Eternal Sunshine Mini Tour was a prospective tour by Ariana Grande in support of her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine. It was teased on July 9, 2024 on an episode of the "Shut Up Evan" podcast.[1][2] The tour was in the works sometime during the summer of 2024,[3][4] but was later scrapped over "acting feeling like home right now" in Ariana's life.[5][6]
Background[]
Following the release of Positions, Grande never went on a tour for the album due to COVID-19. She later went on a hiatus from music and upon her return never announced a tour alongside the release of Eternal Sunshine.[note 1] However, on the "Zach Sang Show" podcast, aired on February 27th, 2024, she noted that she has redefined her relationship with touring and that a tour, if it happens, will focus solely on Eternal Sunshine and will only be announced when it's fully ready.[11][12]
On July 9, 2024, Grande hinted at a mini-tour during her episode on the podcast "Shut Up Evan."[1][2] "I think it’d be a really lovely idea to be able to trickle in some shows in between the two Wicked films," she said.[13] “I think there is a version of that which exists."[14] Grande also hinted that the tour would not be as extensive as previous tours. “It’s definitely, for a multitude of reasons, not going to be a tour in the way I used to tour. It’d be a mini little sampling of shows. I do think it’d be really nice to do that. It’s something that my team and I are working on.”[15]
On July 11, 2024, Grande posted via Instagram story that she has a "temporary pin" on new music and touring,[16][17][18][19][note 2] later clarifying that she meant "soon" wasn't as close as most fans thought.[24][25] Despite this, she released "bundle" versions of "We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)" and "The Boy Is Mine" just over a week later, making it an unclear as to what this "pin" entailed.[26][27] However, later that month on July 25, 2024, while promoting the launch of her perfumes in European Sephora stores, Grande told a fan that touring is still "at the top of [her] list" and is working on it with her team.[3][4]
On August 5, 2024, insiders on the music forum site ATRL stated that Ariana's team had booked multiple stadiums for the summer of 2025, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York City, Paris, London, Miami, Barcelona, Seoul, and Houston.[28][29] They also noted that her team was planning on other cities and to book a mix of arenas and stadiums. They later deleted the post.[30][note 3] On August 22, 2024, in a private web vocal lesson event she recorded for music students at GrammyU,[33] she said that the Eternal Sunshine era will continue after the release of Wicked: Part One,[34] possibly hinting at the tour once again. The same day, she followed Toby Francis on Instagram, who was the sound engineer on her Sweetener World Tour.[35]
On October 1, 2024, to celebrate the upcoming 7 months of Eternal Sunshine, Grande released a second deluxe version of the album, titled Eternal Sunshine (Slighty Deluxe and also Live).[36] She said that she wanted to leave her fans with one last Eternal Sunshine-related surprise before the release of Wicked in theaters the following month, but Peaches will be returning, possibly hinting that she will appear on tour.[37]
On October 7, 2024, a fan met Grande at New York City and told her that his dream is to be her back-up dancer. Grande replied, saying she would see him at the dance calls for her next tour.[38][39] On November 4, 2024, during the press tour for Wicked in Australia, Ariana was asked if she will be touring the country, to which she responded saying that she and Cynthia Erivo will be "coming back as soon as humanly possible."[40]
On December 15, 2024, Ticketmaster revealed via their mobile app that there are 15 upcoming events for Ariana Grande.[41] Grande's vocal coach Eric Vetro, who previously liked posts theorizing about the existence of Eternal Sunshine, liked an Instagram post about it.[42] Republic Records later replied to a tweet about the events, saying that "there are no plans for a tour next year."[43] Ariana later liked a repost of that statement on Instagram.[44] The following day, in an interview with Variety, she said that she doesn't see the tour "coming anytime soon," and said that she will "be exploring different forms of art."[5][6]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ As early as January 28, 2024, Ariana's website contained code for a section of tour dates,[7] which is still included as of August 2024, but is not rendered on her site.[8] The code was added to her website sometime in June 2022,[9][10] so it's doubtful that Ariana's team was planning a tour in early 2024, or had originally started planning a tour in 2022 but later scrapped it due to Wicked.
- ↑ Fans theorized that the "pin" announcement came after a copypasta tweet about "cannibalistic activity," commonly shared when a tour is announced by fans who want less demand for tickets, went viral on Twitter and TikTok,[20] causing Frankie Grande to comment about it.[21][22] Ariana never publicly acknowledged the rumors, and it's unclear whether the two events were connected at all, but she later parodied them in a Saturday Night Live song skit titled "Best Friend's House."[23]
- ↑ Other sources claimed that Ariana was planning on touring both during and after the two Wicked movies,[31][32] which is inconsistent with other information.[13]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spotify - Shut Up Evan: "Ariana Grande"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 YouTube - Basically Grande: "Ariana Grande gets surprised by this question"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Billboard - Rania Aniftos: "Ariana Grande Is Working on Touring Plans: ‘I Love & Miss My Fans So Much’"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Twitter - @buzzingpop: "Ariana Grande talks to Variety about tour: ..."
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Variety - Marc Malkin: "Ariana Grande on Why She Won’t Be Touring ‘Anytime Soon’ and How Long She’s Known the ‘Wicked 2’ Official Title"
- ↑ Twitter - @grandenewshub: "ariana grande appears to have tour dates being revealed soon according to coding on her website"
- ↑ Ariana Grande - "Home". Archived from the original on July 28, 2024.
- ↑ Ariana Grande - "Home". Archived from the original on June 26, 2022.
