Editing Green Day (section)

===2012 iHeartRadio Festival incident===
On September 21, 2012, while Green Day was performing at the iHeartRadio music festival, Armstrong stopped while performing "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]", because he believed the group's time was being shortened, possibly to extend R&B artist [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'s performance. Angered, Armstrong began ranting while a screen in the rear of the audience was labeled "1 Minutes [Left]", saying "You're gonna give me one fucking minute? You've gotta be fucking kidding me!" He also told the crowd he "was not [[Justin Bieber]]" and labeled the festival as a "joke". When the screen went blank, Armstrong smashed his guitar, while bassist [[Mike Dirnt]] smashed his bass. Armstrong then gave [[the finger]], and declared that Green Day would be back before throwing his microphone down and walking off the stage.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9zogQOmQVM/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/g9zogQOmQVM| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title= Green Day Billie Joe freaks out at the I Heart Radio Music Festival and smashes guitar| date=September 22, 2012|access-date= October 16, 2013|via= YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Two days later, the band's representative apologized for the incident on the group's behalf stating that "Green Day would like everyone to know that their set was not cut short by Clear Channel and to apologize to those they offended at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas", also adding that Armstrong would be headed to [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]], for abuse of alcohol and prescription pills.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/02/billie_joe_armstrong_rehab_1.html |title=Billie Joe Armstrong on pill-popping: Backpack sounded like 'giant baby's rattle' |work=The Star-Ledger |date=February 28, 2013 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103224438/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/02/billie_joe_armstrong_rehab_1.html |archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/09/23/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-heads-to-rehab/70000969/1#.Ul9-UySXKAJ|title= Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong heads to rehab|date= September 23, 2012|access-date= October 16, 2013|website= USA Today|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140113110018/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/09/23/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-heads-to-rehab/70000969/1#.Ul9-UySXKAJ|archive-date= January 13, 2014|df= mdy-all}}</ref> However, Dirnt would later say in an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that he agreed with what Armstrong meant by his rant.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/q-a-green-days-mike-dirnt-on-billie-joe-armstrongs-recovery-20130301|title=Q&A: Green Day's Mike Dirnt on Billie Joe Armstrong's Recovery|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005201955/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/q-a-green-days-mike-dirnt-on-billie-joe-armstrongs-recovery-20130301|archive-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> The band later made amends with the company and played an album release party for their 2016 release, ''Revolution Radio''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2016-10-12-green-day-iheartradio-album-release-party-on-att-iheartradio-theater-la-watch/|title=Green Day iHeartRadio Album Release Party On AT&T iHeartRadio Theater LA (Watch)|work=iHeart Radio|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706234925/https://www.iheart.com/content/2016-10-12-green-day-iheartradio-album-release-party-on-att-iheartradio-theater-la-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="iHeart16and19">{{cite web|first=Jem|last=Aswad|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/green-day-iheartradio-music-festival-1203333223/|title=Green Day to Perform at 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival|work=Variety|date=September 12, 2019|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807173432/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/green-day-iheartradio-music-festival-1203333223/|url-status=live}}</ref> They also returned to the festival in 2019 supporting the album ''Father of All Motherfuckers''.<ref name="iHeart16and19"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-09-17-australia-news-green-day-to-return-to-iheartradio-music-festival-stage-joins-2019-lineup/|title=Green Day to Return to iHeartRadio Music Festival Stage, Joins 2019 Lineup|work=iHeart Radio|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807173432/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-09-17-australia-news-green-day-to-return-to-iheartradio-music-festival-stage-joins-2019-lineup/|url-status=live}}</ref>