Beyoncé's unreleased music stolen from car during Cowboy Carter tour
Christopher Grant, Beyoncé's choreographer, and Diandre Blue, a dancer, told police their hired black Jeep SUV was broken into on July 8, two days before a run of four concerts began in Atlanta. As well as suitcases, Grant said sensitive material belonging to his boss had been taken.
It included unreleased music on a laptop and plans for the Cowboy Carter tour, which has already had stops in cities including Los Angeles, London and Paris.
An Atlanta Police Department report says: '[Grant] advised he was her choreographer and Mr Diandre Blue was a dancer for her and that her hard drives for her upcoming show in Atlanta were stolen also.
'The hard drives contained watermarked music, some unreleased music, footage plans for the show and past and future set lists.'
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Grant and Blue also reported Apple airpods missing after the break-in at a local market. The stolen laptop was 'pinging' and officers conducted a 'suspicious person' stop on a driver in the area, according to the police report.
No charges have been brought, the report says. A representative for Beyoncé has been contacted for comment.
The singer is due to perform again at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night before the tour moves to Las Vegas. The tour supports the album of the same name, a country record that was released in 2024 and which won Beyoncé her first Grammy for album of the year.
It is not unheard of for musicians to have unreleased material stolen. In January a British hacker pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including Coldplay, the Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and the American pop star Bebe Rexha.
Skylar Dalziel, of Luton, admitted making about £42,000 by selling the music online.
In 2022 another hacker from the UK was jailed after stealing two unreleased songs from Ed Sheeran and selling them on the dark web. Adrian Kwiatkowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison for trading cryptocurrency for the music.
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