Ariana Grande revealed that her upcoming The Eternal Sunshine Tour may be her last concert tour for quite some time.
"The last 10 or 15 years will look very different to the ones that are coming up. I don’t want to say anything definitive. 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, long time," she said in an on the Good Hang podcast of Amy Poehler.
She added that she intends to make the tour unforgettable. "I'm going to give it my all and it’s going to be beautiful. I think that’s why I'm doing it because I'm like, 'One last hurrah!'" she remarked.
The Eternal Sunshine Tour will kick off on June 6, 2026, at the Oakland Arena and will wrap up on September 1 at London's O2 Arena, spanning 41 shows.
It was in 2019 when Ariana staged her last tour titled the Sweetener World Tour in support of her Sweetener and Thank U, Next album.
Ariana released Eternal Sunshine, her seventh studio album, on March 8, 2024. Composed of 13 tracks, the record debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The album produced the singles “Yes, And?" and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Eternal Sunshine was nominated for three Grammys including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "The Boy is Mine," and Best Dance Pop Recording for "Yes, and?"
On October 1, 2024, the singer released the Eternal Sunshine (Slightly Deluxe and Also Live), which included all 13 original tracks, along with remixes featuring Mariah Carey, Troye Sivan, and Brandy & Monica. It also included acoustic and live renditions of some of the tracks in the album.
Ariana dropped the Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead in March 2025.
The actress-singer is currently starring in Wicked: For Good, the second part of the highly anticipated Wicked film adaptation.
In an interview in BBC's The Arts Hour in January this year, Ariana teased what fans can expect in the sequel
"I think, you know these women (Elphaba and Glinda) have so much in them and there's a lot that happens to them. And you just get to know them at very new depths," Ariana shared.
The actress-singer remarked she is particularly ecstatic for the audience to witness the emotional arc of her character.
"Glinda's arc in particular, I am very excited for people to see just because I really, really love her. And I think you get to see many examples of strength and forgiveness, and love, and again holding up that mirror and truly becoming good. That's what I'm most excited about is for people to see the emotional arc," she remarked.
The actress also shared that fans could expect "so many amazing prosthetics" in the sequel. "The prosthetics team and the hair and makeup team are just extraordinary. I can't wait for you to see their work on what happens to things later. It's just extraordinary," she relayed.
Wicked: For Good is directed by Jon M. Chu.
The first part of the Wicked movie breached the $500 million mark at the global box office. It also received 10 nominations at the Oscars.