Green Day Kick Off 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards With Fiery Set

Green Day Kick Off 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards With Fiery Set

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. Billie Joe Armstrong and company tore right into "Know Your Enemy" from 21st Century Breakdown, chugging through chords as flames exploded behind them. Midway through the song, Armstrong strode into the crowd, pounding on his guitar (and nearly losing his pants in the process), did a victory lap, then returned to the stage just as his Green Day mates launched headlong into "Minority," from 2000's Warning.

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