Tomorrowland 2025 builds alternative main stage, will go ahead as normal
The festival made the announcement under two hours before it opened its gates today
Tomorrowland announced that it will go ahead as normal with an “alternative setup for the beloved Mainstage” after its completed arena was destroyed in a blaze on Wednesday (July 16).
An announcement was made today (July 18) at 12:13PM CEST, under two hours before the festival site in Boom, Belgium is due to welcome in hundreds of thousands of attendees.
“Dear People of Tomorrow, WE ARE READY FOR YOU!," the statement on Tomorrowland's website reads. “Our teams are working day and night, with heart and soul, to turn the impossible into reality: Tomorrowland Belgium 2025 will open doors at 2:PM.
The statement adds that an "alternative set up" for the main stage is scheduled to open at 4:PM, "pending any last-minute changes".
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Work had still been ongoing as crowds arrived on site, with the new main stage welcoming in crowds from 4:PM today. Consisting of a simple DJ booth backed by a wide LED screen, today's mainstage acts such as Swedish House Mafia, Hardwell, Armin van Buuren and John Summit will be the first to test out the new arena.
The announcement comes following a tense 48 hours for Tomorrowland ticketholders, after the festival's main stage caught fire at around 2:PM local time on Wednesday.
Festival organisers confirmed later that evening that no one was injured in the blaze — however, while the rest of the site had remained unaffected, the fire had "severely damaged" its Orbyz main stage.
The ice-themed stage reportedly took "two years" to create, with Brussels-based publication VRT News reporting that the Orbyz had featured 65 water fountains and two waterfalls, 2,616 cubic metres of polystyrene, 2,278 sheets of plywood and 225 litres of wood glue.
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The Tomorrowland team insisted that it still intended to open this weekend following the fire, opening its DreamVille campsite to guests yesterday morning.
However, following an inspection from local authorities yesterday, the festival shared in a statement that it was left with two options: to complete work on a new main stage with just 12 hours to go until launch, or separate camping and general access guests and host the main stage line-up for the day at DreamVille.
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