News of DJ Avicii’s Death May Have Broken Twitter
As word first spread that Swedish DJ Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, died at age 28 on April 20, fans flocked to Twitter to send their tributes but were unable to post Tweets because of “over capacity” issues. Avicii was found dead on Friday afternoon local time in Muscat, Oman, located in the Middle East, his publicist confirmed as first reported by Billboard Magazine.
Outage reports spiked at 1 p.m. Central Time, according to DownDetector.com, a site that detects downage issues at popular websites.
DownDetector.com’s outage map of Twitter, at 2 p.m. Central Time, showed parts of the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Japan and parts of Brazil to be the most affected areas by outage.
#Avicii quit touring last year to work only in the studio, according to his official site, which as of 2:15 p.m Central Time, not yet updated to reflect the EDM DJ’s death announced today.
This 2017 documentary film by Levan Tsikurishvilihints titled Avicii: True Stories, hints the popular EDM DJ had health issues and exhaustion from aggressive touring schedule. “Stress, anxiety and illness were eating him away. He had played more than 800 shows.”
“ The year of 2015 should have been a peak for the producer, but behind the scenes, it was too much,” according to a synopsis on the site AviciiTrueStories.com. “Stress, anxiety and illness were eating him away. He had played more than 800 shows. After an eight month break from touring, in March of 2016, Avicii played Ultra Miami again. Ten days later he announced his retirement, and on the night of August 28, 2016 in Ibiza, Tim Bergling, aka Avicii, played his last show.”
As reported by Billboard, Avicii’s health issues were known to the public for several years prior to his death. He suffered from acute pancreatitis, in part due to excessive drinking. In 2014, he canceled numerous shows in order to recover after having his gallbladder and appendix removed.
The DJ’s popular hit “Wake Me Up” ft. Aloe Blacc became a №1 hit in many countries and peaked at №4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
