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\n\tThe popular EDM festival Tomorrowland<\/a> in Belgium is taking place in Belgium this weekend despite a massive fire that \u201cseverely damaged\u201d the main stage<\/a> just a day before the fest was slated to begin. And, according to Martin Garrix<\/a>, festival goers have Metallica<\/a> to thank for Tomorrowland continuing on despite the blaze.<\/p>\n \n\tOn Wednesday, a day before Tomorrowland\u2019s July 17 start, a \u201cserious\u201d fire destroyed the festival\u2019s \u201cbeloved Mainstage,\u201d and while no one was hurt in the incident, the blaze threatened the cancelation of headlining sets by EDM giants like Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Dillon Francis, Deadmau5, and Eric Prydz.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter the fire was extinguised, organizers pledged to soldier on with the festivalm, as Tomorrowland spokesperson Debby Wilmsen said, \u201cYears of love and passion have gone into building that stage. Those teams are devastated. Tomorrow, 38,000 festival-goers will arrive, we\u2019re really looking forward to that, and we\u2019re going to give them a warm welcome. We\u2019re going to make it a wonderful festival.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe are focused on finding solutions for the festival weekend,\u201d organizers added. Those solutions came courtesy of Metallica, whose stage from their M72 World Tour was being kept in storage in Austria and was quickly airlifted to Belgium overnight, HLN reports.<\/p>\n \n\tGarrix, who performed at Tomorrowland, was the first to acknowledge Metallica\u2019s involvement in saving the festival. \u201cI can not believe I\u2019m actually typing this\u2026 but my set at Tomorrowland is still happening!\u201d, Garrix wrote on Instagram alongside of photo of him and Lars Ulrich.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMassive love and a big shoutout to the incredible Tomorrowland team for pulling off miracles \u2014 and to Metallica for coming through with the new stage parts\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n