I enjoyed reading this article about Billy Joel having a meltdown on stage in Moscow in the 80's. And there's also video of it...
 
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/bjxq74/30-years-ago-billy-joel-had-a-meltdown-in-moscow
 

Unfortunately, tl;dr!
 
Maybe I'll try again later...

craigb
Unfortunately, tl;dr!
 
Maybe I'll try again later...

Just skip to the part where he goes off his rocker. 

Billy Joel has a rocker?

Is it a Red Rocker?
 

bapu
Is it a Red Rocker?
 

SOVIET Red Rocker.  And he trashed it after the show.
 
I never thought of him as the "meltdown" kind of guy.  Interesting to see the hidden side...

bapu
Is it a Red Rocker?
 

Rooster. I meant rooster. 

Heck. He never missed a note during the meltdown. Not bad!

KenB123
Heck. He never missed a note during the meltdown. Not bad!

I was impressed by that too. Pretty classy stuff. 

It could have gone bad though. Like the bottom of a mike stand turning into a projectile and killing someone in the audience.  It was a bit irresponsible.  Bit like the time that on Countdown here in Australia many years ago there was a live performance of Iggy Pop in front of some very young teenagers.  The performance was a bit dark and creepy but he was wildly swing mike stands around and people were concerned.  I saw it once and it was a bit of a worry.  It was lucky nothing bad happened.