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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong will appear on 'The Voice' despite rehab
Published: 9/25/2012 8:53 AM
Last Modified: 9/25/2012 9:15 AM


Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, seen here Sept. 15 in New York, will appear as a mentor on "The Voice" even though he has entered rehab. SCOTT GRIES/Invision for Nokia/AP Images

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong won't miss appearing on NBC's "The Voice" despite entering rehab.

Armstrong, who will be a mentor for Christina Aguilera's team on the reality singing competition, taped his appearances during the summer before he had a public meltdown Friday.

"We're taped and all set," confirmed an NBC representative, according to deadline.com. He is set to appear later this season on NBC's hit series which airs at 7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays on channel 2, cable 9.

The singer reportedly screamed obscenities, slammed Justin Bieber and smashed his guitar before leaving the stage after he was told to wrap up Green Day's set at the iHeartRadio festival, reported tmz.com.

"Billie Joe is seeking treatment for substance abuse," the band posted on its Facebook page.

"We would like everyone to know that our set was not cut short by Clear Channel and to apologize to those we offended at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas. We regretfully must postpone some of our upcoming promotional appearances."

Green Day’s new album "Uno!" is being released today with a tour scheduled to launch November 26.

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Rita Sherrow grew up with TV. Yes, it was the ever-present “sister” from another techno mother. At first look, it was instant "Like." From then on, the TV had to be on in every room while she studied, elementary school through college. An Air Force brat, she attended school in three states (Oklahoma, Montana and Georgia) and two foreign countries (Germany and Bermuda) and graduated from Broken Arrow High School and the University of Tulsa with a degree in journalism/advertising. She first interned in the advertising world but, when a J-School professor (who also covered politics for the Tulsa World) offered her an internship at the newspaper, she took him up on it. The rest is history. She has served as bridal editor, senior features writer for the women’s section, food editor and is television editor of the Tulsa World. In addition to writing about TV shows and interviewing the stars for “Scene” stories, she also writes a TV column for Weekend and produces the Sunday TV World listings magazine.

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