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In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong opens up about years of substance abuse, subsequent rehab, and the meltdown at the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festivalthat led to his treatment.
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"I remember tiny things," Armstrong tells Rolling Stone when asked about what happened in Vegas.
"The next morning, I woke up. I asked [my wife] Adrienne, 'How bad was it?' She said, 'It's bad.' I called my manager. He said, 'You're getting on a plane, going back to Oakland and going into rehab immediately.'"
Green Day made headlines after their set at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, when Billie Joe went on an on-stage rant that included expletives, guitar smashing, and a brash reminder to the audience that he is 'not f***ing Justin Bieber, you motherf*****s.'
Of his years of alcohol and prescription drug abuse, Billie Joe tells the magazine, "I couldn't predict where I was going to end up at the end of the night... I'd wake up in a strange house on a couch. I wouldn't remember how. It was a complete blackout."
The new issue of Rolling Stone hits newsstands Friday.
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