Unreleased Beyonce music, concert footage plans stolen from her choreographer's car in Atlanta
Beyonce performs at her European Cowboy Carter tour at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Britain on June 5, 2025.
WASHINGTON - Computer drives containing unreleased music by American superstar Beyonce and plans related to her concerts were stolen last week in Atlanta, Georgia, police said on July 14, with a suspect still at large.
The items were stolen from a rental car used by her choreographer and a dancer on July 8, two days before the pop icon kicked off the Atlanta leg of her
Cowboy Carter tour , a police incident report said.
Choreographer Christopher Grant, 37, told police that he returned to the car to find its rear window smashed and their luggage stolen.
Inside were multiple jump drives that 'contained watermarked music, some unreleased music, footage plans for the show, and past and future set lists', the report said.
Also missing were an Apple MacBook, headphones and several items of luxury clothing.
Police investigated an area where the MacBook and headphones had pinged their location, but the report did not mention any items being recovered.
The Atlanta Police Department said in an online statement that a warrant had been issued for an unnamed suspect's arrest, but that the suspect remained at large.
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Beyonce, 43, ends her four-night stint in Atlanta on July 14 and then wraps up the Cowboy Carter tour in late July in Las Vegas.
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