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SWEDISH SUPERSTAR AVICII, one of the world’s most successful DJs who died a week ago aged 28, “wanted peace” and “could not go on any longer”, his family said in an open letter today.
The musician, whose real name was Tim Bergling, was found dead on 20 April in Muscat, the capital of the Gulf sultanate Oman, where he had been on holiday with friends.
“He really struggled with thoughts about meaning, life, happiness,” his family wrote in the letter, seen by AFP.
“He could not go on any longer. He wanted to find peace,” they added.
A spokeswoman for the artist declined to confirm whether he had died by suicide.
A police source in Oman said his death was not considered to be suspicious, adding that the circumstances would remain confidential at the request of the family.
He had made no secret of his health problems, including pancreatitis, triggered in part by excessive drinking linked to his party lifestyle.
“Tim was not made for the business machine he found himself in; he was a sensitive guy who loved his fans but shunned the spotlight,” his family said.
Avicii’s retirement
In 2016, Avicii stunned fans by announcing his retirement when he was just 26, saying that he wanted to leave the high-flying electronic music lifestyle.
“When he stopped touring, he wanted to find a balance in life to be happy and be able to do what he loved most – music,” his family said.
His biggest hits included Wake Me Up, which went to number one across Europe in 2013 and featured the soul singer Aloe Blacc.
Avicii – who for years was one of the world’s most lucrative electronic musicians – in 2016 made number 12 on the list of top-paid DJs of Forbes magazine, which said he earned $14.5 million (€11.9 million) in the previous year.
“Our beloved Tim was a seeker, a fragile artistic soul searching for answers to existential questions,” his family said.
Avicii was among the first DJs to break through into the mainstream as electronic dance music grew over the past decade from nightclubs to Top 40 radio.
“An over-achieving perfectionist who travelled and worked hard at a pace that led to extreme stress,” his family said.
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What a country is right. A national disgrace this fella. Cycled around Marbella for a few years and then owed nothing. Start over with stashed money while we pay off their debt for the next 2 generations
@Peter Broderick: in fairness to him he did exit Nama by paying off 300 million in debt to them.
@Robert Woodward: You mean they sold his assets at a loss
@Peter Broderick: sadly we need brickies like Ronan as Fine Gael are ideologically opposed to home ownership and construction.
@Peter Broderick: Don’t hate the player!
Little available land, The country is empty, the island has the population of a mid sized European capital.
Tokyo population 38 million, average rent 2 bed apartment 600 to 800 euro. Banana Republic
@Ann Kearney: Government doesn’t set rent. Rent is a function of value and construction costs.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: Banana Republic
Function?
Johnny and the boys back in full flow , some country!
It never ends.
Sure who wouldn’t wanna be a developer in Ireland, you could have helped send the country off an economic cliff in 2008, helped condemn generations to debt to pay your mistakes off, lie low and let NAMA sort ya out, buy the property portfolio back after a couple of years and get going again to trap another few generations in debt to have somewhere to live, knowing if it all goes down the toilet again, 2008 reboot can be had and u will be fine….yet people were this week giving out about someone earning PUP. It’s no wonder companies that use the country as a tax haven see us as nothing but mugs, cos that’s all we are and more
Great wee country
What a republic!
Hopefully anyone getting a social home in this key site will be working locally.
The policy of giving homes close to jobs to people who have never worked, and then forcing the people in the jobs to commute for hours, is nuts.
After 19 years it’s good to hear something happening with the site now
Sure they’ll all be in the sea soon!
Looks fairly bad, same old plastic boxes. You wont need to buy a tv because you can just listen to your neighbours.
Is he still flying young birds around Europe in his helicopter looking more like a creep than he did before
Is it 25 or 20% of the 3800 (950 or 760)?
If its 25% then should NAMA not retain 25% stake in the site? (If its 20%, 760 is not “nearly 1,000″)
If NAMA own the site, i.e. the state, why not make it 3800 social and affordable homes, or to compromise 3000 and 800 so the developer can make some profit.
Will the social and affordable homes be priced at the cap and should the developer not have to commit to an estimated cost for 1 bed, 2 bed etc units in the planning stage?
The Irish Glass Bottle Site was sold to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in 2006 for E430 million with help from an Anglo loan of E288 million. Sean Fitz was a board member on the DDDA and another DDDA board member was also a board member in Anglo.The DDDA was a state body, now dissolved, it had such luminaries in its ranks like John Tierney and Phil Hogan. Trying to make sense of the history of all these players gave me a headache so I gave up, if I have a point to make it’s that the state has already lost millions on this site, is it now going to lose more millions with this deal?
@Eddie O’Neill: Eddie, good o’l Bernie Mc NAMA was the other big player God bless him he caught me for a fortune, but that was life
@Eddie O’Neill: Eddie, good o’l Bernie Mc NAMA was the other big player God bless him he caught me for a fortune, but that was life
@Eddie O’Neill: Eddie, good o’l Bernie Mc NAMA was the other big player God bless him he caught me for a fortune, but that was life
@Eddie O’Neill: Eddie, good o’l Bernie Mc NAMA was the other big player God bless him he caught me for a fortune, but that was life
Keep an eye out for those that object to this for when the next GE comes around, they deserve to never be voted in to power
Why are all these new apartment and hotel builds so hard on the eye? Is it a cheapness thing? Cutting corners. Or is there one architect doin all these and he just uses the one template? The city is guna look awful.
The people who know how to build houses are property developers. You don’t have to like them
Don’t forget we’re all in this together, isn’t that right Johnny.
Good news. Although the smell of effluent from the waste treatment plant on Poolbeg needs to be addressed.
Will they take into account projected sea level rises and post glacial rebound in their design or leave that up to the council.
New Venice of Dublin is more appropriate name for it
Quarter. Quarters everywhere
This area could really be great. It won’t be if this Mickey the Builder gets his hands on it. Resist.
Another bloody ‘quarter’. I hate that word.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: it’s from 80s throwback developers like this lad who desperately wanna make Dublin into New York. When they should be maintaining the unique historic nature of the city.
Lidl and Aldi are great for creating fake Irish place names in their branding that’s for sure!
Don’t forget to install a few kiosks for the MUGGERS & DRUGGIES don’t want them getting wet while waiting for you
Lol! It’s like The Wire, but then we vote to keep it that way and have done so for over 50 years so while we want to hate it the fact is this chancer will build more in the next decade than the government will even come close to. Best thing to do is throw a few quid at Oaktree. Little acorns…
Paddy Ireland, continuies refusal to allow tall buildings, Dublin needs at least one 200 meter skyscraper, from the air it looks runted, backward planners, have a clue what a modern city should look like. Dublin should have an iconic building like the “Gherkin” building in London, Banana Republic to
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