BELGITUDE
11
JULY 2015
MUSIC
Tomorrowland
After a 10thanniversarydouble-weekender last year, and the recent launchof a third spin-off in
Brazil, Tomorrowlandmight be forgiven for restingon its laurels–or, in this case, its giant disco
balls, activevolcanoes andweather-controlling static cannons. Happily, though, for the 180,000
guestswho snaffleda ticket (theworld’smost spectacularmusic festival soldout inunder an
hour) Tomorrowland2015 ispoised tobe theparty toendall parties.Whilea stellar paradeof
techno titans andEDM superstars–Hardwell, Avicii, DavidGuetta, ArminvanBuuren, Tiësto–
will bedescendingon theunassuming townofBoom, there’ll alsobenew stages hostedby
M-nus label bossRichieHawtin, housepioneer Jamie Jones, andwax legendSvenVäth.
Andone real curveball: theNationalOrchestraofBelgium,whichwill behoping to convert
fist-pumpingdance fanswith their set of electro-classical fusion. (Turn topage 13 for an
interviewwithBelgianDJ headlinerYvesvanGeertsom.) July24-26.
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