Who Didn't Flip Out At The iHeartRadio Music Festival?

by Dave Hodgson

September 24, 2012

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You've probably already heard that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, either because he was given a one-minute warning to end his set or as a publicity stunt, lost it onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. So who didn't lose their S at the iHeartRadio Music Festival?

You’ve probably heard by now that Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, either because he was given a one-minute warning to end his set or as a publicity stunt, lost it onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, smashing his guitar and crying, “I’m not f***ing Justin Bieber!” Which will come as a relief to Selena Gomez.

Armstrong later entered rehab for substance abuse and the event somewhat overshadowed an event that boasted… yeah, a pretty stunning array of guests. So we must ask: who didn’t lose their S at the iHeartRadio Music Festival?

Also, what’s the iHeartRadio Music Festival? Well, iHeartRadio is a streaming Internet radio platform owned by Clear Channel Broadcasting, who specialize in terrestrial radio and outdoor advertising. This was their first attempt at a massive promotional shindig and they clearly spared no expense, hiring Ryan Seacrest to host what they called the “biggest live music event in radio history.” With a strong focus on pop music, you can pretty much call it Poppapalooza, both because it’s accurate and sounds highly amusing.

The festival spanned the entire weekend, and we’ve done our best to pool the top moments that were eclipsed by Green Day’s bad day.

No Doubt teamed up with Pink (nope, not typing that exclamation point) for an upbeat duet job on “Just a Girl”:

Continuing a theme, Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance helped out deadmau5 in a performance that flunked the Harding Test:

And wow, Mary J. Blige was joined by frigging Prince, wearing some kind of gold-plated sleep mask, to perform “Nothing Compares 2 You”:

Linkin Park showed up to play the oldies and debatably goodies. Y’ALL REMEMBER THIS:

Psy did Psy things:

And Taylor Swift sang a song you’ve probably never heard before:

Head on over to YouTube for the rest of the scraps and dribbles, because iHeartRadio in its infinite wisdom isn’t hosting the performances on their website. So it’s basically the above clips and shaky fancam of a fifty-year-old woman screeching along to Aerosmith. Her screams will haunt me forevermore.

Tags: Music, Billie Joe Armstrong, Deadmau5, Gerard Way, green day, iHeartRadio, Linkin Park, Mary J Blige, No Doubt, Pink, psy

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