- ↑ Ariana Grande - "Home". Archived from the original on May 26, 2022.
- ↑ Rolling Stone - "Ariana Grande Isn’t Sure She’ll See You on Tour — But Will Definitely See Music Leakers in Jail" Archived here.
- ↑ YouTube - Zach Sang Show: "New Album "Eternal Sunshine", Wicked, Glinda (Part 1)"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 People - "Ariana Grande Hopes to Squeeze in 'Mini' Tour Between Her Wicked Films: A 'Sampling of Shows'" Archived here.
- ↑ SportsKeeda - "There’s a version of that that exists”- Ariana Grande hints at potential Eternal Sunshine album 'mini' tour between the release of Wicked films"
- ↑ Rayo - "Ariana Grande teases 'Eternal Sunshine' tour amid Wicked movie schedule"
- ↑ Twitter - @arianatoday: "ariana via instagram stories"
- ↑ Pinkvilla - "‘Decided To Put A Temporary Pin...’: Ariana Grande Announces Temporary Career Break From 'All Things That Are Not Wicked'"
- ↑ The Tribune - "Ariana Grande announces a temporary career break"
- ↑ E News! - "Ariana Grande Announces She's Taking a Step Back From "All Things That Are Not Wicked"
- ↑ Twitter - @buzzingpop: "Fan’s joke about Ariana Grande being a cannibal has gone viral in an effort to deter people away from buying concert tickets."
- ↑ Twitter - @franiejgrande: "HAHAHAHAHAHA. Wow!..."
- ↑ Twitter - @theegrandeheels: "frankie grande responds to made up cannibalism rumors about ariana grande"
- ↑ YouTube - Saturday Night Live: "Best Friend's House"
- ↑ Twitter - @arianatoday: "ariana clarifies her previous instagram story"
- ↑ Twitter - @arianatoday: "the unseriousness of it all"
- ↑ Twitter - @teamariana: "THE BOY IS MINE digital bundle out friday..."
- ↑ Twitter - @teamariana: "we can't be friends. digital bundle out friday..."
- ↑ Twitter - @grandeehub: "Ariana has booked multiple stadiums for the summer of 2025. Some cities mentioned are…"
- ↑ Twitter - @thegrandetop10: "ARTL Insiders claim Ariana has booked multiple stadiums for the summer of 2025. ..."
- ↑ Twitter - @grandeehub: "The person deleted the post. But they are always right and they also included that there are more cities could be a mix of arena & stadium"
- ↑ Twitter - @hitsandcharts: "INSIDER INFO Ariana Grande is set to announce her debut stadium tour within the coming months. The first leg is rumored to start post “Wicked” release, with the second leg following “Wicked Part 2”."
- ↑ Twitter - @agsspotify: "Ariana Grande is set to announce her debut stadium tour within the coming months, featuring tracks from her albums “Positions” and “Eternal Sunshine.” The first leg is rumored to start post-“Wicked” release, with the second leg following “Wicked Part 2”."
- ↑ Twitter - @hiimneedy: "ariana grande was apparently on a zoom call with students from grammyu for an exclusive singing lesson"
- ↑ Twitter - @thegrandetop10: "Ariana Grande told students in a Private Event that ‘eternal sunshine’ will continue after ‘Wicked’"
- ↑ Twitter - @thegrandetop10: "Ariana Grande just followed the sound engineer from the ‘Sweetener World Tour’"
- ↑ Twitter - @teamariana: "happy seven months of eternal sunshine..."
- ↑ Instagram - @arianagrande: "wanted to surprise you all with one more Eternal Sunshine related something before i head back into my bubble and meet you over the rainbow next month… so i performed seven songs (from ag7) with this wonderful group of musicians..."
- ↑ TikTok - @luv__shai: "I love her 🥹"
- ↑ Twitter - @wickednewshub: "Ariana Grande confirms she will be hosting dance auditions for her upcoming tour."
- ↑ Twitter - @buzzingpop: "Ariana Grande when asked about her plans to tour Australia: “Oh my goodness, (Cynthia and I) will come back here as soon as we humanly possibly can.”"
- ↑ Twitter - @grandetournews: "Ticketmaster is currently showing 15 upcoming events registered to Ariana Previously it has shown 0 events……"
- ↑ Twitter - @grandetournews: "Eric Vetro (Ariana’s vocal coach) has liked a post on instagram regarding the 15 events that were displaying for Ariana on Ticketmaster"
- ↑ Twitter - @republicrecords: "There are no plans for a tour on 2025, but Ariana remains deeply appreciative of her fans and all their continued love, support and excitement."
- ↑ Twitter - @dieforyous: "need those 5000 dollars by 2026."
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| Eternal Sunshine | |
|---|---|
| March 8, 2024 • 35:26 • Republic Records | |
| Songs | |
| Released | Bye • Dandelion • Don't Wanna Break Up Again • Eternal Sunshine • Hampstead • I Wish I Hated You • Imperfect For You • Intro (End of the World) • Ordinary Things • Past Life • Saturn Returns • Supernatural • Twilight Zone • The Boy Is Mine • True Story • Warm • We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) • Yes, And? |
| Unreleased | Eternally • Only When It Matters • Rainbow • Shoot My Heart • Soul Idea |
| Artists | |
| Ariana Grande • Brandy • Diana Garland • Mariah Carey • Marjorie Grande • Monica • Troye Sivan | |
| Associated | |
| Brighter Days Ahead • Brighter Days Hotline | |
| Tour | |
| The Eternal Sunshine Tour | |