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Superstar DJ Avicii was hospitalized Thursday afternoon and remained there as of Friday afternoon, canceling a show Thursday night at the SLS South Beach hotel and prompting a swirl of rumors and headlines as dance music fans geared up for the massive Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park this weekend.

Despite reports to the contrary, a person close to Avicii confirmed Friday that the DJ was still in the hospital, raising questions about whether the 24-year-old Swedish star behind and other EDM hits will make his much anticipated performance at Ultra on Saturday night.

Avicii has twice been treated for health problems brought on by his rapid rise to the top of a music scene known for its intensive pace and indulgent lifestyle. In interviews with website In The Mix, and with Rolling Stone and GQ, he admitted that excessive partying and all day binge drinking, on top of a heavy touring schedule of over 300 shows a year, put him in a New York hospital with acute pancreatis for 11 days in late 2012. A common cause of pancreatis is alcohol abuse. Last March he was again hospitalized in Australia for six days for the same condition, forcing him to cancel shows there and a tour in India soon afterwards.

'You are traveling around, you live in a suitcase, you get to this place, there's free alcohol everywhere-it's sort of weird if you don't drink,' Avicii told GQ. 'I didn't expect it to last... I was so nervous. I just got into a habit, because you rely on that encouragement and self-confidence you get from alcohol, and then you get dependent on it.' Since then, he told Rolling Stone in January that he has not had a drink in a year.

Avicii's cancellation of his SLS show was first reported by entertainment website TMZ early Thursday evening, and was announced by Avicii himself in a since-deleted tweet that evening. 'At the hospital. Extremely bummed about missing my show at the Avicii Hotel. My brother @Alesso [Fellow Swedish DJ Alessandro Lindblad] is stepping up and covering for me.' The 24-year-old artist, whose real name is Tim Bergling, had partnered with the luxury hotel, putting his name on the destination and a series of special events there.

The incident followed a more benign mishap to DJ Afrojack, who tumbled from the stage while spraying fans with champagne at a Wednesday night show on Miami Beach, hitting his head on the concrete. The Dutch DJ, whose song Ten Feet Tall was the soundtrack to a talked-about Super Bowl commercial for Bud Light, announced his accident on Twitter, saying that he visited the hospital and was ' dehydrated and overworked' but ok. On Thursday evening, Afrojack made a promotional appearance at clothing store G-Star Raw and played shows at South Beach's W Hotel.

Avicii and Afrojack are part of a new generation of EDM artists whose fame and appeal have expanded far beyond the genre's former audience of festival and club-goers. Avicii is the face of Ralph Lauren's Denim and Supply clothing line, and was set to launch a brand of organic Swedish vodka soon. On Friday morning, it was announced that Avicii would be featured, along with Carlos Santana and Wyclef, on the official anthem for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Ultra Music Festival

Just days before headlining Ultra Music Festival, popular DJ Avicii canceled a performance in South Beach, TMZ is reporting.

As downtown Miami and Miami Beach throb with the annual dance music celebration of Miami Music Week, led by the massive Ultra Music Festival and the pioneering Winter Music Conference, another kind of boom is taking place. The sound of electronic dance music, or EDM, is fast becoming the sound of sales of everything from electronics to beer.