Thursday, October 11, 2012

Complete Video - Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong At iHeartRadio Festival



This was part of Green Days performance at the iheart radio festival in Las Vegas. What happened was their set was cut short to make time for other performers such as Usher and Rihanna. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong took offence to it and supposedly  had a "mealtdown" onstage on live Television.  A reporter at the concert said the band came on 30 minutes late. He is currently in rehab in treatment for substance abuse. I suspect alcohol was a factor looking at the full performance. The band did apologize on there blog which stated: "Billie Joe is seeking treatment for substance abuse. We would like everyone to know that our set was not cut short by Clear Channel and to apologize to those we offended at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas. We regretfully must postpone some of our upcoming promotional appearances". The reactions from the people are mixed. Iv seen a lot that are offended because of the explicit language he used. Also, there where young kids there to see other performers like Justin Beiber, Usher, Rihannn, etc. A lot of other people agreed with what he did and think everyone is blowing it out of proportion. They would all be pissed off too. In my opinion, honestly what did you expect? Your inviting a punk rock band to a pop radio concert that is really suppose to be "PG". Really, this is almost a normal concert for Green Day! Smashing the guitars is what a lot of rock bands do! They do use a lot of explicit language! Their not really a "PG" band. And I do believe they deserve respect because they have been around a lot longer than all the other bands preforming there. They have been in the business since 1988! But whats in the past is the past and you cant change it. He should be out of rehab soon and starting their world tour.

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