As a rock ‘n’ roll frontman, Paul Di’Anno left no stone unturned. However, after his passing in 2024, at the age of 66, the original Iron Maiden singer is surely one of the great “what ifs” in the heavier end of music.

Di’Anno’s life, career and brutal health battles are the subject of a new feature-length documentary, Di’Anno – Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, the work of filmmaker Wes Orshoski (Lemmy, The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead).

The film screens in North American cinemas from June 9, through Cleopatra Entertainment, and features appearances by James Hetfield (Metallica), Gene Simmons (Kiss) Maiden’s Steve Harris and members of Exodus, Slayer, Megadeth, Overkill and Sepultura.

In it, Orshoski unearths footage of Di’Anno in his pomp, a pioneer who bent metal into punk and led from the front on the first two Maiden album. Poor lifestyle choices led to poor health, and Di’Anno’s final years, as we observe in the film, are anything but a heavy metal miracle. By the mid-2010s, Di’Anno was wheelchair-bound due to crippling knee injuries, a grim situation that contributed to anxiety and depression, all of which the late rocker discusses in the film.

Still, his voice remained mighty when his body failed him, and Di’Anno was always planning, hoping to hit the road again. In one touching moment, caught on film, Di’Anno learned that his old Maiden bandmates would step in to cover his extensive medical bills.

“My film largely centers on their efforts to help Paul get back on his feet, professionally, emotionally and literally,” explains Orshoski. Through the extensive process, the setbacks, and the hope, “I grew a lot from working with Paul,” he admits.

Di’Anno was the frontman with Maiden from 1978 to 1981, leading from the front for the British band’s self-titled album from 1980 and its followup from 1981, Killers. He split with the group before their 1982 commercial breakthrough with The Number of the Beast, which introduced new vocalist Bruce Dickinson, the band’s frontman to this day.

“Those first two albums are so special to me,” says Metallica’s Hetfield at the top of the doc. “Paul had kinda like the ultimate metal voice for me.”

In his post-Maiden career, Di’Anno worked recorded and toured as a solo artist and as a member of such groups as Gogmagog, Di’Anno’s Battlezone, Killers, Rockfellas, and Warhorse.

Billboard caught up with Orshoski to discuss the film, almost 10 years in the making. And, of course, its tragic subject.

Billboard: It feels like the planets aligned this year for Iron Maiden, with Rock Hall induction, the band doing some of their biggest shows, and two documentaries. How did your film come about?

Wes Orshoski: I’m thrilled to see Maiden voted in this year. I grew up in the Cleveland area and the Rock Hall means a lot to me. There are a lot of acts that have been criminally ignored, like INXS, the Smiths and Joy Division, but Maiden to me is the biggest wrong that needed to be righted with this year’s vote.

My film has been a long time coming. I started work on it in 2017, not long after Matt Green at Cleopatra Records and his longtime friend and former Di’Anno bandmate Cliff Evans reached out to me and pitched me on it. I was intrigued and said “yes” immediately. I grew up a fan of Bruce Dickinson (Di’Anno’s replacement) and never really knew that much about Paul, but I knew that his legend still loomed large.

So, I knew there was going to be an incredible story to tell. But I can’t believe how things really came together for in the end.

Documentaries are a labor of love. Can you give me a sense of the challenges you were faced with in the making this film?

Well, before I ever even met Paul, he misled me on the phone about his physical condition. He made it seem like he would be on his feet in a month or so, after a minor medical procedure and a month after that I would be filming him on tour in Brazil. The first time I ever met him was at the front entrance to his local hospital in Salisbury, England. He was going for a doctor’s appointment before that “minor procedure” and I was there to film it.

Immediately, I realized he wouldn’t be walking any time soon. The doctor there explained that he was in need of two complete knee replacements, one extremely involved. Paul nearly flipped at one point when the doctor explained to him that there was a chance he could both lose one of his legs and potentially even die during the operation. I originally signed on to make the film over a 12-month period, and it became obvious that that was not going to happen.

After that, Paul began missing appointments, which I’ve learned is a major no-no within the British national healthcare system. He was waiting longer and longer for care, while his health was getting worse and worse. So there were tons of delays because of his health, and then Covid happened. And it was in the middle of Covid that two fans stepped in, launched a crowdfunding campaign and convinced him to seek treatment in Croatia.

They were both Paul’s guardian angels, and they gave me a film!!!

My film largely centers on their efforts to help Paul get back on his feet, professionally, emotionally and literally.

You spent time in close quarters with Paul. What can you tell us about him, and that personal time you shared?

