Superstar DJ Tiesto pulls out of Super Bowl show ‘for family reasons’

Dutch DJ Tiesto has withdrawn from performing at Sunday’s Super Bowl (Tatiana Fernandez/AP)

Dutch music producer DJ Tiesto has withdrawn from performing at Sunday’s Super Bowl because of an undisclosed family matter.

Tiesto, whose real name is Tijs Verwest, wrote on social media on Thursday he would miss the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas as he needed to return home.