Tomorrowland main stage catches fire on eve of festival

Excited music lovers leaving for Tomorrowland are suddenly worried as the main stage caught a huge fire right before the festival commenced.

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00:00Tomorrow No More

00:01The main stage of the Tomorrowland Music Festival held in Belgium caught fire on July 16, 2025,

00:08just days before the festival was supposed to start.

00:11Now, Tomorrowland is one of the most iconic world festivals for electronic music

00:15and draws more than 4 lakh attendees from all over the world to Belgium over two weekends of July.

00:21Social media accounts were flooding, with tons of footage showing the main stage being engulfed by thick smoke.

00:27While there were no injuries, authorities maintain the festival will go on as usual.

00:31And no changes have been updated as of yet.

00:34Founded 20 years ago by two Belgian brothers, Tomorrowland has become an internationally renowned brand.

00:39More than a dozen DJs, including David Guetta, were supposed to perform on Friday or 18th July.

00:44But the stage got gutted right on the eve of the festival.

00:47For the organisers, the focus is now on finding solutions to save one of the biggest celebrations of music worldwide.

00:53As the town of Boom awaits the lakhs of music lovers,

00:57it is only the spirit of music that can douse the last-minute fire.