Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen in Atlanta during Cowboy Carter tour
The shocking incident occurred on July 8 in Atlanta and came just two days before the 'Halo' singer kicked off the Georgia leg of her current Cowboy Carter tour, according to an Atlanta Police Department incident report obtained by The Post.
Beyoncé's choreographer, Christopher Grant, and dancer, Diandre Blue, told officers that two suitcases had been stolen from a Jeep Wagoneer that they were renting for the singer's four-show stop at the city's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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4 Jay-Z and Beyoncé attending the Louis Vuitton Menswear Show Spring/Summer 2026 as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2025, in Paris, France.
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4 Beyoncé on stage at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, during her Cowboy Carter tour.
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The break-in happened within an hour's time span, sometime after 8:09 p.m., inside a parking deck at Krog Street Market. Grant and Blue said they discovered someone had broken into the Jeep Wagoneer through the vehicle's trunk window, per the report.
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The two stolen suitcases reportedly contained never-before-heard music by Beyoncé, as well as plans for her ongoing Cowboy Carter tour and more.
'Mr. Grant advised he was also carrying some personal sensitive information for the musician Beyoncé,' the incident report read.
4 Beyoncé performs at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles for the second of five shows of her Cowboy Carter tour on May 1.
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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.'
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Clothing valued at over $1K, two laptops and a pair of AirPods were also reportedly taken.
However, police revealed they used the stolen AirPods to track down a suspect using Apple's 'Find My' feature.
4 The 'Halo' singer poses backstage before a show.
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'I conducted a suspicious stop in the area, due to the information that was relayed to me,' the incident report read. 'There were several cars in the area that the AirPods were pinging to in that area also.'
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'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 noted. '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 Department issued an arrest warrant for a suspect on Monday, July 14, according to WSB-TV. The suspect's name has not been confirmed by officers.
The Post has reached out to Beyoncé's reps for comment.
This is a developing story…
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