I filmed with him on and off from 2017 to 2023. Paul could be an absolute sweetheart, a lovely man, and he could be an absolute demon. I tried to show both sides in the film. I enjoyed being around the easy-joking funny guy quite a lot. When he was in a great mood, he could be super fun and a blast. Zero ego. But when the Mr. Hyde side of him reared its head, it could be ugly for everyone within earshot. And he was sort of unapologetic about that nastiness. That said, several times I would see him blow up and then I would notice that he would almost immediately feel awful about it.

You have to understand, I was filming him during some of the worst times in his life. I mean, imagine where your mental health would be if stuck in a wheelchair going on almost a decade, and desperately trying to put your life back together and you have a camera on you. I know I for one could not endure that. So I try to keep that in mind when thinking back on the darker moments.

To be honest with you, I grew a lot from working with Paul. After the film had dragged on for a few years, I remember filming him in his care center in Croatia, and on this particular day we really got into it with the camera rolling, just yelling at each other. I watched it a few years later with a different sort of perspective and realized he was absolutely right about everything he was barking at me about. I called him up to apologize.

He was in Mexico at the time, and he couldn’t have cared less. He was more interested in what sort of tacos he was going to order for lunch. So as much as he was rightly known as The Beast, there was a certain amount of grace there, too.

Did Paul get to see an edit of the film before he passed?

He did not, no. The film was finished when he passed, but, no, he never had a chance to see it.

Were you in touch with the Iron Maiden camp during the process?

The very first thing I did after signing a contract with Cleopatra was call Iron Maiden management. Maiden manager Rod Smallwood was very kind, but immediately told me that neither he or any of the current band members would be participating.

Obviously, it was a massive bummer, but not unexpected. In the end, though, I’m very happy to say that Steve Harris and the rest of the guys do appear in the film.

Who should go see this film?

This is the first film I made for a specific audience — Maiden fans and metal fans in general. The outside world has no idea who Paul Di’Anno, nor do they care. So I didn’t really make a film that’s trying to straddle the line between appeasing metalheads and everybody else. That said, I’ve gotten some wonderful feedback from folks who’ve seen it who had no knowledge of Paul or Maiden before the film started. Ya know, girlfriends of guys with Eddie on their chest (laughs).

A special Q&A session with Orshoski will immediately follow the North American theatrical premiere on June 9 at Lumiere Music Hall Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. The film will release that day on both the digital VOD and Home Entertainment DVD/Blu-ray formats.

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Jack White has raised a toast to Stephen Colbert, the satirist, talk-show master and Trump agitator whose 11-year reign at The Late Show came to an end Thursday evening, May 21.

Colbert gathered an all-star cast, and welcomed Beatles great Paul McCartney, for the emotional farewell. Many, however, including White, political commentator Robert Reich, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Wednesday night’s guest, Bruce Springsteen, insist that The Late Show should still be on the airwaves, but was canceled under a cloud of political censorship.

With Thursday night’s episode done, the show is over.

“America needs to give a standing ovation for this man tonight,” White writes on his socials. “God Bless Stephen, it is absolutely ridiculous that we live in a country where a President’s ego can vindictively censor network television…..and nobody stops him.”

The White Stripes frontman, himself a vocal critic of Donald Trump, continued: “Carry on down your new paths with your head held high sir. You’ve told the truth and given us so much to laugh at, and we’re expecting even more in the future. Thank you.”

Colbert’s stinging rebukes of Trump, his administration and the MAGA movement apparently hit a raw nerve with the president. In a Truth Social rant in late 2025, the president called on CBS to “put him to sleep,” and he’d go on to label Colbert a “pathetic trainwreck” and a “dead man walking.”

CBS did cancel the show in 2025, citing financial losses. Many progressives, however, point to the timing. The axe swung soon after Colbert’s criticism of CBS’s parent company, Paramount, over its $16 million legal settlement with Trump, coming at a moment when Paramount was on the brink of a merger deal that U.S. authorities could block.

Springsteen lauded Colbert on Wednesday night’s second-from-last episode. “I am here tonight to support Stephen, because you’re the first guy in America who lost his show because we’ve got a president who can’t take a joke,” he remarked. Read Jack White’s post below.

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The secret is out: BTS has revealed the venue and on-sale specifics for the Asia and Australia legs of their BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’.

Produced by Live Nation, the Asia swing gets underway on Thursday, Nov. 19 at Kaohsiung National Stadium and includes stops in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Jakarta in the last quarter. Then Australia dates start Friday, Feb 12, 2026 with back-to-back nights at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium before heading to Sydney’s Accor Stadium for performances on Feb. 20 and 21, followed by shows in Hong Kong and Manila next March.

