Ariana Grande Announces ‘Eternal Sunshine’ World Tour Following Film Success
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 29, 2025 – Ariana Grande is returning to the stage with the proclamation of her first world tour in six years, “The Eternal Sunshine Tour,” launching in June 2026. The tour marks a critically important moment for the Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-nominated actor, following a period focused on her acclaimed role in the Wicked films and the release of her seventh studio album, eternal sunshine.
The tour will begin June 6, 2026, in Oakland, California, and include stops in major cities such as Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and london, with multiple dates scheduled for each location. Presale tickets become available Sept. 9, 2025, with general admission opening sept. 10, 2025. Fans in the U.K. can purchase tickets starting Sept. 16, 2025. Grande shared the news Thursday morning via Instagram.
Grande’s return to touring coincides with her burgeoning film career. she starred as Glinda in the Wicked films, with the first installment premiering in November 2024 and the second scheduled for release this November. Her performance earned her nominations for an Academy Award,Golden Globe,and Screen Actors guild Award. While focusing on film, Grande continued to showcase her vocal abilities through songs featured in Wicked, including “No One Mourns the Wicked” and “Popular.”
The Eternal Sunshine album, released in 2024, is described by Grande as a “concept album” inspired by the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. The film explores the complexities of love and loss through the lens of memory erasure. The album’s accompanying music video for “We Can’t Be Friends” further emphasizes this thematic connection.
The release of Eternal Sunshine sparked considerable public interest in Grande’s personal life. Lyrics were widely interpreted as alluding to her separation from Dalton Gomez and her subsequent relationship with Wicked co-star Ethan Slater. Reports at the time indicated Slater was navigating a separation from his wife, and the album’s themes suggested infidelity within Grande’s previous marriage. Music critics, like Ann Powers of NPR, noted Grande, 30, seemed “sweetly bewildered” and defiant, trying to navigate “the tabloid storm raging around her personal life.” While praising tracks like “Bye” for their disco-funk sound and “Imperfect for You” for its guitar work, Brown observed that Grande’s “delicately conversational tone” sometimes struggled to compensate for a lack of strong melodic hooks.
Why did this happen? Grande’s decision to tour follows a period of focusing on her acting
