Avicii plays “final gig ever” at Ushuaïa [video]
Avicii, the 26-year-old EDM superstar who earlier this year announced his retirement from touring, played his final show on Sunday, bringing to a close an impressive live career that has seen him break attendance records at clubs and festivals across the globe and contributed to an estimated fortune of US$85 million.
The Swedish DJ’s swansong performance was at the Ushuaïa Beach Hotel in Ibiza (5,000-cap.) – voted the eighth-best club in the world earlier this year – on Sunday 28 August, with support from KSHMR, Seeb, Albin Myers and Mambo Brothers. Footage from the historic show can be seen in the user-shot videos below:
Así se despedía @Avicii el domingo 28 de agosto en el incomparable Ushuaia Ibiza, lo que seria su ultimo show. pic.twitter.com/Sj2MKVfIs7
— DJ Mag Latinoamérica (@DjmagLA) August 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/Bellathorne_73/status/770225092743667712
Clubの聖地ibizaで…しかもDJはAvicii。
しかも、Aviciiは今日で引退…。
もう最高だ✨ pic.twitter.com/WJGeqOfpf4— Kraken0alt (@kraken0alt) August 28, 2016
Following the announcement of his intention to retire from live performance, IQ wrote in March that Avicii – real name Tim Bergling – has been a “key figure in the transformation of plain ol’ dance music to the global, arena-filling mainstream phenomenon that is ‘EDM’ [electronic dance music] and his retirement will surely be keenly felt by dance promoters and venue and festival owners across the world”. Highlights from Bergling’s live career include breaking a number of attendance records (including at XS in Las Vegas and Mawazine Festival in Rabat) and shifting the most-ever tickets for a tour by a solo DJ, on his debut headline tour of Australia.
In an open letter announcing his retirement, the DJ said he will “never let go of music”, opening the door for a continued recording career, but has made it clear the Ushuaïa show was his “final gig ever”.
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