DJ Tiësto has issued a statement revealing he will no longer be playing at this weekend's Super Bowl LVIII due to a "personal family emergency", despite being the first DJ set to happen for the event.

The NFL announced Tiësto as the first-ever in-game superstar DJ for Super Bowl LVIII - but sadly he had to cancel.

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Last year, Tiësto was scheduled to appear as the Super Bowl’s first-ever in-game DJ in Las Vegas, but the star was forced to pull out due to a “personal family emergency”. He was replaced ...