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Antwerp Opens Autopsy After Canadian Attendee’s Death at Tomorrowland

Prosecutors cited serious indicators of drug involvement following the sudden collapse of a 35-year-old visitor.

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Festival-goers watch the construction of a new main stage on the first day of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival, Friday 18 July 2025, in Boom. The first weekend of the 18th edition of the festival takes place at the 'De Schorre' terrain in Boom, from 18 to 20 July. BELGA PHOTO MARIUS BURGELMAN
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Overview

  • Antwerp prosecutors have ordered an autopsy to determine whether drug consumption played a role in her death.
  • Festival rescue teams performed 45 minutes of on-site resuscitation before she was taken to Universitätsklinikum Antwerpen, where she later died.
  • Organizers expressed condolences to the woman’s family, friends and fellow attendees in an official statement.
  • Officials warned of dangerous synthetic substances circulating at the event, including the so-called “pink powder” known as 2C-B.
  • Tomorrowland continues on a replacement main stage that was erected within 48 hours after a pyrotechnics fire destroyed the original structure.