Hard drives containing unreleased music from Beyoncé have reportedly been stolen out of a rental car at the singer’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour in Atlanta.
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On July 8 – two days before the first of her four concerts in Atlanta – local authorities received reports of theft from a vehicle. According to CNN, the vehicle in question was rented by Beyoncé’s choreographer Christopher Grant, who had arrived in Atlanta early to prep for the singer’s mini-residency.
In the vehicle were two suitcases, which included hard drives and two laptops that contained watermarked and unreleased music from Beyoncé, footage plans for her upcoming shows, setlists for future concerts and more sensitive information.
Grant had also reported that over $1,000 worth of clothing, Tom Ford sunglasses, a book bag, a Macbook Air and a pair of Apple headphones were also stolen. Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect, though their name has yet to be revealed publicly.
According to additional reporting from the BBC, Atlanta authorities have tracked the location of the stolen items via the Macbook and AirPods’ “Find My” feature – it is currently unclear if the stolen items have been recovered. The police have also reportedly dusted the vehicle for fingerprints and found “two very light prints”.
Elsewhere at her Atlanta shows, Beyoncé swapped out her “flying car” – which had malfunctioned in Houston – for a levitating horse. The animatronic golden stallion was debuted at the singer’s first concert in Atlanta on Thursday (July 10) while she performed ‘16 Carriages’. She had previously sung the ‘Cowboy Carter‘ single atop a levitating car, but a technical mishap appears to have prompted her to change the set piece.
On June 28, her homecoming Houston show drew to an abrupt halt when it got stuck briefly in the air during ’16 Carriages’, prompting fans to praise her composure but urge her to use something else.
Beyoncé’s final Atlanta show last night (June 14), saw her husband Jay-Z make a special appearance for ‘Crazy In Love’, followed by solo performances of his own tracks ‘Public Service Announcement’ and ‘I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)’ – he previously joined her in France in June, marking their first time sharing a stage in seven years.