Tickets are available from Tuesday, June 2 via ARMY membership presale, with the general onsale beginning Thursday, June 4 at btsworldtourofficial.com.

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According to a statement, the production for those shows features an immersive 360-degree, in-the-round stage design, which places fans at the center of the experience while expanding overall stadium capacity, all of it in support of BTS’ fifth studio album ARIRANG.

The K-pop superstars’ tour got going in April in their homeland, South Korea, followed by dates in the United States and Mexico. Next up, Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV this Saturday, May 23.

Demand for tickets has been “unprecedented,” reps say. Following the initial onsale, BTS sold out all 41 stadium dates across North America, Europe, and the U.K., shifting nearly 2.4 million tickets.

To cope with “overwhelming fan demand during presales,” further dates were added and promptly sold out in Tampa, FL. Stanford, CA, and Las Vegas, NV, and in Latin America.

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BTS World Tour ‘ARIRANG’ 2026 & 2027 Asia And Australia Dates:

Nov. 19 — Kaohsiung – Kaohsiung National Stadium

Nov. 21 — Kaohsiung – Kaohsiung National Stadium

Nov. 22 — Kaohsiung – Kaohsiung National Stadium

Dec. 3 — Bangkok – Rajamangala National Stadium

Dec. 5 — Bangkok – Rajamangala National Stadium

Dec. 6 — Bangkok – Rajamangala National Stadium

Dec. 12 — Kuala Lumpur – TM Stadium Nasional

Dec. 13 — Kuala Lumpur – TM Stadium Nasional

Dec. 17 — Singapore – National Stadium

Dec. 19 — Singapore – National Stadium

Dec. 20 — Singapore – National Stadium

Dec. 22 — Singapore – National Stadium

Dec. 26 — Jakarta – Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium

Dec. 27 — Jakarta – Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium

Feb. 12 — Melbourne, AU — Marvel Stadium

Feb. 13 — Melbourne, AU — Marvel Stadium

Feb. 20 — Sydney, AU — Accor Stadium

Feb. 21 — Sydney, AU — Accor Stadium

March 4 — Hong Kong – Kai Tak Stadium

March 6 — Hong Kong – Kai Tak Stadium

March 7 — Hong Kong – Kai Tak Stadium

March 13 — Manila – Philippine Sports Stadium

March 14 — Manila – Philippine Sports Stadium

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. 

Last week, we featured Gracie Abrams, Drake and Maluma.

This week: Olivia Rodrigo shares the second single from her forthcoming You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, Lola Young returns with the hearty “From Down Here” and Charli xcx continues to tease her new album with “SS26” … plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Olivia Rodrigo, “The Cure”

From the first strummed chord of “The Cure” one thing becomes clear: indie-rocker Liv has entered the chat. Across the near five-minute song, Rodrigo flexes her singer-songwriter muscles as the initial riff continues on, resulting in a song that would sound just as good at a stripped down, acoustic open mic session (though she’s already been there, done that already for this cycle) as it would blaring through a stadium sound system. And once that bridge hits — introducing a swiftly sped up tempo for the song’s final minute — her upcoming Unraveled Tour name makes a whole lot more sense.

Lola Young, “From Down Here”

Following a Grammy win for best pop solo performance (“Messy”) and ahead of a celebrated return to headline All Things Go, Lola Young is sharing the soulful and soaring “From Down Here.” Co-written and co-produced by James Blake, his fingerprints are all over the track’s enticing layers. Together, each one helps create a plush sonic playground for Young’s vocals to jump around on — and in fact, it takes a voice like hers to not get lost in the sound but rather act as its guide no matter the vantage point.

Charli xcx, “SS26”

The second single from Charli’s upcoming album, once again, takes a turn down a new path (or, as she sings, down a “runway that goes straight to hell”). The surprisingly mid-tempo track puts Charli’s vocals at the forefront and feels far removed from the divisive lead single “Rock Music” — save for a subtle, unrelenting riff that at times leans heavy on fuzzy feedback. But really, it’s the writing that provokes a second play as Charli sings of the inevitable end of the world through the lens of a new spring/summer collection, concluding: “Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion, or film.”

Bleachers, everyone for ten minutes

Focus track “we should talk,” from Bleachers’ fifth album that arrives on Friday (May 22), wastes no time setting the agenda for what exactly should be talked about. “We had a band, we had a life, we had dreams/ In a van we wrote our own Bible supreme/ Then you got a house, a lawn, a wife and a kid/ And those dreams turned to memories and that’s where it ends.” The flittering pop-rock track paints a picture a familiar crossroads between the life you’ve already lived and the one that feels fast approaching — and what you want to do about it.

