After a pandemic, two albums, and two Wicked films, Ariana Grande is returning to the stage with “The Eternal Sunshine Tour.” Based on the name of her 2024 album, Eternal Sunshine, Grande announced the tour on August 28 after much anticipation and countless questions about if and when she would tour again.
The accomplished pop star has been hinting at a tour for a little while now, but it was unclear whether it was a hypothetical idea or a plan already in motion. Grande has been busy with the highly successful movie adaptation of Wicked, playing Glinda the Good. The first film in the series dropped last November, with the second film, Wicked: For Good, having a slated release date of November 21, 2025, in theaters.
Grande’s last tour was back in 2019, titled “Sweetener World Tour,” and was to promote her two albums, Sweetener and Thank U, Next, released just months apart from each other. From that tour came a live concert album, K Bye For Now (SWT Live), a concert documentary on Netflix (Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You), and two headlining sets at Coachella with ⅘ of NSYNC, Nicki Minaj, and Justin Bieber.
“The Eternal Sunshine Tour” starts in the U.S. in June 2026 with two shows on the 6th and 9th at the Oakland Arena in California. The tour will continue through August with at least two dates on each stop. It will conclude in London with five dates at the famous O2 arena in August. More information can be found on Grande’s website here, with presale starting on September 9 for North America and September 16 for London.
