Ariana Grande Reveals Why She Won’t Be Touring in 2025 Between ‘Wicked’ Movies

Ariana Grande is not saying goodbye to touring for good — only for now.

Speaking with Variety in an interview revealed on Wednesday, Dec. 17, the Wicked star spoke about the potential for touring in 2025 to advertise her album Eternal Sunshine.

“I really feel so grateful to the appearing, and I feel my followers know that music and being on stage will all the time be part of my life, however I don’t see it coming anytime quickly,” Grande, 31, stated of occurring tour forward of Wicked 2: For Good‘s launch in 2025.

“I feel the following few years, hopefully we’ll be exploring totally different types of artwork, and I feel appearing is feeling like house proper now.”

“I’m appreciative for [my fans’] understanding. I’m so grateful for the methods wherein we’ve grown collectively over this complete journey with ‘Wicked.’ But music will all the time be part of my life.” Grande portrays Glinda in each Wicked motion pictures, the primary of which premiered in November.

The Golden Globe-nominated actress then quipped: “I’ll carry out at my mom’s home.”

Days earlier than, Grande’s document label cleared up rumors about her touring in 2025 after Ticketmaster’s web site appeared so as to add occasions registered to the “Into You” artist.

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“There aren’t any plans for a tour subsequent yr, however Ariana stays deeply appreciative of her followers and all their continued love, help and pleasure,” Republic Records wrote on X (previously Twitter).

In July, Grande beforehand spoke about eager to go on tour on the podcast Shut Up Evan. “I feel it will be a very pretty concept to have the ability to trickle in some reveals in between the 2 Wicked movies,” she stated on the time. “I feel there’s a model of that that exists.”

It’s been 5 years for the reason that “we won’t be mates” singer went on tour. Grande launched into her Sweetener world tour in 2019 to advertise her 2018 album of the identical title together with 2019’s thank u, subsequent.