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Green Day band members, from left, Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool arrive at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Billie Joe Armstrong checks into rehab

Hospitalized earlier this month while on tour

Updated: Monday, 24 Sep 2012, 8:40 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 24 Sep 2012, 8:40 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is going into rehab after a profane rant at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas Friday. Armstrong complained onstage that their time was being cut short and got so angry he smashed his guitar.

The rest of Green Day started smashing instruments too. Green Day have issued an apology and say their set was not cut short. It's not clear for what Armstrong will receive treatment.

He was hospitalized earlier this month while on tour in Bologna, Italy, for an undisclosed ailment. Tomorrow Green Day will release "Uno," the first album in a trilogy, with the second in November and the third in January.