As the first weekend of the iconic tenth edition of Tomorrowland drew to a close this Sunday, The Sherp highlights 6 noteworthy moments from the Belgian gathering.ย
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1. Guetta Announces Tomorrowland Brazil!
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During his set, dance music legend David Guetta officially announces Tomorrowlandโs expansion into Brazil next year. Read more HERE.
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2. Armin pays respects to the victims of MH17.
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A great gesture by the trance legend, Armin van Buuren, as he asks the crowd to put their hands up and hold a moment of silence in honour of the victims of flight MH17 that crashed on Thursday killing all 298 passengers and crew on board.
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3. Belgian Prime Minister indulges in a selfie.ย
#Belgium boasts an incredible amount of great festivals. One of the best in the world? #Tomorrowland! #Belgiantalent pic.twitter.com/b5urz45Ch8
โ Elio Di Rupo (@eliodirupo) July 20, 2014
The Twitter friendly Prime Minister of Belgium, Elio Di Rupo, posted this picture of him amongst the crowd at Tomorrowland. Everybody loves Tomorrowland.
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4. Hardwell & Tiesto go back to back, thrill audiences.ย
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The current world #1 and the legendary Tiesto blew away spectators with their much awaited b2b performance. Here’s their monstrous set:ย
The two heavyweights of dance music go way back, and Hardwell was first introduced into the big stage by Tiesto himself. Hereโs a #Throwback moment from Energy Festival, 2011.
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5. Drunk Deorro almost cancels mainstage set.
After overreacting on Twitter on not receiving โcomplementaryโ food coupons for his manager, the American threatened (or almost did) to cancel his main stage performance.
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But he eventually changed his mind and decided to apologize (after being schooled on twitter by deadmau5, btw)and carry on with his set via a Facebook post.
6. Laidback Luke โbearโ hugs audiences.ย
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The masterful Laidback Luke donned a bear outfit and went around the Tomorrowland grounds, spreading the love & hugging festival goers, naturally unaware of his true identity. He eventually revealed himself during the live broadcast as the presenter was interviewing Dutchmen Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano. ย ย
Weekend 2 has a lot more in store for us. Stay tuned to the Sherp for more.
(Cover Image Courtesy: Tomorrowland Official Facebook)