The mighty Metallica got here to the rescue after a hearth destroyed the primary stage of the Tomorrowland competition in Belgium threatened to cancel the EDM gathering only a couple days earlier than it was set to kick off. The legendary steel band lent the fest its stage that was in storage in between European legs on its ongoing “M72 World Tour.”
As beforehand reported, the frilly predominant stage for Tomorrowland was decimated in an enormous hearth on Wednesday (July sixteenth), with the fest set to kick off on Friday (July 18th) that includes EDM heavyweights like Swedish Home Mafia, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Deadmau5, and others all through the three-day weekend.
Metallica’s set, that includes a large wall of video screens, was being saved in Austria and was airlifted to Belgium in a single day, as reported by Belgian information outlet HLN, and the competition miraculously kicked off with no hitch on Friday.
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Dutch DJ Martin Garrix, who carried out on Friday, posted a photograph of himself with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on Instagram previous to his set, and wrote, “I can’t consider I’m truly typing this… however my set at Tomorrowland continues to be occurring! Huge love and an enormous shoutout to the unbelievable @tomorrowland crew for pulling off miracles — and to @Metallica for coming by with the brand new stage elements.”
Metallica, who landed three LPs on ipromiseyoumedia‘s current listing of the 75 Finest Metallic Albums of All Time, launched into a European leg of their “M72 World Tour” again in 2024, and can revisit the continent for one more leg in 2026 (tickets out there right here).
A photograph of Metallica’s stage in entrance of the destroyed predominant stage might be seen in Tomorrowland’s X/Twitter submit beneath, together with Martin Garrix’s aforementioned Instagram submit.
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— Tomorrowland (@tomorrowland) July 18, 2025