A portion of a stage has collapsed at the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami, just one day before the event is set to kick off with thousands expected to attend.

At around 5pm Thursday evening, a video wall connected to one of the stages at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, collapsed on the Audiomack Stage during loading because a projection screen not been secured properly.

According to the music festival, no one was injured and the festival is scheduled to take place as planned.

‚In case you see it on the news, a screen fell down at one of our stages. Nobody was hurt and it will be fixed before doors open tomorrow. The show goes on!‘ Rolling Loud tweeted Thursday.

Helicopter news footage from the collapse shows a large pile of downed scaffolding and other equipment next to one of the stages.

The stage is currently being reset for the weekend and there are no active paramedics or firefighters at the stadium due to the collapse, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said.

Rolling Loud is an annual three-day hip-hop music festival that will take place between July 23 and July 25.

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[Sandra Salathe/Daily Mail – original article]

[Nicole Lopez-Alvar/Local 10/Sky 10 – article featuring video]

[Pictures – Daily Mail/WSVN]