Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is headed to treatment for substance abuse.
Sunday's announcement by the band's rep comes after the 40-year-old frontman had a meltdown onstage at a concert in Las Vegas on Friday. As Green Day was wrapping up its performance during the all-star, two-day concert, Armstrong profanely complained that the band's time was being cut short. Armstrong smashed his guitar before leaving the stage. The Grammy-winning band is also cancelling some of its promotional appearances.
It's due to release the album Uno today, the follow-up to 21st Century Breakdown, released three years ago. Uno is the first in a trilogy of albums; the second is to be out in November, and the last in January. The band is due to kick off a nationwide tour Nov. 26 in Seattle.
Green Day is one of rock's top acts and had huge success with its 2004 politically charged album American Idiot, which went on to become a Broadway musical.
