Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he recently suffered a minor stroke that resulted in damage to his left arm. The 77-year-old rock icon described a “health hiccup” last week that made him temporarily unable to control the hand he uses to pick out chords on his guitar, even as he assured his fans that he’s on the mend.

“I think good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days and I say this because it was in some doubt because that little Health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it was a minor stroke and all of a sudden — out of the blue – I didn’t have any control over this arm so was a little scary,” May said in a video posted on his website in which he wiggled his left hand as proof that he’s getting better.

“I have to say I had the most  fantastic care and attention from Frimley Hospital where I went blue lights flashing… the lot. Very exciting!!,” he added. May said he initially didn’t want to say anything because, “I really don’t want sympathy. PLEASE DON’T DO THAT cuz it’ll clutter up my inbox and I hate that.”

The good news, he said, is that he’s okay now and that he’s listening to his doctors, who have “grounded” him, which means no driving, no flying and no raising his heart rate too high.

The health update came as May is busy promoting his recently aired new documentary, Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me, which chronicles his decades long campaign to end the UK’s annual culling of badgers. According to the Guardian, around 200,000 badgers have been killed over the past decade in the UK over fears that the badgers are responsible for the spread of bovine tuberculosis, which results in the slaughter of around 20,000 infected cattle per year.

Back in 2020, May revealed a “near death” experience he had after suffering a heart attack.

See May’s video below.

Billie Eilish stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (Sept. 3) to chat about her new album Hit Me Hard and Soft, her creative process, and the connection she shares with her fans. At just 22, the singer-songwriter already boasts seven Grammy Awards and has broken streaming records worldwide.

“I’ve always been such an album lover,” she told Kimmel, explaining why she prefers to release full-length projects. “I really love when something feels like one piece and is cohesive and thought through.”

Eilish, who made history as the youngest person to sweep the top four Grammy categories in 2020, shared how she carefully arranges the flow of each album. “I’ll write down all the names, tear them up, move them around… it’s all about dynamics and the flow.”

The “Lunch” singer also touched on her long-standing relationship with her fans, likening seeing familiar faces at her concerts over the years to “seeing old friends again.”

“What’s been so cool is that all of these fans, all of my little family, we’ve been growing up at the same time,” she told Kimmel. “So many kids, especially in L.A. because I’m from here and I’m around and stuff, when I was first starting out there would be certain kids that I would see at everything I would do, and we were all the same age.”

Eilish continued, “So they would come to stuff and I would see them multiple times a year and then not for a couple years, and then I’d see them again. Over the years I’ve seen the same faces multiple times, and it feels like seeing my old friends again.”

Elsewhere in the interview, she treated the audience to an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip of her and her brother, Finneas, working on the track “Birds of a Feather” while in the back of an SUV in Brazil.

“This is such a normal thing for me and Finneas,” she said, referring to their sibling collaboration that has produced multiple hit records, including the James Bond theme “No Time to Die.” “We’ve recorded everywhere—from a tour bus bunk to little hotel rooms. It’s casual, but we love it.”

With her Hit Me Hard and Soft World Tour kicking off Sept. 29 in Quebec, Eilish shared how she balances life on the road. “I don’t ever want to resent it,” she explained. “I love touring, but you can start hating yourself if you’re gone for too long, so I make sure to take breaks in between.”

Eilish’s latest album Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June, marking the biggest weekly album units of her career. All 10 tracks from the album made it into the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40, including “Lunch” at No. 5, her highest debut to date. The album also secured 90,000 units in vinyl sales, earning Eilish her fifth consecutive No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart.

La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De René Camacho achieves its 18th No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Aquí Hay Para Llevar” jumps 2-1 to rule the Sept. 7-dated list.

“Aquí Hay Para Llevar” is La Arrolladora Banda El Limón’s first champ since the group’s collab with Alejandro Fernández, “Nunca Dudes en Llamarme,” ruled for one week in September 2022. In between, the Sinaloans placed two other top 10s, including “Ya Me La Debías,” which reached No. 10 high in February.

