{"id":537285,"date":"2026-04-18T06:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:02:13","slug":"lewis-capaldis-surprise-gig-in-new-york-train-station-almost-shut-down-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537285\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Capaldi&#8217;s surprise gig in New York train station &#8216;almost shut down by police&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Capaldi delighted fans with a surprise pop-up gig at a train station in New York, but was nearly shut down by police.<\/p>\n<p>The West Lothian singer is playing a sold-out run of shows in America, including taking to the stage in the city\u2019s Madison Square Garden on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Fans gathered in their numbers at Penn Station as Capaldi played a surprise pop-up show.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports on social media, the show was nearly shut down by the New York Police Department (NYPD) due to the size of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>A video was shared on social media showing large crowds inside the station as he played his new hit single \u2018Stay Love\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Capaldi was filmed playing the new tune in front of a florist\u2019s stand inside the station.<\/p>\n<p>He responded on Twitter by saying: \u201cNYPD truly met their match in the form of a crowd of mild-mannered \u2018middle of the road\u2019 pop music fans\u201d with the hashtag \u2018WeRunNY\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish singer is due to play a number of festivals in the UK this summer, including TRNSMT in Glasgow on June 21.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Capaldi delighted fans with a surprise pop-up gig at a train station in New York, but was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-537285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}