A great fire completely destroyed the main stage of the Tomorrowland Festival in Belgiumwhich has a start date next Friday, July 18. Following the incident, fans began to have serious Doubts about the continuity of the event. While emergency teams work in the affected area, The organization faces a career against time to ensure that the festival can be held.
For now, The origin of the fire is unknown. The local authorities and the organizers initiated an exhaustive investigation to determine what the fire caused. There are no confirmed hypotheses and are being analyzed In detail the remains of the stage, in addition to taking Declaration to workers They were present at the time of the beginning of the incident.
What is known about the fire so far?
Despite the incidentthe organizers confirmed that the Camping area, Dreamville, will open as planned. The Programming of Global Journey activities in Brussels and Antwerp.
The tremendous fire – that quickly went viral on social networks – completely consumed the mainstage. From the structure inspired by an ice castle, with an elaborate scenography and special effects, they only remained calcined metal remains.
This year, the mainstage had how “Orbyz, discover the hidden community”. The scenery recreated an frozen magical universe, dominated by a castle and a frozen mountain, in whose center was a Giant Leonsymbol of the force of this fictitious community.
Through an official statement, the Tomorrowland organization confirmed the seriousness of the fact and clarified that there were no injuries. “Due to a serious incident and fire on the main stage, our beloved mainstage was severely damaged. We can confirm that no one was injured during the incident”, Reported.
What will happen to the festival?
In this context, The organizing team works intensely to try to save this year’s edition, whose beginning is agreed for Friday, July 18, and will run until the 20th of the same month. Although the event has other scenarios, such as Freedom Stage, Its capacity and programming are limited. Reorganize all the mainstage shows in just 48 hours It represents a large -scale logistics challenge.
The live broadcast of the festival, which was going to be carried out globally, was also suspended following the fire. Last year, Tomorrowland summoned More than 400,000 people. For this edition, renowned artists were confirmed as Alok, Charlotte de Witte, Eric Prydz, Mattn and Sara Landry.
Source: Ambito
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