Tomorrowland 2021 officially cancelled

Two months out, the 2021 edition of Tomorrowland has finally been called off, after ministers failed to convince the local mayor to allow it to go ahead

The ‘People of Tomorrow’ will have to wait until 2022 for the next physical festival in Belgium

In a major blow to the Belgian festival season, there will be no Tomorrowland in 2021, organisers have confirmed.

Despite a last-minute plea from the prime minister of Flanders, the mayors of the towns of Boom and Rumst, where the 70,000-capacity festival has taken place since 2005, are unmoved in their decision not to grant Tomorrowland a permit to go ahead, citing concerns about the safety of local residents.

Although the Belgian government has cleared 75,000-capacity festivals from 13 August 2021,…

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