Beyoncé’s unreleased music, tour plans and different “personal sensitive information” have been reportedly stolen out of a automotive belonging to 2 members of her staff.
The surprising incident occurred on July 8 in Atlanta and got here simply two days earlier than the “Halo” singer kicked off the Georgia leg of her present Cowboy Carter tour, in keeping with an Atlanta Police Division incident report obtained by The Put up.
Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and dancer, Diandre Blue, informed officers that two suitcases had been stolen from a Jeep Wagoneer that they have been renting for the singer’s four-show cease on the metropolis’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The break-in occurred inside an hour’s time span, someday after 8:09 p.m., inside a parking deck at Krog Road Market. Grant and Blue stated they found somebody had damaged into the Jeep Wagoneer by way of the car’s trunk window, per the report.
The 2 stolen suitcases reportedly contained never-before-heard music by Beyoncé, in addition to plans for her ongoing Cowboy Carter tour and extra.
“Mr. Grant advised he was also carrying some personal sensitive information for the musician Beyoncé,” the incident report learn.
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“Hard drives for her upcoming show in Atlanta were also stolen,” it continued. “The hard drives contained watermarked music, some unreleased music, footage plans for the show, and past and future set lists.”
Clothes valued at over $1K, two laptops and a pair of AirPods have been additionally reportedly taken.
Nevertheless, police revealed they used the stolen AirPods to trace down a suspect utilizing Apple’s “Find My” function.
“I conducted a suspicious stop in the area, due to the information that was relayed to me,” the incident report learn. “There were several cars in the area that the AirPods were pinging to in that area also.”
“After further investigation, a silver [redacted], which had traveled into zone 5, was moving at the same time as the tracking on the AirPods,” the officer famous. “Larceny from Automobile investigators were on scene, and flagged the vehicle on the system, which was currently being driven by an African American
male of light complexion.”
The Atlanta Police Division issued an arrest warrant for a suspect on Monday, July 14, in keeping with WSB-TV. The suspect’s identify has not been confirmed by officers.
The Put up has reached out to Beyoncé’s reps for remark.
Beyoncé launched her present tour shortly after “Cowboy Carter” received Greatest Nation Album and Album of the 12 months on the 2025 Grammy Awards earlier this yr.
“Wow, I really was not expecting this,” the “Blackbird” singer stated throughout her acceptance speech in February.
“Wow! I want to thank God. Oh my God! That I am able to still do what I love after so many years,” she added on the time.
The Cowboy Carter tour then kicked off on the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on April 28 and later included stops in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Paris, Houston, and Washington, DC.
The “Texas Hold ‘Em” hitmaker’s fourth and final present in Atlanta kicked off on Monday evening, and her subsequent cease will probably be Paradise, Las Vegas, for 2 closing reveals at Allegiant Stadium on July 25 and 26.
