A fire has destroyed the main stage at Tomorrowland festival in Belgium, just two days before the event was due to open.
“Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged,” festival organisers said on Wednesday evening.
The statement said nobody was injured during the blaze.
The electronic dance music festival is due to start on Friday, with 400,000 people expected to attend over two weekends.
Videos posted to social media show flames and grey smoke engulfing the stage. Firefighters are at the scene in the town of Boom, south of Antwerp.
Some media reports suggested the fire may have been sparked by pyrotechnic devices.
In an update posted on the festival’s website, organizers said the campsite would still open on Thursday as planned, and that they were “focused on finding solutions for the festival weekend”.
Tomorrowland 2025 is schedule to start this Friday, July 18, and extends through Sunday, July 20. Tomorrowland’s second weekend is scheduled to begin on Friday, July 25, and goes through the weekend. The world’s biggest dance music festival, Tomorrowland reports typically hosting roughly 400,000 attendees over its two weekends.
According to VRT NWS, emergency services are currently on site, and police spokesperson Joris Van Camp said in a statement that officials are “given maximum space to do their work. People’s safety is our top priority. We advise people experiencing odor nuisance to close their windows and doors and stay out of the smoke.”
The lineup for the 2025 event, the 19th edition of Tomorrowland, includes the who’s who of global dance music, with artists such as Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Armin van Buuren, Charlotte de Witte, David Guetta, Hardwell, Nervo, John Summit, Fisher, Amelie Lens, Alok, Agents of Time, Miss Monique, The Blessed Madonna all on the bill.
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