Tomorrowland issues update on main stage setup for weekend two

Tomorrowland has confirmed details of its main stage set-up for the second weekend of the festival, as it prepares to welcome thousands to the site in Boom, Belgium, this weekend. 

Last week, organisers were forced to erect a new main stage for the event in less than 48 hours, after a blaze destroyed its completed Orbyz stage on Wednesday, July 16. 

Completed just "hours" before guests entered the festival gates for weekend one last Friday (July 18), Belgian publication HLN reports that the new stage was built using repurposed stage elements from Metallica's European tour.

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The parts, which reportedly included a new soundsystem and an expansive LED screen, had been in storage in Austria and were airlifted to the festival site for the stage team to build in time for the gates opening. 

Last weekend, social media users noticed construction teams working on both the current stage setup and the wreckage of the Orbyz stage behind it — with many wondering if there would be any changes once gates open this Friday (July 25).

According to We Rave You, Tomorrowland spokesperson Debby Wilmsen said that while there may be "some tweaks" to the backstage area of the main stage, the audience-facing elements will remain the same for the coming weekend.

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She adds that the minimalist design of the stage, and the fact that the booth is closer to the crowd, has been a positive thing for the main stage artists. "This time, the DJ was the star,” Wilmsen said.

The ice-themed stage reportedly took two years to create, with Brussels-based publication VRT News reporting that the Orbyz 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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