Blondshell, Heart Has To Work So Hard

Indie rocker Blondshell is preparing for a big season ahead, announcing her biggest headlining shows for the fall and now launching her next cycle with the aching and angry “Heart Has To Work So Hard.” And while her distinct dismal tone stamps the song as only her own, the unrelenting production and musicianship create a new point of intriguing tension that could — and should — be explored more on a future project. As Blondshell shared in a statement: “This song is really about friendship and betrayal, getting stuck in a dynamic and letting things fester…but it’s also about a love so enduring that you find compassion no matter what.”

The finale of Stephen Colbert’s beloved late-night show wasn’t a cliffhanger, but a blockbuster, as Paul McCartney stopped by The Ed Sullivan Theater for an interview.

In doing so, the Beatles great completed the full circle. It was here, in the same glorious New York City building back on Feb. 9, 1964, when the legendary British band made their historic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. When the screaming had subsided, the world had changed. The Fab Four’s U.S. TV debut shook America’s teenage population, gathering an estimated 73 million viewers, a record for its time and a wake-up call for pop culture.  

McCartney, 83, is perhaps the most famous living pop star on earth. And the two-time Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee can still command screams wherever he goes, as was evident on his final appearance Thursday night, May 21 on The Late Show. How often does that still happen, Colbert asked his famous guest. “Often,” was the response. True story. Check out the proof below.

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Colbert’s final broadcast of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert draws curtains on an 11-year run. CBS announced the cancelation in July 2025, citing financial losses. Many observers, however, aren’t buying it, with figures like Senator Elizabeth Warren claiming the axing was political censorship, coming just days after Colbert publicly criticized CBS’s parent company, Paramount, over its $16 million legal settlement with Trump, a moment when Paramount was on the brink of a merger deal that U.S. authorities could block.

“We’ve had so much fun in this theater, so many great segments,” Colbert remarked in his last, opening monologue. The gags, they flowed as usual. Once backstage, Elvis Presley used the bathroom and didn’t die, Colbert insisted. And those regular dry observations of current affairs and Trump’s administration, they were barbed, as expected.

Special occasions require special guests, and this final episode was no different as Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, Tim Meadows and others popped up for fun cameos, while an extraordinary line-up of special guest questioners did their bit, including Billy Crystal, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Josh Brolin, Martha Stewart, Mark Hamill, Ben Stiller, James Taylor and Robert De Niro.

At the top, Colbert reminded the audience that, despite the show disappearing from the airwaves, “we were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years. You can’t take this for granted.” Watch his final monologue, the McCartney interview and his show-ending performance of “Jump Up/Hello Goodbye” with Elvis Costello and Jon Batiste below.

Dua Lipa is putting a bow on the Radical Optimism era with a gift for the fans. The “Levitating” singer turned her three-show run in Mexico City to close out the Radical Optimism Tour into a live album as Live From Mexico hit streaming services on Friday (May 22).

The live album boasts 21 tracks in total, which is filled with Dua hits like “Electricity,” “One Kiss,” “Levitating,” “Illusion,” “Don’t Start Now” and “Houdini.” There’s even a cover of Mana’s “Oye Mi Amor,” as Fher Olvera joined her for a surprise performance at the Estadio GNP Seguros show in December 2025.

“Live From Mexico the concert film is out now on YouTube and the album drops everywhere at midnight 2 of the most special years wrapped up into 2 hours.. the end of an era,” she wrote to social media on Thursday (May 21).

Dua continued: “I hope watching and listening to this shows the euphoria, the love, the blood sweat and tears and most importantly the radical optimism (!!) that we all shared on this tour, we will have it forever now so thank you!!!!”

Fans have the opportunity to purchase a CD or vinyl edition of Live From Mexico to commemorate their tour memories as well.

The pop star also shared a concert film for Live From Mexico, which was released on YouTube for free on Thursday (May 21), as fans could relive the thrills from the Radical Optimism Tour experience.

The Radical Optimism Tour came in support of Dua Lipa’s 2024 album Radical Optimism, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, earning 83,000 album equivalent units, according to Luminate.

The global trek scored Dua the third biggest tour of any from a pop star in 2025. According to Billboard Boxscore, the 30-year-old grossed more than $141 million with 1.2 million tickets sold throughout 59 shows.

Stream Live from Mexico below.

Mgk and Wiz Khalifa emerged as stars at the turn of the 2010s, and they’re paying homage to their breakthrough era with the Blog Era Boyz joint mixtape, which hit streaming services on Friday (May 22).

