BEYONCÉ’S UNRELEASED MUSIC, TOUR PLANS STOLEN FROM CHOREOGRAPHER’S CAR IN ATLANTA

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By Aishat Momoh. O.

Unreleased music, show footage, and concert plans belonging to U.S. pop icon Beyoncé were stolen from a vehicle in Atlanta last week, police confirmed on Monday.

The theft occurred on July 8, just two days before the star launched the Atlanta leg of her “Cowboy Carter” tour. According to a police incident report, the stolen items were inside a rental car used by Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and a dancer.

Grant, 37, told police he returned to the vehicle to find its rear window smashed and their luggage missing. Among the stolen items were multiple jump drives containing “watermarked music, some unreleased music, footage plans for the show, and past and future setlists,” the report revealed.

Also taken were an Apple MacBook, headphones, and several pieces of luxury clothing.

Police tracked a location ping from the missing MacBook and headphones but did not report recovering any items. A warrant has been issued for a suspect, who remains at large, Atlanta police confirmed in a statement.

The “Cowboy Carter” tour, which began in April, followed Beyoncé’s historic Grammy win for “Album of the Year” with her genre-bending country album of the same name. The album celebrates Black artistry in country music and challenges longstanding industry exclusion.

Beyoncé concluded her four-night performance run in Atlanta on Monday. The tour will wrap up with two final shows in Las Vegas later this month.