ANTWERP: Belgium’s Tomorrowland music festival opened as deliberate on Friday (July 18), debuting a rapidly rebuilt important stage simply two days after a fireplace destroyed its unique centrepiece.
Organisers mentioned the newly constructed stage was a part of an “different setup” designed to exchange the pageant’s “beloved important stage”, which went up in flames on Wednesday. Authorities have but to find out the reason for the blaze.
“Our groups are working day and night time, with coronary heart and soul, to show the unattainable into actuality,” organisers mentioned in a press release. “Tomorrowland will unite, stronger than ever!”
NEW STAGE ERECTED IN 48 HOURS
Native tv footage confirmed a whole bunch of attendees coming into the pageant web site in Growth, close to Antwerp, on Friday afternoon. Fireplace and police officers gave clearance for the rebuilt stage to open at 4pm native time, two hours after the remainder of the 16-stage occasion.
The brand new important stage, constructed in below 48 hours, is smaller in scale however designed for a extra intimate expertise.
“It’s a brand new idea, the artists can be very near the viewers, in a extra intimate approach,” mentioned pageant spokeswoman Debby Wilmsen.
FOOTAGE OF FIRE WENT VIRAL
The unique stage featured elaborate set design, together with a frozen fairytale theme with snow-covered castles and a towering ice lion. Movies of the blaze tearing by means of the construction unfold extensively on social media.
Regardless of the hearth, organisers count on round 400,000 folks to attend the two-weekend occasion, which options prime digital acts together with David Guetta, Misplaced Frequencies and Charlotte de Witte.
Tomorrowland was based 20 years in the past by two Flemish brothers and has grown into one of many world’s largest digital music festivals. It can return to Brazil in October and host a winter version in Alpe d’Huez, France.
