After several months on the sidelines brought about by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's visit to a drug and alcohol rehab center, Green Day returned to the stage Sunday (March 10) night in Pomona, Calif., with a 22-song set that was heavy on hits and light on material from their recent one-two-three punch of '¡Uno!,' '¡Dos!' and '¡Tré!'
Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong talks in the new Rolling Stone about the drug use that landed him in rehab last year, revealing that he used to carry so many prescription pills around that his "backpack sounded like a giant baby rattle." He also admits to using "prayer through meditation" to help stay sober.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong went to rehab smack dab in the middle of the band's release schedule for its trio of albums '¡Uno!,' '¡Dos!' and '¡Tré!' You know it must have been bad for him to have pulled out of promoting and supporting the trilogy. Turns it was bad. Really bad.
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What started as an expletive-filled onstage meltdown during Green Day's performance at the iHeart Radio Festival in Las Vegas back in September soon turned into much more, following reports that singer Billie Joe Armstrong had been shipped off to rehab to deal with undisclosed substance abuse issues in the wake of the gig.
Any way you slice it, rehab is serious stuff. But Billie Joe Armstrong's current trip to an undisclosed facility to deal with unspecified substance abuse issues may be way more serious than it seemed, as Green Day bandmate Mike Dirnt has come out to say that Billie's "life is in danger."
He has a new album to promote, touring obligations to plan for, and a stint in rehab to get through, but that wasn't enough to keep Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong from kicking off his stint as a mentor on NBC's 'The Voice' last night (Oct. 8).
Billie Joe Armstrong may still be in rehab, but thanks to the magic of pre-taped television, the Green Day singer begins his previously announced run as a mentor for Team Christina on 'The Voice' tonight (Oct. 8) at 8PM ET. Signing up to advise 'Voice' coach Christina Aguilera on the reality singing competition show may not have been an obvious move, but Armstrong insists it works.
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