Ariana Grande Says ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Tour Will Be Her ‘Last Hurrah’

After Ariana Grande‘s upcoming run of shows comes to a close next year, the sun might set on her life as a touring artist.

While guesting on an episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast posted Tuesday (Nov. 18), the pop superstar explained that while she’s feeling really excited to perform for her fans in 2026, she doesn’t think she’ll do it again any time soon after the trek supporting 2024 album Eternal Sunshine ends. “I’m going to do a small stint of shows next year, because that is something that sounded authentically good to me,” she began.

“Following those authentic impulses, it feels like a really good idea,” Grande continued before reflecting on how she’s been shifting focus in her career to include more acting projects. “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 endeavors … 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 added. “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.’”

It’s not the first time the Grammy winner has hinted that she’d be focusing less on pop music going forward. In October, she revealed that she once thought she would “never” make an album again after her 2020 Positions LP, but that playing Glinda in the Wicked films — the second of which premieres Nov. 21 — inspired her to keep creating music, leading to Eternal Sunshine.

That said, Grande has been even less keen on touring over the years. She hasn’t hit the road since her Sweetener World Tour wrapped in 2019, and when she was asked in 2024 by Variety whether she was planning shows for her Eternal Sunshine era, she replied, “I think the next few years, hopefully we’ll be exploring different forms of art, and I think acting is feeling like home right now.”

This past August, however, Grande announced that she’d be touring after all, with her Eternal Sunshine trek kicking off in June next year and running through August. Her shows are planned for L.A., Atlanta, Chicago, Montreal, London and a few more cities.

Watch Grande’s full interview on Good Hang above.