#TIM BERGLING DEATH FULL#
#TIM BERGLING DEATH FREE#

I can’t say I’m never going to have a show again. Stress-free more than I have been in a very long time.

I’m happier than I have been in a very, very long time.

But so far it has paid off tremendously in terms of well-being for me. This was obviously the hardest decision of my life so far. Like I have my private life back and focusing on myself for the first time in a long time. I took on board too much negative energy, I think.“ He told THR that “I just feel happy. He was 28-years-old at the time of his death. Rolling Stone, Business Insider, and other outlets have also reported Bergling’s cause of death as an apparent suicide. The person you were and your music will keep your memory alive. I’m more of an introverted person in general. Tim, you will forever be loved and sadly missed. It was always the other stuff surrounding it that never came naturally to me. “To me it was something I had to do for my health,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2016. In March 2016, he announced that he was retiring from touring, citing health concerns, but did not stop making music. “I just got into a habit, because you rely on that encouragement and self-confidence you get from alcohol, and then you get dependent on it.” He was eventually hospitalized for acute pancreatitis in January 2012, and in 2014 he had his gallbladder and appendix removed.Īs Avicii, Bergling collaborated with some of the industry’s biggest names, including David Guetta, Madonna, and Coldplay. World famous Swedish DJ Avicii, born Tim Bergling, has passed away at age.

#TIM BERGLING DEATH FREE#

In a 2013 profile in GQ, the magazine revealed that he was deejaying “250 nights a year and often earns six figures a show.” He also told writer Jessica Pressler about his hard-partying lifestyle: “You are traveling around, you live in a suitcase, you get to this place, there’s free alcohol everywhere-it’s sort of weird if you don’t drink,” he said. DJ Avicii performs onstage during Rolling Stone Live SF with Talent Resources on February 7, 2016. In 2011, he released “Levels,” a megahit containing a sample from “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” by Etta James, launching his worldwide fame. No further statements will be given.”īergling was born in Stockholm in 1989 and was making electronic music as early as 2007. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. “He was found dead in Muscat, Oman, this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii,” the statement said.

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He continued to collaborate with high-profile acts, producing Madonna’s “Devil Pray” and the Coldplay hits “A Sky Full of Stars” and “Hymn for the Weekend.” He was even part of Mike Posner’s megahit “I Took a Pill in Ibiza,” which featured the lyrics: “I took a pill in Ibiza/To show Avicii I was cool.” The song was based off Posner’s true story at an Avicii concert in Ibiza.Tim Bergling, the Swedish DJ, musician, producer, and occasional Ralph Lauren model who performed under the name Avicii, has died at age 28, his publicist confirmed on Friday. It was around the time he gained more fame for the Etta James-sampled dance jam, “ Le7els,” which reached No.

He was part of the wave of DJ-producers, like David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Swedish House Mafia, who broke out on the scene as lead performers in their own right, earning international hits, fame, awards and more like typical pop stars.Īvicii earned his first Grammy nomination at the 2012 show - for a collaboration with Guetta. He continued to produce songs and albums. His biggest hit was “ Le7els.”īut in 2016, the performer announced he was retiring from the road. On the dance charts, he had seven Top 10 hits. radio: His most recognized song, “Wake Me Up,” was a multiplatinum success and peaked at No. His popular sound even sent him to the top of the charts and landed onto U.S. Oman police and state media had no immediate report late Friday night on the artist’s death.Īvicii was an international pop star, performing his well-known electronic dance songs around the world for fans, sometimes hundreds of thousands at music festivals, where he was the headline act. No more details about the death were provided. Musicians Pay Tribute to Swedish DJ Avicii

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