DJ Tiesto NOT Dead - Victim of Latest Internet Hoax
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Written by Nigel Sachdev
DJ Tiesto has become the victim of the latest Internet death hoax.
Reports that emerged this morning suggested that the Dutch DJ and record producer had died in a fatal car crash on the Interstate 80 highway in California. The rumour spread like a nasty virus within hours, eventually becoming a trending topic on social networking website Twitter.com for the term "Tiesto died".
However thankfully the reports are false, created using a news generation website. The exact same reports declaring Tiesto had died in a car crash spread around the Internet in September 2006. The superstar DJ is alive and well, working in Marbella, celebrating his country's 3-2 World Cup victory over Uruguay last night.
Posting on his official Twitter page, Tiesto said: "It's nice to read that people care about my life. Thank you for all the support. It's good to be alive and to get so much love from You xx".
In a separate statement he added: "I don't know where these stories come from, but I'm very much alive and well and looking forward to the rest of my tour."
Tiesto - real name Tijs Michiel Verwest - has released four studio albums during his 15-year career, the last being 2009's 'Kaleidoscope'.
Tiesto will perform at London's Victoria Park with Pendulum this summer, on Friday July 30th 2010. Tickets are onsale now.
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