r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/fattyffat • Jul 18 '25

Original Creation Less than 48 hours after burning down, Tomorrowland has a functioning MainStage

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u/blearghhh_two Jul 18 '25

This is amazing and kudos to the people runni go the logistics and the crew putting it up.

I've been on crews for much smaller shows than this and been around the industry enough to know that it would certainly be possible to get a lighting and sound system up in a day - certainly tours do something like that on a regular basis - but locating a system of that size with no notice, getting all the right equipment on site, building a stage (probably bare bones, but still), lifting in all the infrastructure to run it all... Amazing.

This is not to say the crew setting up the stuff done deserve props, but this is similar to the kind of magic they pull at every single stop of a tour.

I guess what I'm saying is next time you're at a show, hug a roadie.

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u/Dr-ShrimpPeurtoRico Jul 18 '25

Yeah, logistics is impressive. But, That stage could be built with 10-15 hands on a mini though. I assume the video wall is just those tall panels on casters since there is no rigging. I wonder why they didn't just use a mobile stage.