Calvin Harris reveals brush with death as doctors had to restart his heart in 2014
Calvin Harris has revealed that doctors saved his life in 2014 after his heart stopped.
The global DJ, 36, reflected on the ‘interesting’ year in a Twitter post on Tuesday night, telling followers that his heart stopped and he was resuscitated in the ER.
Sharing a video of his 2014 Electric Daisy Carnival set in North America, the DJ wrote: “Interesting year for me 2014, started with me knocking myself off number 1 in the UK and ended with my heart getting restarted in the ER...this sort of stuff happened in between”.
2014 was a big year in the DJ’s career, as Harris reached number one with his track ‘Summer’, and released his fourth studio album, Motion, which had worldwide success.
He also collaborated with huge stars, such as Ellie Goulding on ‘Outside’ and Rita Ora on ‘I Will Never Let You Down’.
Previously, all that was known about Harris’s condition was that he pulled out of some major gigs, including the MTV European Music Awards, after revealing he was suffering from “some heart problems”.
He had tweeted at the time: “No EMAs for me this weekend. Got some heart problems. Heading home to see if it can be fixed x.”
Harris later confirmed he had been diagnosed with arrhythmia, a disorder of the heart that affects the rate or rhythm at which the heart beats.
This led the DJ to give up alcohol.
“Things are a bit less fun but haven't had an arrhythmia since 2014” he previously tweeted in 2018.
“Wouldn't dream of encouraging anyone to drink two bottles a night…got me in a right old state.”
Fans were shocked by the star's brush with death, responding to his post on Twitter.
One fan wrote "I remember! All that you said was you had heart problems to fix but damn! You never said your heart needed to be restarted!"
Harris went on to release ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ with Disciples in January 2015, and was nominated for three Brit Awards.
