Fire ‘severely damages’ Belgium’s Tomorrowland stage ahead of Friday start

The yearly Tomorrowland festival is acceptable to gully astir 100,000 attendees, with galore expected to campy connected site.

A immense occurrence has engulfed the main signifier of Belgium’s globally-renowned Tomorrowland physics creation euphony festival, 2 days earlier the lawsuit was owed to unfastened to an expected assemblage of 100,000.

“Due to a superior incidental and occurrence connected the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged,” festival organisers said successful a statement on Wednesday.

“We tin corroborate that nary 1 was injured during the incident,” it added.

Several 100 firefighters had fought to prevention the signifier from the flames, and Antwerp prosecutors person opened an investigation, though they said the occurrence appeared accidental.

The yearly Tomorrowland festival, held successful the municipality of Boom, northbound of Brussels, is acceptable to statesman connected Friday and astir 100,000 participants are expected to attend, with galore readying to campy connected tract for the duration of the event.

The 2025 edition is scheduled to tally implicit the adjacent 2 weekends.

Organisers said the festival’s campground volition unfastened arsenic scheduled connected Thursday, erstwhile attendees are expected to statesman arriving, and emphasised that they are focused connected uncovering solutions for the play events.

Several twelve DJs and physics euphony stars, specified arsenic David Guetta, Lost Frequencies, Armin van Buuren and Charlotte de Witte, are to execute from Friday for the archetypal weekend, with two-thirds of the events divided betwixt the present destroyed “Mainstage” and the “Freedom Stage”.

Founded 20 years agone by 2 Belgian brothers, Tomorrowland has go an internationally-renowned event. A wintertime festival is present held successful the French skis edifice of Alpe d’Huez and different successful Brazil.

Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde be the Tomorrowland 2017 euphony festival successful Boom, Belgium, connected July 21, 2017 [Danny Gys/Pool via Reuters]

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