Green Day at iHeartRadio

The iHeartRadio music festival, an annual event held in Las Vegas, just ended after two days of performances by popular artists such as Aerosmith and Bon Jovi. Green Day was set to perform on September 21 for 45 minutes, but their set time was decreased to 25 minutes, supposedly to give more time to Usher. The frontman of Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, explosively reacted to this set time cut while onstage.

As the band finished playing "Basket Case" off of their 1994 album, Dookie, Billie Joe looked at the countdown clock and realized they only have one more minute to perform. This intensely angered him and, with the punk attitude that Billie Joe is famous for, he let everyone watching the performance know.

"Give me a f**king break. One minute left. One minute f**king left. You're gonna give me f**king one minute?" Billie spat into the microphone. He continued on later with, "What the f**k? I'm not f**king Justin Bieber, you motherf**kers!...Let me show you what one f**king minute f**king means." He finished this monologue by grasping his guitar by the neck and repeatedly smashing it against the floor until it broke into two parts. As he began to walk offstage, he told the audience he loved them and promised that the band would return to Las Vegas.

Soon after this incident at the iHeartRadio Festival, Billie Joe Armstrong checked into rehab. This was announced in a post on the band's official website on September 23, along with an apology for what happened at the festival. You can read the statement here: http://www.greenday.com/news/news-70741

I truly hope that Billie gets better in rehab and I wish all the best for him.