Overview

• Organizers rebuilt the main stage in under 48 hours using Metallica’s stored structures, enabling the festival to open on schedule to 38,000 campers and global audiences.
• Antwerp prosecutors have opened judicial investigations into the July 16 fire that destroyed the main stage and the sudden collapse of a 35-year-old Canadian attendee on opening night.
• Tomorrowland’s free official livestream via YouTube and One World Radio continues to deliver immersive audio-visual sets to viewers unable to attend in person.
• The National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology deployed a mobile drug analysis laboratory on-site for the second consecutive year to test for new psychoactive substances.
• Festival staff and emergency teams coordinated rapid reconstruction and response efforts to keep stages operational and maintain attendee safety throughout the weekend.