Avicii‘s generational dance hit “Levels” has been named the official anthem of the 2025 Ice Hockey World Championship.
The event is organized yearly by the Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is taken into account the game’s most prestigious event after the Olympics.
“Avicii isn’t just one in every of our time’s biggest music creators, he’s additionally a singular and acclaimed image for Sweden,” IIHF CEO Tony Wiréhn mentioned in a press launch. “His music has an influence and pulse that goes straight into the guts.”
16 nationwide groups will compete this 12 months, together with the defending champions, Czechia, and the host nation, Sweden, which acquired the bronze medal within the 2024. The event is scheduled to start Could ninth in Herning, Denmark earlier than wrapping Could twenty fifth with the ultimate in Stockholm.
The venue provides additional significance to the announcement. Initially often known as the Stockholm Globe Enviornment from 1989 to 2009 and Ericsson Globe till 2021, it was in the end renamed Avicii Enviornment to honor the DJ’s legacy and promote psychological well being consciousness by the Tim Bergling Basis, a nonprofit established by his household after his tragic demise by suicide in 2018.
Additional particulars on how “Ranges” will probably be used through the event haven’t but been disclosed, however the choice highlights Avicii’s lasting affect whereas uniting followers of Sweden’s nationwide sport by one in every of its most iconic musical voices.
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