{"id":353070,"date":"2026-06-09T13:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353070\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:10:27","slug":"photos-ariana-grandes-eternal-sunshine-world-tour-opens-in-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353070\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Ariana Grande\u2019s \u2018Eternal Sunshine\u2019 world tour opens in Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"

(KRON<\/a>) \u2014 For the first time in seven years, Ariana Grande is on a world tour. The pop icon\u2019s first stop of 41 sold-out shows is in the Bay Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fans inside a packed Oakland Arena on Saturday, June 6 were treated to opening night of \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine Tour.\u201d The Bay Area got the first look at the tour\u2019s production and dibs on tour merchandise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photos from the concert, including a behind-the-scenes look backstage where Grande shares an emotional moment with her mother Joan, can be viewed in the slideshows below.<\/p>\n

How Oakland Arena became the Bay Area\u2019s unofficial home for K-pop <\/a><\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande and her mother, Joan, share a moment backstage at Oakland Arena during opening night of \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine\u201d world tour on Saturday, June 6. (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande\u2019s mother, Joan, was backstage attending the opening night of \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine\u201d world tour on Saturday, June 6 at Oakland Arena. (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande and her tour crew gather backstage of Oakland Arena for the first show of her \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine\u201d world tour on Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Credit: Julian Dakdouk)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande performs on the opening night of \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine Tour\u201d on Saturday, June 6 at Oakland Arena. (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande pours her emotions in the singer\u2019s first tour in seven years. \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine Tour\u201d began in Oakland on June 6. (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande is beamed up into the Oakland Arena rafters while singing \u201csupernatural\u201d during opening night of \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine Tour\u201d in Oakland Arena on June 6. (Credit: Julian Dakdouk)<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Eternal Sunshine Tour\u201d stops are in dozens of indoor arenas in North America and Europe, providing a more intimate concert experience for fans.(Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande performs in front of a sold-out Oakland Arena on June 6 for the debut of her \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine Tour.\u201d(Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Since her last world tour, Ariana Grande has released two studio albums: \u201cPositions\u201d (2020) and \u201cEternal Sunshine\u201d (2024). (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande\u2019s first world tour in seven years began at Oakland Arena on Saturday, June 6. (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande is known for her acting background as many performances have a Broadway-like feel. (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Ariana Grande performs on the opening night of \u201cThe Eternal Sunshine Tour\u201d on Saturday, June 6 at Oakland Arena, her first world tour in seven years. (Credit: Katia Temkin)<\/p>\n

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Grande, who turns 33 on June 26, is one of this generation\u2019s biggest names in music with billions of streams and millions of albums sold worldwide. The singer-actress is among the most-followed people on Instagram with more than 363 million followers.<\/p>\n

She is coming off back-to-back box office successes after starring in both \u201cWicked\u201d (2024) and \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d (2025) \u2014 a role that earned her an Oscar nomination. Grande is back on the big screen in November, co-starring in \u201cFocker-in-Law\u201d with Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.<\/p>\n

Grande is next scheduled to perform Tuesday and Wednesday at Oakland Arena before heading to Los Angeles this weekend for five more sold-out shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cPetal,\u201d her eighth studio album, is set to be released on July 31.<\/p>\n

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