Lewis Capaldi shared his worries over slow ticket sales for his Berlin show (Picture: PA)
Lewis Capaldi is finding it difficult to fill seats ahead of his show in Berlin.
The Scottish superstar, 26, has revealed sales for his German concert at the 17,000-capacity Mercedes-Benz Arena are ‘abysmal’ compared to the rest of Europe.
‘Big arena tour in the UK, and they’re going to hear us in Europe for the first time, which is selling well except for Germany’.
He was heard telling Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2: ‘People in Germany are really not vibing with my music, I have to say at the minute. Ticket sales are abysmal.
‘That’s a word that I don’t get to use often.
‘Everywhere else you’re like, “Oh, that’s going to sell out, or that’s going to sell really well, blah blah blah”, and you can kind of see them going up.
The singer admitted releasing music around Christmas was potentially a bad idea (Picture: PA)
‘The show in Berlin is 17,000 people, that’s what the arena can hold. And I have sold 1,373 tickets.’
Lewis then quipped: ‘Come on Germany. Get off your backsides and do something!’
Meanwhile, Michael Bublé joked recently that he vowed to ‘cancel Christmas’ if Lewis’ song Pointless didn’t make it to number one.
The Forget Me hitmaker revealed he had a ‘gripe to grind’ with the Home singer as his new single is being thrashed by festive songs in the charts.
He shared that he needed to have a word with the Canadian star, whose 2012 cover of It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas is among those keeping his track – co-written with Ed Sheeran – from the top spot.
Lewis told the audience during filming for In Concert with Lewis Capaldi for BBC Radio 2: ‘No one told me that it was probably a bad idea to release a song at Christmas, a song that has no reference to Christmas.
Lewis joked Michael Bublé’s tracks were threatening his usual chart positions (Picture: Getty Images)
‘We’re really being hammered in the charts by Christmas songs. Not that it matters, but you know, these record labels want some money.’
The star continued: ‘So, if anyone sees Michael Bublé, you let him know I’m looking for him. I’ve got a gripe to grind with Mr Bublé!’
Following his announcement, the 47-year-old megastar backed Lewis to top the chart.
In a TikTok clip, he said: ‘This is a message to Lewis Capaldi and only Lewis Capaldi.
‘Hi Lewis, now that I have you alone let me just tell you how deeply crushed I am that my music could ever get in the way of your song going to number one.
‘It’s an amazing song and you’re an amazing dude, I am putting it on my Christmas playlist right now and I am telling you right now, Pointless is so beautiful.
‘If it doesn’t go to number one, Christmas should be cancelled, and maybe even Hanukkah.’
However, it appears that LadBaby will claim their fifth consecutive Christmas number one with their food bank fundraiser Food Aid – a parody of 1984 classic Band Aid.
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