Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival kicked off on Friday just two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw one of Europe's biggest summer concert events into doubt. Workers laboured around the clock to clear out the debris from the elaborate backdrop that went up in flames on Wednesday evening.

Tomorrowland organisers race to build new stage ahead of opening after fire - Over 400,000 people are expected to attend the event in the Belgian town of Boom

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

The world of electronic music was rocked this Wednesday afternoon as the main stage of Tomorrowland 2025, one of the most prestigious festivals globally, caught fire. The festival, hosted annually in Boom, Belgium, was only two days away from welcoming thousands of fans when flames engulfed its iconic main stage.