DJ AVICII OR POLICE TAIT

CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS DEATH

They were thousands of people, musicians and admirers, to pay tribute Saturday in Stockholm to the Swedish prodigy Avicii, one of the most famous DJs of the electro scene, the day after his death at the age of 28 in Oman

Considered one of the best DJs in the world, Tim Bergling, his real name, was found dead on Friday in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, where he had been on vacation with friends for a few days.

An Omani police source said that "there is no criminal track retained" for the death of the star. The police in this Gulf country has "all the information about the death" of the 28-year-old DJ, but "refuses to make them public for reasons of confidentiality" at the request of the family,

Thousands of people, often young, gathered on Saturday afternoon in Sergels Torg Square, in the center of the Swedish capital, where its most popular titles were broadcast.

On the night of Friday to Saturday, the Stockholm clubs observed a minute of silence and the Ericsson Globe, one of Stockholm's largest arenas that he had filled three nights in a row in 2014, projected his name on his facade .

Avicii was notably known to the general public for his song Wake Me Up with singer Aloe Blacc in 2013.

The Swede has risen twice in third place in the ranking of the best DJs in the world, in 2012 and 2013, according to DJ Magazine, the reference in the field. And according to Forbes magazine, it had garnered $ 90 million between 2012 and 2016.

"So sad ... so tragic," commented the queen of pop Madonna on Instagram.

In recent years, the Swede had made no secret of his health problems, such as pancreatitis, due to excessive alcohol consumption. He had announced in 2016 that he would rank the decks and no longer mix on stage.

Son of Swedish popular actress Anki Lidén, Avicii had released his first titles in 2010 before experiencing a meteoric rise.

His song Levels, released in 2011 and built around a sample of the American soul singer Etta James, earned him two Grammy nominations.

His stage name came from the Sanskrit word designating one of the Buddhist hell circles, to which he added an "i" for stylistic reasons.

On April 17, he posted a tweet: "Thank you for the nomination" of his new EP (extended play) "Avicii (01)" at the Billboard Awards.