Unreleased music by Beyoncé, together with footage, present plans and live performance set lists have been stolen from a automobile in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and certainly one of her dancers, in keeping with a police incident report.
The theft of the supplies, saved on 5 thumb drives, occurred on July 8 — two days earlier than the Grammy-award profitable singer started a four-day residency at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Beyoncé was set to take the stage Monday night for her final evening within the metropolis.
The Atlanta Police Division mentioned in a information launch Monday it has secured an arrest warrant for a suspect whose identification was withheld.
Two MacBook laptops, Apple headphones, in addition to luxurious clothes and accessories have been additionally reported stolen, in keeping with the incident report.
Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and dancer Diandre Blue informed police they parked their rental automobile, a 2024 Jeep Wagoneer, at a meals corridor within the metropolis at about 8:09 p.m. native time. The pair returned to the automobile simply after 9 p.m. to find the trunk window had been broken and two suitcases had been taken.
The discharge of Beyoncé’s extremely anticipated nation album, Cowboy Carter, has many Black nation artists already seeing a bump in followers, and lots of are hoping for a renaissance in Black nation music, together with right here in Canada.
‘Delicate’ info additionally taken
Grant informed officers that “he was additionally carrying some private delicate info for the musician Beyoncé,” the police incident report acknowledged.
The report identifies a potential suspect automobile as a 2025 crimson Hyundai Elantra. Responding officers have been capable of establish “gentle prints” on the scene, and safety cameras within the parking zone captured the incident, in keeping with the report.
Officers canvassed an space the place the stolen laptop computer and headphones have been tracked by utilizing the units’s location providers, the report acknowledged.
Beyoncé kicked off her highly-anticipated tour in late April, taking her Grammy-winning album, Cowboy Carter, to stadiums within the U.S. and Europe. The singer will finish her tour with two Las Vegas nights in late July.