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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tomorrowland Goes on as Scheduled After New Mainstage Erected: Watch the Livestream
Tomorrowland 2025 opened the entirety of its site to attendees earlier Friday (July 18) in Boom, Belgium, just two days after a fire destroyed the dance festival's mainstage. The development occurred after the festival announced Thursday (July 17) that it might either sequester a portion of its day one attendees to a stage in the festival's camping area for sets by the Friday headliners, or open the entire site to all day one guests. More from Billboard Tomorrowland Mainstage Fire Eyewitness Describes 'Disbelief' as Blaze Erupted YURIYAN RETRIEVER Talks Debut Solo Single & Ambition to Become a Genre of Her Own Questlove to Be Honored With 'SummerStage Icon Award' at 2025 City Parks Foundation Benefit Workers on site at the event were able to clear the mainstage area and then construct a new stage setup to host the event's headlining acts, which on Friday included Nervo, Axwell, Martin Garrix, Alok, Artbat & Kolsch and Meduza. As seen in the stream and photos shared by the festival on social media, the quickly constructed new mainstage is built from a DJ booth and a wall of LED panels, behind which the remains of the massive structure that burned are visible, along with heavy machinery. The set-up can be seen in the event's livestream, which is being broadcast from several of the festival's roughly 16 stages. The mainstage lineup is available here and the rest of the performances are available here. No one was injured in the fire, and its cause has not yet been announced. The current situation at Tomorrowland is arguably the best possible outcome following the unprecedented fire. On Wednesday (July 16), the festival advised that there was a chance it might not open at all if the site was determined unsafe by the authorities, but that go-ahead came and the event managed to construct a new mainstage in time to open the entirety of the site. In the hours before the festival opened for its first day on Friday, organizers posted a statement announcing, 'Dear People of Tomorrow, WE ARE READY FOR YOU! Our teams are working day and night, with heart and soul, to turn the impossible into reality: Tomorrowland Belgium 2025 will open doors at 14:00. An alternative setup for the beloved Mainstage is planned to open at 16:00, pending any last-minute changes. All artists will perform as scheduled on all other stages as from 14:00. Tomorrowland will unite, stronger than ever!' The first weekend of Tomorrowland 2025 continues until Sunday (July 20), while its second weekend is happening July 25-27. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘Race against time': Tomorrowland update
Tomorrowland organisers revealed it is now a 'race against time' to build a substitute stage after the music festival's mainstage caught fire on Wednesday. Just days before the popular annual electronic dance event was due to kick off in Belgium, dramatic footage showed its elaborate 'Orbyz Mainstage' up in flames. In a statement issued on Thursday, organisers said hundreds of people are still working tirelessly to ensure the festival gates can open on Friday. 'It's a race against time, but we're doing this together with the best and most amazing people in the world,' the statement read. 'What we can confirm is that we will be able to welcome everyone tomorrow (Friday).' The organisers explained they have two scenarios in place for the 400,000 people expected over July 18-20 and July 25-27. 'If the mainstage area can be secured and a new setup completed, the festival grounds will open as planned for all visitors and ticket types,' they said. However, they said if they're unable to open at full visitor capacity, DreamVille and the festival grounds will function as two separate areas on Friday, 'to ensure the safety of all guests'. 'In this case, The Gathering Stage at DreamVille will host the Mainstage artists originally scheduled for Friday,' they explained. 'DreamVille visitors will not be able to access the festival grounds (and) the festival grounds (without the mainstage) will open to all other visitors.' In both scenarios, doors will open at 2pm and not 12pm. 'Even in these challenging times, we will be able to offer a program for all visitors and ticket types,' the statement continued. 'Starting Saturday, we expect the full festival grounds to open to all visitors and all ticket types from 12pm onwards. We will unite.' Organisers said they are 'still devastated' but the support they've received has been 'truly heartwarming'. In a separate statement, they said it's 'impossible to put into words what they're feeling', explaining The Orbyz Mainstage wasn't 'just a stage'. 'It was a living, breathing world,' they said. 'From the very first sketch on a blank page, to countless ours of conceptual design, artistic, collaboration, engineering, building, every single piece of Orbyz, carried apart of our soul. 'But we hold onto the magic Orbyz gave us. To the dreams it carried. To the team who gave their all.' Artists such as Meduza, Axwell, Vini Vici and Martin Garrix, were scheduled to perform on the Mainstage. 'You have probably seen what happened to the Tomorrowland Main Stage,' Matt, who makes up the Meduza trio said in an Instagram story on Thursday. 'We are in contact with them directly so I am glad to say everybody is safe there – and that's the most important thing to be honest.'
