Metallica Helped Save Tomorrowland EDM Festival After Devastating Stage Fire

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The metal legends had their stage airlifted to Belgium just in the nick of time

The mighty Metallica came to the rescue after a fire destroyed the main stage of the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium threatened to cancel the EDM gathering just a couple days before it was set to kick off. The legendary metal band lent the fest its stage that was in storage in between European legs on its ongoing “M72 World Tour.”

As previously reported, the elaborate main stage for Tomorrowland was decimated in a massive fire on Wednesday (July 16th), with the fest set to kick off on Friday (July 18th) featuring EDM heavyweights like Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Deadmau5, and others throughout the three-day weekend.

Metallica’s set, featuring a giant wall of video screens, was being stored in Austria and was airlifted to Belgium overnight, as reported by Belgian news outlet HLN, and the festival miraculously kicked off without a hitch on Friday.

Top Left: Tomorrowland with Metallica stage (via X/Twitter) / Bottom left: Tomorrowland fire (photo by BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) / Right: Metallica (photo by Ross Halfin)

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