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Ariana Grande Closes the Eternal Sunshine Tour With 10 Sold-Out Nights at the O2 — Her First UK Shows in Seven Years

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Ariana Grande Closes the Eternal Sunshine Tour With 10 Sold-Out Nights at the O2 — Her First UK Shows in Seven Years

Ariana Grande will close her Eternal Sunshine Tour with a 10-night residency at London's O2 Arena from August 15 to September 1, marking her first UK performances in seven years. All listed dates show as sold out on her official store, with a waitlist option open for every show. The 20,000-capacity arena will host the final leg of a tour that began in June 2026 and is Grande's first full tour since 2019's Sweetener run. Billboard

Grande described the London residency as "a last hurrah – for now" in a BBC article cited by Billboard. The phrasing leaves the door open, but the tour is structured as a conclusion to the cycle behind Eternal Sunshine, her seventh studio album, which she announced for a July 31 release. That means the London audiences will have had barely two weeks with the record — or in the case of the later August dates, just over a fortnight — before hearing it live.

The tour was announced in 2025 and has already required rescheduling, with Billboard reporting in June 2026 that three Eternal Sunshine Tour dates were moved. The London leg itself spans confirmed nights including August 15, 16, 19, and 28, with doors at 18:30 and an 23:00 curfew for Saturday shows, according to Live Nation UK. The full ten-night count runs through to September 1.

For fans who did not secure tickets, the official store is doing brisk merchandise business around the residency. The Eternal Sunshine Tour collection includes hoodies at $85, a crewneck at $75, and T-shirts at $35. The store also lists the Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead CD at $17.99 and a digital version at $9.99, alongside 7-inch vinyl singles for tracks including 'Supernatural', 'Hampstead', 'Dandelion', and 'twilight zone' at $14.99 each. The forthcoming album Petal is available in multiple vinyl variants, including a cloudy gray LP and a translucent pearly white LP at $32.99, and an exclusive picture disc at $35.99. A Dangerous Woman Tenth Anniversary Edition is also on offer, with store-exclusive 2LP editions — one with 2016 artwork, one with 2026 artwork — each priced at $49.99.

The seven-year gap is the story behind the story. Grande's last UK appearances were on the Sweetener tour in 2019, a period that included her Manchester Arena benefit response and a heavy global schedule. Since then she has released two studio albums, starred in the film adaptation of Wicked, and now returns to the road with a production built around Eternal Sunshine and its deluxe companion. Whether "for now" means a pause or a longer break, the London run is booked as a finale — ten nights, one arena, every seat gone.

Ariana Grande Closes the Eternal Sunshine Tour With 10 Sold-Out Nights at the O2 — Her First UK Shows in Seven Years | The Brief