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Just A Day Before Opening, Tomorrowland’s Main Stage Engulfed In Flames

Tomorrowland was founded in 2005 by Belgian brothers Manu and Michiel Beers and has spent two decades building its reputation as more than just a music festival. Now, the festival’s centrepiece has been completely destroyed by fire–just one day before the festival was supposed to begin.

by Mahi Adlakha
Just A Day Before Opening, Tomorrowland’s Main Stage Engulfed In Flames

Just a day before Tomorrowland 2025 was set to kick off, the festival’s iconic main stage, the visual centrepiece of the event, was completely engulfed by a massive fire. The incident unfolded on Wednesday afternoon in Boom, near Antwerp; sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky and raising immediate concerns about whether one of the world’s biggest electronic music festivals would still take place.

Tomorrowland Fire: Is The Festival Happening?

According to Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Associated Press (AP), the local Belgian media captured the scale of the destruction. Pictures and footage show flames tearing through the intricately built stage structures, with smoke visible from kilometres away.

The silver lining in the clouds remained that no injuries had been reported. Festival organisers moved quickly to calm fears, confirming both on their website and social media that the main stage had been damaged but that no one had been hurt. Their focus was now on finding solutions and figuring out how to keep Tomorrowland running despite losing its centrepiece.

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The Legacy Of Tomorrowland

The festival is famous not just for music but for its stage architecture. Tomorrowland’s main stage is typically a towering and fantastical structure that blends light shows, LED screens, fireworks, and surreal set designs. Its loss is a major blow. Yet organisers insist the event will proceed as originally scheduled. DreamVille, Tomorrowland’s sprawling campsite village, is still set to open on Thursday as planned.

That’s no small commitment considering 100,000 people are expected in Boom this weekend alone. Big-name artists like David Guetta, Lost Frequencies, Armin Van Buuren, and Charlotte de Witte are still on the lineup. About two-thirds of the performances were originally split between the now-destroyed main stage and the Freedom Stage, meaning organisers are now racing against time to rearrange locations.

Tomorrowland was founded in 2005 by Belgian brothers Manu and Michiel Beers and has spent two decades building its reputation as more than just a music festival. Losing the main stage just before the first weekend could have spelled disaster, but Tomorrowland is choosing resilience even amidst chaos. As one user put it on X: “If any festival knows how to recover from this kind of thing, it’s Tomorrowland.”

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Updates on venue changes, artist schedules, and safety protocols are expected to roll out over the coming days via Tomorrowland’s official channels.

Cover Image Courtesy: concertleaks/X

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First Published: July 17, 2025 12:08 PM