Wiz and Kels originally teamed up back in 2013 for “Mind of a Stoner,” and rekindled their working relationship in 2026. They duo joined forces for a pair of singles — “Girl Next Door” and “Everything Tatted” — to gain momentum heading into the collab tape more than a decade later.

Friendship and nostalgia power the mixtape, which boasts nine tracks in total. Mgk and the Pittsburgh rapper are also currently on the road together, so some fresh tunes from the duo made sense.

Wiz joined Kels for his Lost Americana Tour, which kicked off a second leg in California on May 15 and will be heading to Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis, Toronto, Kansas City and Vancouver, B.C., before closing up shop in Ridgefield, Wash., on July 1 with a final date.

Mgk has been busy coming off of 2025’s Lost Americana, which went No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart. In April, the Cleveland native recruited Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst for “Fix Ur Face” in April, which topped the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.

As for Wiz, he’s been a machine when it comes to keeping his fan base fed with new music this year. Through May, the “Black and Yellow” rapper has already been part of five projects outside of Blog Era Boyz, which includes Khaotic, helming the Moses the Black soundtrack, Girls Love Horses and the Roofless Records for Drop Tops double disc joint album with Curren$y.

Stream Blog Era Boyz below.

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Formula 1 returns, as the league travels to Montreal for the only grand prix in Canada in the 2026 season. With all eyes on Andrea Kimi Antonelli and George Russell with Mercedes sitting at the top of the leaderboard, McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton are looking for victory to rise in the ranks with more points and podiums.

Meanwhile, an all-Canadian lineup of Simple Plan, Bryan Adams, Alessia Cara, The Beaches and others are set to perform during the grand prix at the CGV Experience at Jean-Doré Beach, Parc Jean-Drapeau all weekend long.

Broadcasting live from Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, the F1 Canadian Grand Prix starts with Practice 1 on Friday, May 22, with a start time of 12:30 ET/9:30 a.m. PT. Race weekend ends with race day on Sunday, May 24, at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

Where to Stream the 2026 F1 Canadian Grand Prix Online, At a Glance:

Apple TV is the best way for fans to tune in to every race for the 2026 season, at no additional cost — just the subscription price at $12.99 per month, or $99 per year.

Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the Canadian Grand Prix.

How to Watch the 2026 F1 Canadian Grand Prix Online for Free

New Apple TV subscribers can take advantage of a seven-day free trial, which is more than enough time to watch the F1 Canadian Grand Prix for free.

In addition, Apple TV has all F1 races for the 2026 season. It has all warmups, practices, sprints and qualifying coverage and other extras, such as Drive to Survive (in U.S. only), with no blackouts. All races livestream in 4K Dolby Vision with 5.1 surround sound and Apple’s “Multiview” experiences.

I like Apple TV for its wide range of originals, like Severance, Pluribus, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and others, as well as live sports, such as MLB Friday Night Baseball and all Major League Soccer matches. The streaming service also has excellent original music documentaries and programming, including Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, Beastie Boys Story, Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson and others.

2026 F1 Canadian Grand Prix Schedule

The Canadian Grand Prix starts with practice, sprints and qualifying races on Friday, May 22, and concludes with race day on Sunday, May 24. Here’s the full schedule below:

Friday, May 22

Saturday, May 23

Sunday, May 24

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Charli xcx is on a “runway that goes straight to hell” for her new “SS26” song and music video, which arrived Thursday night (May 21).

For the music video — directed by Torso from a concept by Charli — the singer/songwriter walks the Paris runways in a series of high-fashion looks as she sings lyrics about both style and substance. “Spring Summer ’26/ When the world is gonna end, no hope for any of it/ Yeah, we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell/ Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion, or film.”

In the second verse, Charli has some fun with the cancel-culture news cycle, singing, “I was hacked, it got taken out of context, obviously/ But I didn’t do it, even if I did, wrote a really good notes app apology.”

Watch the music video below:

“SS26” arrives two weeks after the release of “Rock Music,” the first taste of Charli’s seventh studio album, which doesn’t yet have a title or release date. Following her buzzy comeback with 2024’s Brat album, Charli announced her intent to pivot away from the dance genre on “Rock Music,” singing: “I think the dance floor is dead/ So now we’re making rock music.” This seemed to catch the attention of Madonna, whose own dance album Confessions II arrives on July 3. The Queen of Pop declared in an Instagram post this week: “If your Dance floor feels dead, maybe you’re playing the wrong music.”

“Rock Music” and “SS26” will both be included on Charli’s yet-untitled next album.