The mainstage at Belgian dance mega-festival Tomorrowland has been almost entirely destroyed by fire.
Footage shared Wednesday (July 16) by Belgian news station VRT NWS shows the festival’s biggest gathering area being consumed by flames. Separate videos viewed by Billboard by individuals on site at the event show the stage being entirely destroyed, with huge clouds of smoke rising from the stage.
The festival had not yet started and attendees were not on site, although event staff was present. It is not yet clear how the fire stared or if anyone has been injured. Billboard has reached out to representatives for the festival, but did not immediately get a response.
Tomorrowland 2025 is schedule to start this Friday, July 18, and extends through Sunday, July 20. Tomorrowland’s second weekend is scheduled to begin on Friday, July 25, and goes through the weekend. The world’s biggest dance music festival, Tomorrowland reports typically hosting roughly 400,000 attendees over its two weekends.
According to VRT NWS, emergency services are currently on site, and police spokesperson Joris Van Camp said in a statement that officials are “given maximum space to do their work. People’s safety is our top priority. We advise people experiencing odor nuisance to close their windows and doors and stay out of the smoke.”
The lineup for the 2025 event, the 19th edition of Tomorrowland, includes the who’s who of global dance music, with artists such as Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Armin van Buuren, Charlotte de Witte, David Guetta, Hardwell, Nervo, John Summit, Fisher, Amelie Lens, Alok, Agents of Time, Miss Monique, The Blessed Madonna all on the bill.
See the footage of the fire from VRT NWS below:
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