Hello, and welcome to USA Today's The Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Sunday, June 22, 2025.

A slew of new music documentaries recently debuted this year's Tribeca Film Festival.

The list of cultural icons and docs just released or coming soon is long, from Billy Joel to Miley Cyrus to Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

Beyond incredible sound, what are some of the stories captured in these docs? And what will audiences

see and hear as they follow documentary filmmakers in their quest to go behind the music? Here

to share insights from some of the biggest music documentaries fans can seek out this summer is USA Today's

music reporter, Melissa Ruggieri. Thanks for joining me, Melissa. Of course. Thank you for having me.

Before we discuss Billy Joel's new music doc, what can you share with us regarding his recent

health disclosures? How's he doing? He seems to be doing okay. Howard Stern is a good friend of his,

and he told his listeners about two weeks ago that he had

dinner with Billy at home in May. And he said, you know, look, he's got some issues. This disease

that he has is affecting his balance mostly. But he said, Billy wanted to pass along the message

that he's not dying, that he's going to be able to recover from this. On Father's Day, Billy's

wife posted a bunch of pictures of him on Instagram with the family. And, you know, he looks like he's going to be able to recover from this. On Father's Day, Billy's wife posted a bunch of pictures

of him on Instagram with the family. And, you know, he looks like he's had some health issues. He looks

a little bit thinner, a little bit more drawn. But for the most part, you know, he looks like Billy Joel.

So the goal is for him to get back on stage someday. I mean, I honestly don't know if we're going to see him touring big stadiums as he has the past few years anymore.

But I think he'll at least do an Elton John type of thing and maybe play a couple shows a year for charity or go back to Masson Square Garden or something.

But I think we're probably looking at a good year from now before any of that's going to happen.

But the good news is that it does not seem as if it's a, you know, it's not a terminal disease. It's just something that he's going to have to cope with and then see how it affects his piano playing and his

performance skills in the future. Fans will get to experience great music in all of the documentaries

we're going to discuss. Is Billy Joel's movie going to give us a mix of both the music

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