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Madonna offers reward for return of missing Coachella costume

April 21, 2026 International Source: BBC World

Madonna offers reward for return of missing Coachella costume

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The items, which she says are "part of my history", disappeared after her slot with Sabrina Carpenter. Madonna offers reward for return of missing Coachella costume Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Sabrina Carpenter, wearing all white, and Madonna, wearing a purple outfit including a bustier, knee high boots and bright purple leather jacket. They are on stage at Coachella and pointing out to the crowd. Madonna made a guest appearance during Sabrina Carpenter's headline slot on Friday Madonna has offered a reward for the return of the outfit she wore on stage at Coachella last weekend, after several of her vintage costume pieces went missing following the festival. "These aren't just clothes, they are part of my history," the Queen of Pop wrote on Instagram. Among them were the purple jacket, corset and dress she wore during her surprise guest appearance with Sabrina Carpenter at the California event on Friday night. "I'm hoping and praying that some kind soul will find these items and reach out to my team," Madonna wrote, adding that she was "offering a reward for their safe return". The outfits are particularly special to the singer because she wore the same boots, corset and jacket during her Coachella performance 20 years ago. "It's like a full-circle moment, very meaningful for me," she told the crowd as an adoring Carpenter looked on. Several other items from Madonna's personal archive "from the same era" have also disappeared, she wrote. The Indio Police Department told TMZ the clothes were last seen "on a golf cart" on the festival grounds at 01:30 local time on Saturday. the clothes were last seen "on a golf cart" on the festival grounds at 01:30 local time on Saturday. A police spokesperson told the entertainment website there was "no evidence to suggest the bags were intentionally stolen", but they may have fallen off the cart on the way to being loaded onto a bus. The BBC has contacted Indio Police Department. During the performance, Madonna and Carpenter sang duets of Vogue and Like A Prayer. Madonna also debuted a song from her forthcoming album Confessions II, a sequel to 2005's Confessions On A Dancefloor, which is due to be released in July. Madonna joins Sabrina Carpenter to surprise Coachella Madonna poses in a bright sliver jacket, against a backdrop of glittering silver strands Madonna announces sequel to Confessions On A Dancefloor album The Queen of Pop makes a guest appearance during the Espresso singer's headline set. The pop star confirms the follow-up to her classic 2005 album will be released in July. Billy Steinberg, who has died at the age of 75, co-wrote Madonna's 1984 chart-topper Like a Virgin. Disney is letting a Staffordshire neurodiverse theatre group re-record This Is Me. Julian Lloyd Webber says Birmingham Conservatoire is the "best of any" conservatoire in the country. Prosecutors say the singer, real name David Anthony Burke, could face life in prison due to the nature of the case, if convicted. Concerts celebrating Benjamin Britten, Steve Reich and Miles Davis also appear in the programme. BBC's Shaimaa Khalil reports from Los Angeles as singer David Burke pleads not guilty to the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.