“Aquí Hay Para Llevar,” released April 19 on Disa/UMLE, lands at the summit on Regional Mexican Airplay with 6.6 million audience impressions earned in the U.S. during the Sept. 23-29 tracking week according to Luminate; that’s an 11% gain in audience from the week prior.

The song was produced by Fernando Camacho and composed by singer-songwriters Edgar Barrera and Luis Mexia. While both artists have landed in the top 10 on the Latin Songwriters chart, Barrera topped the tally for 23 weeks.

“Aquí” marks the 18th time that La Arrolladora has claimed the weekly crown on Regional Mexican Airplay among 49 career entries. The group pulled its longest-leading run No. 1 through “El Ruido de Tus Zapatos” for 16 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2023. Plus, with the new win, La Arrolladora now ties Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga for the fourth-most champs since the chart launched in 1994, both with 18 No. 1s. With the list updating this week, here’s the review of the acts with the most No. 1s on the Mexican radio tally:

25, Calibre 50
20, Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
19, Intocable
18, Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
18, La Arrolladora Banda el Limón de Rene Camacho
17, Christian Nodal
17, Los Tigres del Norte

Elsewhere, “Aquí” offers a bright spot for La Arolladora on the overall Latin Airplay chart, as the song pushes 5-3 for the group’s highest-ranking entry since the No. 2-peaking “El Ruido de Tus Zapatos” in 2013.

All charts (dated Sept. 7, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Sept. 4 (a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday Sept. 2). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Embodying a rock-star spirit with a jet-setter’s itinerary, Jhayco embarks on a new chapter with the release of his fourth studio album, Le Clique: Vida Rockstar (X), due out Friday, Sept 6. Wearing the quintessential rockstar attire — leather pants, sleek black boots, a fitted white T-shirt and shades — Jhayco reveals how his extensive travels and personal evolution have deeply shaped this ambitious new endeavor.

His most involved project to date, he not only co-wrote but also took a hands-on approach in co-producing the album with industry heavyweights such as Tainy, Haze and El Arma Secreta, among others, and shared that “Le Clique” embodies a larger, more personal concept. “I have a phrase that says, ‘Vida Rockstar is the movement, and Le Clique is my family, my people, my company,’” he explains to Billboard. “It’s a new step in my career, a new chapter. I felt it was crucial to present this to the world, and what better way than to name the album after it.”

After a three-year hiatus following his 2021 album Timelezz, the 31-year-old Puerto Rican ventured globally to record, making stops in Paris, Madrid, Puerto Rico, Miami and Los Angeles. The essence of these diverse cultural capitals is captured throughout the album’s 29 tracks. “The album has a lot of influence from many places,” he notes. “It was very important because in other parts of the world, you can see other kinds of music and other things that people listen to. That’s why it has a lot of diversity of sound. Obviously, all my music has always [been] centered more in the sound of Puerto Rico, but traveling to other places I was inspired by different things, different moments and for me, it was something very special.”

Spanning from skater-leaning pop-punk to reggaetón and trap, the album features a mix of collaborations with both legendary figures and exciting newcomers such as Yandel, Kapo, Dei V, Omar Courtz, DJ Khaled, Eladio Carrión, Peso Pluma, Bryant Myers, Luar La L and Yovngchimi.

Reflecting on his artistic journey, Jhayco expressed his personal connection and satisfaction with the final product. “I’ve gotten to the place where I feel comfortable in every area of my artistry: from the composition, to the production, to the projection, to the energy, and everything I’m doing. That’s why I’ve been working so hard,” he says. “I felt like one year wasn’t enough to really fill every space. You go through so much, and I feel like [the process of making] this album has gone through so much with me, sentimentally, the ups and downs. I’ve put my heart into it, and it’s gonna show in the creativeness.”

Formerly known as Jhay Cortez, the artist has released and featured in one of the most successful singles in pop, such as Bad Bunny’s “Dakiti” and his own hit “No Me Conoce (Remix)” with J Balvin and Bunny.

Watch Jhayco’s interview with Billboard in the video above, and find out about his foray into defining his rock-star persona and novel soundscapes with Le Clique: Vida Rockstar (X).