Lewis Capaldi to partner with Amazon to support grassroots music venues

West Lothian charttopper Lewis Capaldi will swap his sold out arena tours for a very special ‘behind closed doors’ performance from a venue in Scotland which was instrumental to kickstarting his career in 2017 in a bid to support and raise funds for grassroots music venues across the UK.

Lewis Capaldi will play at a top secret venue which kickstarted his career

The Scottish superstar will join forces with Amazon for ‘Prime Day Live’, a free, livestreamed event presented by Amazon Music in support of Music Venue Trust, designed to raise awareness and funding for the nation’s much-loved grassroots music venues, which are now under threat of closure owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taking place on October 9 from 7pm Prime Day Live will feature live performances from Lewis Capaldi in Scotland, Celeste in England and Cate Le Bon in Wales, all of which will be broadcast in one live streamed show.

Each artist will perform a 30-minute set on stage from a small independent music venue that has been a key part of their musical journey.

Talking about the event, Lewis said he’s “Buzzing to be playing a v v special acoustic show for Amazon Music at one of the venues back home where it all started for me”.

Mark Davyd, Founder and CEO, Music Venue Trust, said: “Many of the UK’s iconic grassroots music venues remain at significant risk of permanent closure, which is not just catastrophic for everyone associated with each and every venue, but for UK music culture in general.

"Amazon Music was one of the first donors for our COVID-19 Crisis fund earlier this year, and we’re excited they are continuing their support through this Prime Day Live event to help us raise awareness of the plight of venues and help drive much-needed donations to keep them open.”

The ‘Someone You Loved’ singer from Whitburn is on course to have the biggest-selling album of the year in the UK for a second year running with his debut ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’.

The album, which has spent 10 weeks at Number 1 – including four this year - has yet to exit the Top 10 since its release in May last year.

‘Someone You Loved’ has been streamed more than 2 billion times.

Those wishing to tune in to the free stream can find out more at www.amazon.co.uk/primedaylive.

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