Madonna offers reward for vintage outfit that went missing after Coachella performance
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Madonna is offering a reward for the safe return of clothing she wore at the Coachella festival, where she performed with Sabrina Carpenter.
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Jonathan Wolfe
- Madonna is appealing for the return of vintage costumes, including a jacket and corset, missing after her Coachella set with Sabrina Carpenter.
- She states these garments are "part of my history" and other items from the same era vanished too, highlighting their unique value.
- Madonna is "hoping and praying" for their return and is offering a reward, as reported by AFP, for the safe retrieval of her archives.
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LOS ANGELES – Usually, the biggest fashion casualties at Coachella are designer sunglasses or cowboy hats lost in the sand. But last weekend, a piece of pop history also seemed to have vanished at the music festival in the California desert.
A vintage outfit worn by Madonna during her surprise performance on April 17 is missing, the American pop star wrote on social media on April 20. The ensemble, which included a purple jacket, corset and dress, was from her personal collection, she said.
Noting that it was her first appearance at the music festival since 2006, Madonna wrote on Instagram Stories: “This full circle moment hit different until I discovered that the vintage pieces that I wore went missing.”
The 67-year-old added: “These aren’t just clothes, they are part of my history.”
The singer said she was “hoping and praying” that someone would find the items, and offered a reward for their safe return.
The Indio Police Department and Riverside County Sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment on April 21, nor did Madonna’s representatives.
A representative for the Indio Police Department told American celebrity news site TMZ on April 20 that some of the items were last seen on a golf cart at the festival on April 18 at around 1.30am.
A spokesman for the department told the site there was “no evidence to suggest the bags were intentionally stolen” and that a preliminary investigation suggested they may have fallen off the cart as they were on their way to be loaded onto a bus.
Madonna appeared as a surprise guest on April 17 during American singer Sabrina Carpenter’s second weekend headlining set, where the two performed Madonna’s Like A Prayer (1989) and Vogue (1990).
Bringing out a surprise guest has become an increasingly common play for attention at the music festival, which has evolved into a platform where social media, spectacle and unexpected guests make the headlines.
Madonna’s performance on April 17 came on the 20th anniversary of her first performance at Coachella and days after she announced Confessions II, a follow-up to her 2005 album, Confessions On A Dance Floor. The new album is scheduled for release on July 3. NYTIMES
