Editing Billie Joe Armstrong (section)

===2012 substance abuse===
On September 21, 2012, during a Green Day performance at Las Vegas' [[iHeartRadio Music Festival]], Armstrong became agitated onstage and stopped the band's set midway through their performance of the 1994 hit song "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]". In an expletive-filled rant, Armstrong criticized the event's promoters for allegedly cutting short the band's performance, before smashing his guitar and storming off stage.<ref>{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/live/green-day-epic-punk-tantrum-becomes-talk-iheartradio-170318701.html |title=Green Day's Epic Punk Tantrum Becomes The Talk of iHeartRadio Festival, Day 1 &#124; Maximum Performance (NEW) – Yahoo Music |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103105647/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/live/green-day-epic-punk-tantrum-becomes-talk-iheartradio-170318701.html |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref> The band later issued a statement apologizing for the incident and clarifying that their set had not actually been cut short.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2012/09/green_days_billie_joe_armstron.html |title=Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has onstage meltdown, will seek treatment: Favorite People |work=The Oregonian |date=September 24, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103070521/http://www.oregonlive.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2012/09/green_days_billie_joe_armstron.html |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref> The incident occurred just four days prior to the release of Green Day's ninth studio album, ''[[¡Uno!]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Sperounes |first=Sandra |url=http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/09/24/album-review-green-days-uno/ |title=Album review: Green Day's ¡Uno! &#124; Edmonton Journal |publisher=Blogs.edmontonjournal.com |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101201158/http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/09/24/album-review-green-days-uno/ |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }}</ref>

Two days after the incident at the [[iHeartRadio Music Festival]], Green Day announced that Armstrong was seeking treatment for an unspecified substance abuse problem.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenday.com/news/news-70741 |title=NEWS – Green Day Official News |publisher=Greenday.com |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105000407/http://www.greenday.com/news/news-70741 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Billie Joe Armstrong enters treatment">{{cite web | url=http://www.upvenue.com/article/1684-billie-joe-armstrong-seeks-substance-abuse-treatment.html | title=Billie Joe Armstrong Seeks Substance Abuse Treatment | date=September 23, 2011 | access-date=September 23, 2012 | work=UpVenue | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927015752/http://www.upvenue.com/article/1684-billie-joe-armstrong-seeks-substance-abuse-treatment.html | archive-date=September 27, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> As a result, scheduled appearances on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'' and ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' were canceled.<ref>{{cite news |last=Martens |first=Todd |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-rant-las-vegas-rehab-20120923,0,6169013.story |title=Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong rants in Las Vegas, off to rehab |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 24, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106030459/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-rant-las-vegas-rehab-20120923,0,6169013.story |archive-date=November 6, 2013 }}</ref> According to Claudia Suarez Wright, Tre Cool's ex-wife and the mother of Armstrong's godson, Armstrong had been drinking heavily in Las Vegas prior to the [[iHeartRadio Music Festival]], following approximately one year of sobriety.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/green-day/66329 |title=Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong had been 'drinking a lot' the night of his breakdown  |work=NME |date=September 26, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102123203/http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/66329 |archive-date=November 2, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_21628360/hicks-billie-joe-armstrong-was-sober-year-until |title=Hicks: Billie Joe Armstrong was sober for a year until last weekend – San Jose Mercury News |work=Mercury News |date=September 25, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102035701/http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_21628360/hicks-billie-joe-armstrong-was-sober-year-until |archive-date=November 2, 2013 }}</ref>

Armstrong gave an interview to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in March 2013 in which he said that he had "been trying to get sober since 1997, right around ''Nimrod''".<ref name="rs2013">{{cite magazine|last1=Fricke|first1=David|title=Billie Joe Armstrong: The Rolling Stone Interview|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-billie-joe-armstrong-20130314|access-date=January 5, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=March 14, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010314/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-billie-joe-armstrong-20130314|archive-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> He discussed how, during the 21st Century Breakdown tour of 2009–2010, "There were meltdowns on that tour that were huge".<ref name="rs2013" /> Armstrong detailed his addiction, in particular how it had escalated in the months prior to the release of the ''¡Uno!'', ''¡Dos!'', and ''¡Tre!'' albums and the performance at iHeartRadio, stating that during the band's 2011 summer tour of Europe, "I was at my pill-taking height at that time, medicating the shit out of myself".<ref name="ReferenceA">RollingStoneMagazine-issue-1178-March14-2013-Pg39</ref> Armstrong gave details of a gig at Irving Plaza in New York just over a week before the iHeartRadio incident, in which he "Threw back four or five beers before we went on and probably had four or five when we played. Then I drank my body weight in alcohol after that. I ended up hungover on the West Side Highway, laying in a little park."<ref name="ReferenceA" />

Green Day canceled all remaining concert dates for 2012 and early 2013 as Armstrong continued dealing with his personal problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2012/10/29/20315706-wenn-story.html|title=CANOE – JAM! Music: Green Day scrap upcoming tour|publisher=Jam.canoe.ca|access-date=November 25, 2013|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115065452/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2012/10/29/20315706-wenn-story.html|archive-date=January 15, 2013}}</ref> In late December 2012, the band announced they would return to touring at the end of March 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/02/16300249-green-day-announce-return-to-touring-in-march?lite | title=Green Day announce return to touring in March | first=Chris | last=Michaud | date=January 2, 2013 | access-date=January 11, 2013 | publisher=NBC News | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105013113/http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/02/16300249-green-day-announce-return-to-touring-in-march?lite | archive-date=January 5, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Armstrong later said that the substances he had been abusing were alcohol and prescription pills for anxiety and insomnia.<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>