Tomorrowland opens with rebuilt stage after blaze destroyed original setup

Bogdan Hofbauer

ANTWERP: Belgium’s Tomorrowland music festival opened as planned on Friday (July 18), debuting a hastily rebuilt main stage just two days after a fire destroyed its original centrepiece. Organisers said the newly constructed stage was part of an “alternative setup” designed to replace the festival’s “beloved main stage”, which went up in flames on Wednesday. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the blaze. “Our teams are working day and night, with heart and soul, to turn the