Individuals attend the primary day of the Tomorrowland digital music competition, Friday 18 July 2025, in Increase.
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The favored EDM competition Tomorrowland in Belgium is happening this weekend regardless of a massive fire that “severely damaged” the main stage only a day earlier than the fest was slated to start. And, based on Martin Garrix, competition goers have Metallica to thank for Tomorrowland persevering with on regardless of the blaze.
On Wednesday, a day earlier than Tomorrowland’s July 17 begin, a “critical” fireplace destroyed the competition’s “beloved Mainstage,” and whereas nobody was damage within the incident, the blaze threatened the cancelation of headlining units by EDM giants like Swedish Home Mafia, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Dillon Francis, Deadmau5, and Eric Prydz.
After the fireplace was extinguised, organizers pledged to soldier on with the festivalm, as Tomorrowland spokesperson Debby Wilmsen stated, “Years of affection and keenness have gone into constructing that stage. These groups are devastated. Tomorrow, 38,000 festival-goers will arrive, we’re actually wanting ahead to that, and we’re going to provide them a heat welcome. We’re going to make it an exquisite competition.”
“We’re targeted on discovering options for the competition weekend,” organizers added. These options got here courtesy of Metallica, whose stage from their M72 World Tour was being stored in storage in Austria and was rapidly airlifted to Belgium in a single day, HLN experiences.
Garrix, who carried out at Tomorrowland, was the primary to acknowledge Metallica’s involvement in saving the competition. “I can’t consider I’m really typing this… however my set at Tomorrowland continues to be taking place!”, Garrix wrote on Instagram alongside of picture of him and Lars Ulrich.
“Large love and an enormous shoutout to the unimaginable Tomorrowland crew for pulling off miracles — and to Metallica for coming by with the brand new stage elements…”
Wilmsen told DJ Mag, “It’s a miracle and we’re past completely happy to be opening. Two hours in the past we have been nonetheless demolishing the outdated stage.”
Metallica, who not too long ago introduced a 2026 European leg of their M72 Tour, has not but commented on saving Tomorrowland.
From Rolling Stone US.