Avicii has postponed all tour dates for the rest of 2015. The "Waiting For Love" DJ made the announcement yesterday that he will be moving all of his scheduled gigs at his Las Vegas residency at XS and Encore Beach Club, in addition to Storm Festival in Shanghai, Japan's Fuji-Ku Conifer Forest and Maishima Special Stage to next year. This is the second time in a year this has happened, could his album Stories be to blame?
Reps tell Billboard that he has become exhausted from an overloaded summer schedule that included an additional residency at Ushuaia Hotel in Ibiza and festivals all over Europe. The pressures of his album Stories and directing the music videos his two latest album singles "For A Better Day" and "Pure Grinding" have also been too much for him to skinny Swede to handle.
"I look forward to keep being innovative with my team in leading a bigger change than just with my music. In moving my tour promotional responsibilities to next year, I have a great opportunity to focus on myself and spend time trying to grow up in a way I never got the chance to - normal, or as normal as it could get," says Avicii. "My team, label and family have encouraged me to do that and I realize not many in my position get that opportunity."
This is not the first time Avicii has been forced to cancel shows. Last year at this time, he was forced to cancel gigs for the remainder of the year, including a headlining slot at TomorrowWorld, where he was replaced by Kygo.
Wynn Las Vegas has already announced the following changes for September and October. Dillon Francis, Diplo, Skrillex and Zedd will pick up the slack for Avicii.
Encore Beach Club
Friday, Sept. 4 - Dillon Francis (Zedd previously scheduled)
Saturday, Sept. 5 - Zedd
Sunday, Sept. 13 - Diplo
XS
Friday, Sept. 4 - Skrillex
Saturday, Sept. 12 - Diplo
Saturday, October 31 - TBD
