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Avicii says 2016 tour will be his last

By The Associated Press
FILRE - In this Aug. 30, 2013 file photo, Swedish DJ, remixer and record producer Avicii poses for a portrait, in New York. Avicii, the Swedish DJ and producer whose real name is Tim Bergling, remained in a Miami hospital Friday, March 28, 2014, with a blocked gallbladder and could undergo surgery. The 24-year-old was hospitalized Thursday with severe abdominal pains, nausea and fever and has had to all his activities around the Ultra Music Festival, including his headlining set Saturday night. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, file)

STOCKHOLM -- Tim Bergling, the Swedish DJ and producer better known by the stage name Avicii, says he will stop touring after this year.

In message posted Tuesday on his official website, Bergling says he will continue to make music "but I've decided this 2016 run will be my last tour and last shows."

Bergling, 26, says he realized two weeks ago that he needed a change from his globe-trotting lifestyle, saying he yearned "for the life of a real person behind the artist."

His best known hits include "Levels," "Wake Me Up and "Hey Brother."