The Moment
Ariana Grande is already booked and busy in Hollywood, and now she is basically telling her fans: enjoy this next tour, because you might not get another one for a very long time.
On Amy Poehler’s podcast Good Hang, the 32-year-old singer said her 2026 Eternal Sunshine tour will be her “one last hurrah” as a pop star, at least for the foreseeable future.
She stressed that she does not want to make anything “definitive,” but she kept circling the same idea: she is thrilled to do a small run of shows next year, and then she expects to step away from touring for a “long, long, long, long time.”
In the same conversation, she talked about feeling more drawn to acting and comedy again. She is already in the middle of a new movie, she has the Wicked sequel on deck, a fresh season of American Horror Story coming, and a Ben Stiller comedy called Focker-In-Law lined up. The girl’s calendar is giving Screen Actors Guild, not pop princess.
The Take
I do not hear “I’m done with music.” I hear “I am done living on a tour bus.” There is a big difference.
What Ariana is really saying is: no more hamster wheel. Ten-plus years of album-cycle-tour-repeat will burn out even the most bubble-ponytailed among us. She has already conquered streaming records, Grammys, and Super Bowl-level stages. At a certain point, another arena run just looks like a prettier version of homework.
And now that she finally has the roles she dreamed about as a theater kid – Glinda in Wicked, a horror anthology, a studio comedy – of course she wants to chase that. Imagine being handed the keys to Broadway-adjacent Hollywood and saying, “No thanks, I’d rather do my fifth world tour.” Be serious.
Fans, naturally, are hearing “last hurrah” and panicking like it is a farewell tour. But if you listen closely, she keeps adding the little safety net: “for now,” “I don’t want to say anything definitive.” This feels less like a retirement speech and more like putting touring in a storage unit while she decorates another room in the house.
The analogy here: Ariana is that friend who has been hosting Thanksgiving for a decade. She still loves cooking, but she is tired of roasting a 20-pound turkey for 30 people. So this year, she is catering the food, lighting some candles, and then booking a long vacation. The kitchen is not closed; she just wants to finally sit down at the table.
Selfishly, I love a pop star who evolves in public before she breaks. We have seen too many women grind themselves down to keep everybody else happy. If Ariana wants to go make movies, do weird TV, and come back to music when it feels fun again? That is not betrayal. That is a boundary.
Receipts
Confirmed
- On Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, Ariana called her 2026 Eternal Sunshine tour her “one last hurrah” and said touring might not happen again for a “long, long, long, long time,” while insisting she does not want to make anything fully definitive.
- She said the tour will be a small run of shows and her first time back on stage since the Sweetener world tour in 2019.
- Ariana explained she spent years focused only on pop music but grew up loving musical theater and comedy, and feels more connected to herself and her art when she follows “authentic impulses” in the moment.
- She is currently filming a movie she says she loves, is returning as Glinda in the Wicked sequel Wicked: For Good, has been announced for American Horror Story season 13, and is set to star in Ben Stiller’s upcoming film Focker-In-Law.
ARIANA GRANDE’S “LAST HURRAH”
Ariana Grande says her upcoming 2026 Eternal Sunshine tour could be her final one for a long time. She’s promising to give it everything.
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- Whether this is truly her final tour ever is unknown; Ariana herself avoided the word “never” and framed it as a long break, not a permanent exit.
- How much she will continue to release new music (without touring it heavily) has not been spelled out; that is fan speculation until she says more.
Sources: Ariana Grande conversation on the podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, released November 2025; subsequent entertainment coverage published November 19, 2025 summarizing her comments and upcoming projects.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you mostly know Ariana Grande as “the ponytail girl from that one song my kids play,” here is the quick refresher. She started as a teen actress on Nickelodeon sitcoms, then launched a powerhouse pop career in the 2010s with hits like Problem, Side to Side, No Tears Left to Cry, and Thank U, Next.
Her last full tour, Sweetener, wrapped in 2019 after a massive global run. Since then she has focused more on recording, selective performances, and film work, including her role as Glinda in the Wicked movies. She is now sliding back toward her first love: musical theater, comedy, and acting – just with a lot more money and much better styling.
What’s Next
For fans, the big headline is simple: if you have ever said, “I’ll catch her next tour,” you may not get that option for a long while. The Eternal Sunshine shows in 2026 are being framed as intimate and limited, not a giant two-year world marathon.
On the screen side, she has a packed slate: finishing Wicked: For Good (currently set to premiere November 21), stepping into American Horror Story season 13, and starring in Focker-In-Law with Ben Stiller. Plus, she is already filming another movie she says she adores.
The smart money says she will keep dropping music when it feels right – soundtrack songs, one-off singles, maybe another album down the line – but without tying her entire life to touring schedules. Think more Barbra Streisand choosing her moments, less never-ending stadium grind.
So, is Eternal Sunshine truly the last time we see Ariana belting out her hits in an arena? Maybe for a long stretch, yes. But in pop, “last hurrah” almost always means “last hurrah of this phase.” Reinvention is the only reliable sequel.
Over to you: if Ariana really scales back touring to focus on acting, does that feel like growth to cheer on, or do you see it as walking away from the thing that made her a star in the first place?
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