{"id":316818,"date":"2025-12-15T07:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/316818\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:26:09","slug":"ariana-grande-says-playing-glinda-in-wicked-helped-heal-her-relationship-to-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/316818\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande says playing Glinda in ‘Wicked’ helped heal her relationship to touring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ariana Grande<\/a> has shed light on how her Wicked <\/a>role helped facilitate \u201chealing\u201d in her relationship to touring.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0\u2018Wicked: For Good\u2019 review: an emotional but awkward return to Oz<\/a><\/p>\n

Grande\u2019s last musical output was her\u00a0March 2024 album \u2018Eternal Sunshine\u2019<\/a>, an expanded deluxe version of which she shared earlier this year, complete with six new tracks<\/a>. She\u2019s set to take it on tour next summer, marking her first live run in six years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ariana\u2019s\u00a0last tour concluded in 2019<\/a>, and between then and now, she\u2019s performed live only a handful of times, mainly at non-profit events and award shows<\/a>. Ahead of next year\u2019s trek, she opened up about her evolving relationship with live music and said playing Glinda had impacted it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent a lot of time redoing my system when it comes to making music,\u201d she told Interview Magazine<\/a>. \u201cWith \u2018Eternal Sunshine\u2019, that felt like a very different experience for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the time away from it helped me reclaim certain pieces of it and put certain feelings that maybe belonged to my relationship to fame, or the things that come with being an artist, in a box somewhere else, and say, \u2018Okay. I don\u2019t have to let go of this thing that I love. I can just put those things over here, and not lose sight of my gifts.’\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that working on Wicked improved her confidence in herself, adding: \u201cI\u2019ve just been taking baby steps towards healing my relationship to music and touring, and I think my time with Glinda and with acting really helped me build the strength to be able to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it just held some traumas for me before, and I feel those dissipating, and that is such an extraordinarily beautiful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back in September, Grande\u2019s fans took to social media in disbelief after hundreds of thousands were left queuing for tickets for her upcoming London dates, with more shows now added following the demand.\u00a0You can find tickets\u00a0here<\/a>, and find a list of dates below.<\/p>\n

Ariana Grande\u2019s \u2018The Eternal Sunshine\u2019 2026 tour dates are:<\/p>\n

JUNE
6 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
9 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
13 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
14 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena
17 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
19 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
24 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Moody Center
26 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Moody Center
30 \u2013 Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena<\/p>\n

JULY
2 \u2013 Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena
6 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
8 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
12 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
13 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
16 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
18 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
22 \u2013 Boston, MA @ TD Garden
24 \u2013 Boston, MA @ TD Garden
28 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
30 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre<\/p>\n

AUGUST
3 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ United Center
5 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ United Center
15 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2
16 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2
19 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2
20 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2
23 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2<\/p>\n

NEW DATES:<\/p>\n

AUGUST
24 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2\u00a0
27 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2\u00a0
28 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2
31 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2\u00a0<\/p>\n

September
1 \u2013 London, UK @ The O2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"CynthiaCynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in \u2018Wicked: For Good\u2019. CREDIT: Universal Pictures<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, scrutiny from\u00a0the current Wicked: For Good press tour has pushed Grande to give fans a \u201cfriendly reminder\u201d not to comment on her body<\/a>\u00a0in a new social media post. It follows\u00a0she and Erivo recently sharing emotional farewells to their respective\u00a0Wicked\u00a0characters on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wicked: For Good\u00a0has scored a\u00a0three-star review from\u00a0NME<\/a>, with Nick Levine writing: \u201cThe one truly showstopping moment is Elphaba and Glinda\u2019s climactic rendition of \u2018For Good\u2019, a big, blustery show tune that sums up their entire relationship. Wicked: For Good doesn\u2019t defy gravity like its predecessor but fans will want to hold space for a sequel with a very poignant payoff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande has shed light on how her Wicked role helped facilitate \u201chealing\u201d in her relationship to touring.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,1581,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-316818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-pop","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}