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Beyoncé’s choreographer and one of her dancers for the Cowboy Carter tour told police that thieves broke into their vehicle and stole numerous items, including jump drives full of unreleased music, footage for her upcoming shows and past and future setlists.
The alleged robbery, first reported by Channel 2 in Atlanta, occurred less than 48 hours before the singer kicked off a four-show residence at the city’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
A spokesperson for Atlanta police told Channel 2’s Michael Seiden that the break-in happened just after 8pm inside a parking garage at Krog Street Market. According to a police report, Christopher Grant, a choreographer, and Diandre Blue, a dancer, told police they parked a rental black Jeep Wagoneer in the garage around 8.09pm. When they returned to the vehicle, they discovered that the trunk window had been damaged, and that two suitcases had been stolen.
Grant advised police that the suitcases contained “personal sensitive information for the musician Beyoncé”, including hard drives related to her upcoming Atlanta shows, watermarked music, unreleased music and past and future setlists.
Representatives for the singer have not responded to requests for comment.
Grant and Blue also reported clothes, designer sunglasses, laptops and a pair of headphones were stolen from the vehicle. Police used Apple’s “find my” service connected to the headphones to an undisclosed location.
“I conducted a suspicious stop in the area, due to the information that was relayed to me,” an officer wrote in the report. “There were several cars in the area also that the AirPods were pinging to in that area also. After further investigation, a silver [redacted], which had traveled into zone 5 was moving at the same time as the tracking on the AirPods.”
Police also questioned a subject, who Channel 2 declined to reveal until they officially named a suspect.
Beyoncé kicked off her Cowboy Carter tour in late April in Los Angeles, in service of her Grammy-winning 2024 album of the same name that sought to expand the bounds and ownership of country music.
The critically acclaimed show, with an evolving setlist and detailed visual elements, crossed the US before heading to Europe for the summer. She is set to perform her fourth and final Atlanta show on Monday evening, before concluding the tour in Las Vegas on 26 July.
