A Decade Later, Tomorrowland Immortalizes Avicii With Audiovisual Tribute

In 2015, Avicii stood on the Tomorrowland Mainstage and, unknowingly, delivered what would be his final performance at the iconic Belgian festival. Ten years later, the late Swedish producer’s legacy returns as an immersive, reverent audiovisual installation that might be the most emotionally charged tribute the festival has ever mounted.

Tomorrowland has announced the debut of a 144-square-meter memorial space honoring Avicii, set to open during the 2025 edition of the festival. And it’s not some throwaway corner of nostalgia with framed photographs and flickering LED candles. This is an immersive installation built to hold the weight of grief and remembrance. According to the official announcement, the space will feature “never-before-seen images and audiovisual storytelling.”

If it sounds like a museum piece, that’s the point—but not in the stale, gallery-silence kind of way. It’s Tomorrowland, after all. The same festival that reimagined stage design as mythological world-building is now applying its theatrical precision to the memory of a singular artist. And who better? Few names are as interwoven into the festival’s DNA as Avicii’s. From his breakout appearance in 2011—when “Levels” hadn’t even been officially released—to his dominant years that followed, Bergling wasn’t just a performer at Tomorrowland. He was part of its story.

The tribute goes beyond the festival grounds, too. In partnership with Apple Music, Tomorrowland will re-release a series of Avicii’s Tomorrowland sets—in spatial audio, no less. The idea is to recreate the experience of standing at the Mainstage in 2012, 2014, and 2015, hearing his melodies swell over the crowd and crash like a tidal wave. For longtime fans, it’s a rare portal into the past. For newer ones, it’s a way to understand what made Avicii’s live presence so affecting.

This isn’t Tomorrowland’s first nod to Avicii, but it is its most tangible. Past tributes have aired on One World Radio and surfaced during live sets with mashups, edits, and teary-eyed visuals. But the installation suggests something more final—an acknowledgment that Avicii has moved from living legend to immortal symbol. He’s no longer just part of the EDM canon. He’s something bigger than that now: a monument.

Fans will need a reservation to enter the memorial, which adds a layer of exclusivity but maybe also intimacy.