Alongside sharing a remix of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night" with Heidi Klum for some reason (well, for Germany's Next Topmodel, but you get the point), Tiësto announced at the end of January that the NFL had invited him to be the first-ever Super Bowl in-game DJ at this weekend's championship in Las Vegas. But before he could drop the bass in the name of sports, the Dutch producer has had to drop out of the event entirely due to a family emergency.
UPDATE (2/9, 9:15 a.m. ET): It has now been announced that Kaskade will be stepping in as a last-minute replacement. “To be able to be the first Electronic Musician to be part of the full game experience of the Super Bowl held in Las Vegas seems like coming home, and I’m beyond excited to represent my community," he wrote on Twitter.
"Me and my team have been preparing something truly special for months, but a personal family emergency is forcing me to return home Sunday morning," Tiësto wrote on Twitter this afternoon. “It was a tough decision to miss the game, but family always comes first. Thank you to the NFL for the collaboration and looking forward to working with them to deliver something incredible together in the future!”
The mere thought of Taylor Swift's boyfriend's team with the culturally appropriative name being forced to score a touchdown without an EDM soundtrack is painful, but hopefully they'll be able to go on (and the DJ's family is okay).
Super Bowl LXVIII takes place this Sunday (February 16), with Usher set to headline the Halftime Show.