US EditionTomorrowland Opens with Rebuilt Stage After Blaze Destroyed Original Setup
NETHERLANDS, JUL 17 – A girl endures severe physical pain during a demanding stage of the Four Days Marches, a well-known endurance event in the Netherlands held annually in July.
- Tomorrowland opened on July 18, 2025, in Boom, Belgium, after its main stage was destroyed by fire two days earlier.
- The blaze started around 6pm local time on July 16, with authorities still investigating the cause and no injuries reported.
- Organisers rapidly built a smaller, more intimate alternative main stage using speakers from Metallica shows, while 14 other smaller stages hosted artists like David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia.
- Festival spokeswoman Debby Wilmsen said, 'It is all about unity' and confirmed 38,000 campers and around 400,000 attendees were expected over the weekend.
- Despite the fire, the event proceeded as planned, demonstrating organisers' commitment to turning 'the impossible into reality' and maintaining Tomorrowland's role as a major music festival.
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Fans roared with excitement and organizers sighed relieved when the Tomorrowland music festival began on Friday, just two days after a massive fire enveloped the main stage and questioned one of the biggest electronic music events.
Tomorrowland builds alternative main stage to carry on after huge blaze
Tomorrowland has built an alternative main stage, after the original was destroyed during a blaze on Wednesday (July 16), and has announced that the event will continue has planned. The fire broke out less than 48 hours before more than 70,000 attendees were due to attend the dance festival in Boom, Belgium. While approximately 1,000 employees were on site at the time, there were no injuries reported, although it did throw uncertainty over wheth…
The Australian DJ duo Nervo was the first to perform on the low-budget main stage, with Metallica also contributing.
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