Ariana Grande has said that her 2026 ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour will likely be her “last hurrah” – see what she had to say below.
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In late August, Grande announced her first string of live shows since 2019, set to take place next summer. The ‘Eternal Sunshine’ run will see her perform across the US between June and August, followed by a whopping 10-show residency at The O2 in London between August and September – you can find any remaining tickets here.
Now, in a new interview on Amy Poehler‘s Good Hang podcast, Grande has said that the upcoming tour will her last for the foreseeable future. Speaking to the comedian and actor, Grande shared: “I’m going to do a small stint of shows next year, because that is something that sounded authentically good to me.”
“Following those authentic impulses, it feels like a really good idea,” Grande explained. “My pop career sort of took over my life in a way. I feel very privileged and grateful to learn that there can be room for different creative endeavours… The last 10 or 15 years will look very different to the ones that are coming up.”
“I don’t want to say any definitive things,” she continued. “I do know that I’m very excited to do this small tour, but I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long, long time. So I’m going to give it my all. I think that’s why I’m doing it, because I’m like, ‘One last hurrah. For now.’”
Ariana Grande has rarely played live since she completed her huge 100-show tour in 2019, only making a handful of appearances at non-profit events and award shows. She did reassure fans earlier this year, however, that she wasn’t “abandoning” music.
Earlier this month, she spoke of her “healed” relationship with music. “Until quite recently, it was really hard for me to navigate and I think it stripped a lot of joy out of this for me. And by the way, I have a different team now,” she said, hinting at her 2023 split from longtime manager Scooter Braun and now being able to balance her music and acting career without the pressure of the pop industry machine behind her. “Said with love, but that was a piece.”
In a four-star review of 2024’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’, Nick Levine wrote for NME: “It’s the most sophisticated project yet from a preternaturally talented vocalist who keeps getting better. Whatever you take away from it, ‘Eternal Sunshine’ definitely isn’t an album you’ll want to wipe from memory.”
