Billie Joe Armstrong and company follow up ‘Know Your Enemy’ with 2000’s ‘Minority.’ By James Montgomery Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong performs during the 2009 EMAs on Thursday in Berlin, Germany Photo: Gareth Cattermole/ Getty Images The 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards kicked off with plenty of pyro, tons of crunching chords and a nearly exposed backside — all courtesy of Green Day . The iconic East Bay punks pulled the curtain at the 2009 EMAs, but they hardly seemed like an opening act, shredding their way through a fiery, feisty performance that had the Berlin crowd in hysterics
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Green Day Kick Off 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards With Fiery Set






















