The festival's mainstage was destroyed by fire on Wednesday (July 16), just two days before the start of the Belgian dance mega-festival.

A stage fire tested Tomorrowland’s unity. For Atlanta, it reignites memories of TomorrowWorld’s brief but bold legacy.

A Canadian woman has died at the electronic music festival Tomorrowland just days after a fire destroyed its main stage. The festival goer, 35, was among the tens of thousands of people in the crowd at the Belgian festival on opening night on Friday. The woman became unwell at the concert held in Boom, near Antwerp, and was taken to a hospital.

This is the dramatic moment smoke rises from a fire on the Tomorrowland stage in Belgium. Footage shows a cloud of black vapour from the burning site billowing into the sky on Wednesday, July 16. Witnesses reported hearing sounds similar to fireworks,

Footage shows thousands of people rushing in as soon as the gates open with the event due to attract 400,000 festivalgoers over July 18-20 and July 25-27. “The symbolism of this is very powerful it shows more than just a stage that was destroyed and rebuilt,” one fan wrote.

Tomorrowland, one of the world’s largest electronic music festivals, opened to the public Friday, July 18, just two days after a massive fire destroyed its main stage in Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium. Despite the damage,