I read that on his Russian tour, Billy Joel flipped his Yamaha Piano over at the end of the show, (it broke) and offered to leave it for them as a souvenir. They told him to take his trash home. I think it's hanging from the ceiling of the Hard Rock Cafe in NY now.
There's nothing cool about trashing gear. Nothing makes me more crazy than spoiled, entitled, show biz folks, using the platform of entertainment to showcase their own personal agendas, or insecurities that have nothing to do with show biz. This is MY craft. MY art, and I resent anyone diminishing it's validity.