban cul-de-sac of ‘easy offence’ and ultra-liberal mores.
It strikes me that these days even the Welsh National Opera would have trouble putting on ‘The Threepenny Opera’, in which Mack the Knife, the main character, sings: Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And he shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear And he keeps it out of sight When the shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, though, wears Macheath, dear So there’s not a trace of red On the sidewalk Sunday morning Lies a body oozing life Someone’s sneaking ’round the corner Is the… Read more »