Lewis Capaldi live streams gig from Edinburgh's Sneaky Pete's during campaign to support UK music venues

Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi virtually headlined an event organised to support the country’s music scene from one of his favourite Edinburgh clubs.

The Bathgate singer joined other musicians in livestreaming a few songs during ‘Prime Day Live’, an event organised by Amazon to support Music Venue Trust, which aims to raise money for small-scale, grassroot music venues in the UK.

The BBC Sound of 2020 winner virtually played his gig from Sneaky Pete’s where he first performed as a support act in 2015 and returned for his first headline show three years ago.

Capaldi was joined by other musicians including Celeste from Bush Hall in London, Cate Le Bon from Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff, and presenter Gemma Cairney who hosted from Le Belle Angele in Edinburgh on Friday night.

Lewis Capaldi livestreams gig from Sneaky Pete's Edinburgh picture: supplied

During the performance he said: “It’s so nice to be here and get out of the house! Thank you to Amazon for having us on, it’s such a lovely cause and we’ve got to keep struggling music venues open. I played a lot of my first gigs here at Sneaky Pete’s as a young man, so it’s been special ever since then.”

He performed hit tracks from his award-winning debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’, including ‘Someone You Loved’, ‘Bruises’ and ‘Before You Go.’

Patrick Clifton, head of music at Amazon Music UK, said: “When we set out to create Prime Day Live, our aim was to help protect the futures of some of the UK’s most loved music venues and show our solidarity with the live music industry.

"By taking artists back to venues that have meant something to their musical journey, we hope we’ve raised awareness of the important role these grassroots venues play in UK music culture and highlighted the importance of protecting them.

"Thanks to all of those who watched safely from home and joined Amazon in donating.”

Simon Ruskin, operation manager of La Belle Angele in Edinburgh, said: “Being part of the Music Venue Trust has always been beneficial for us as a grassroots venue, however the Covid outbreak has proved them to be invaluable.

"Without their guidance, support, and representation I’m not sure we would have made it this far.

"It looks like we still have a very long way to go before we will be able to open again, but thanks to Amazon and their generous donation, we have been able to start planning ahead.”

Celebrities who tuned in from their homes for the live concert included Laura Whitmore with boyfriend Iain Stirling, Oliver Proudlock and girlfriend Emma Louise Connolly, Googlebox’s Denise Van Outen, boyfriend Eddie Boxshall, Pixie Lott, Rylan, Kat Farmer, Eyal Booker and Lydia Bright.

Amazon’s annual Prime Day event runs from October 13 to 14. The two-day shopping event delivers discounts on products for Prime members in the U.K, U.S., U.A.E, Spain, Singapore, Netherlands, Mexico, Luxembourg, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, China, Canada, Belgium, Austria, Australia, and – participating for the first time this year – Turkey and Brazil.

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