The Arianaverse Expanded<\/h2>\n\n\n\tUnlike Ari\u2019s first show of the tour that simply teased<\/em> her new album, the pre-show screens during night one of her Chicago stretch frequently showed a QR code to purchase and\/or download petal<\/em> \u2014 which has become the latest addition to Grande\u2019s always-expanding universe, with the same screens also advertising her r.e.m. beauty, Ariana Grande Fragrances and her latest Swarovski campaign. Another new addition? The promotion of her\u00a0Brighter Days\u00a0Ahead\u00a0Foundation, which launched in June and in July partnered with\u00a0Backline to provide\u00a0mental health\u00a0resources to her entire touring team and crew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nThe Response To This \u2018Yes, And?\u2019 Lyric<\/h2>\n\n\n\tLike always, Ari opened the show with her Eternal Sunshine <\/em>lead single, \u201cYes, And?\u201d Only tonight, there seemed to be more ferocity in her gaze and more bite in her delivery. When she sang the line, \u201cI\u2019m so done with caring\/ What you think, no, I won\u2019t hide,\u201d the crowd\u2019s roars were especially loud, perhaps in support of the idea that Grande\u2019s forthcoming break is anything but a means to hide, and rather a necessity in order for her to return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nHer Speech Addressing the Headlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\u201cIs it okay if I talk to you guys for a while?\u201d Grande asked after reappearing on stage for Act II (of five, plus an encore). Ahead of performing a live looped version of \u201ceternal sunshine,\u201d Ari took some time to speak directly to her fans and \u201cclear the air\u201d on recent headlines, particularly the one announcing her break following this tour.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI just wanted to talk to you for a second, is that okay if we get a little real tonight? I wrote down my thoughts because I didn\u2019t want to get nervous and forget. I just wanted to say, sometimes when a story comes out that\u2019s not directly from me, things can get a little blown out of proportion. So I just wanted to speak to my fans directly tonight because I love you so much\u2026[I wanted to let you know] how I\u2019m feeling, and not let the world decide and project\u2026So I\u2019d like to just clear the air. I\u2019ll keep it short, I promise.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tShe continued: \u201cSo basically, the announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing. It was a plan that I quietly made a long time ago and it\u2019s a decision that was made from a thoughtful and empowered place and I want you to know that many things can be true at the same time,\u201d at which point, a fan screamed \u201cf\u2013k the haters,\u201d to which Grande bashfully smirked.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI heard that my fans were worried that \u2018negativity was ruining things for me,’\u201d she said with air quotes. \u201cI just have to say, that could not be more the f\u2013k opposite. This is not what that is, and I just want to be very very clear. Multiple things can be true at the same time: boundaries need to be set, human beings can need a break sometimes\u2026and also, this can be and will continue to be the greatest experience of my professional career and life\u2026So I just wanted to make that quite plain.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI have one more thing to say: no matter what noise is out there, nothing will ever be able to distort my reality or be more real to me than this love that we share. The rest of that s\u2013t is not mine to carry, so I don\u2019t carry it. I needed to get up here and differentiate that from my true [feelings] because this tour has been the most healing, beautiful, corrective, magnificent, special experience of my life \u2013 and so has putting out petal<\/em>\u2026It\u2019s been extraordinary. I wish that words were enough to articulate just how much I love you all\u2026Now we can keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tAnd so she did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nThe Permanent \u2018Petal\u2019 Addition<\/h2>\n\n\n\tDuring her July 28 show in Montreal, Ariana added \u201cpetal\u201d to the setlist for the first time, giving her new album\u2019s title track not only its live debut, but its world premiere. She kept it in the set for the following two Montreal shows, beginning her encore with it again on July 30 (followed by the world premiere and live debut of \u201clike i do\u201d) and on album release day, July 31 (followed by the premiere and live debut of \u201cstay\u201d and \u201coh well\u201d).<\/p>\n
\n\tWhen she once again started the encore for her first Chicago show with the title track, it became clear the song has found its permanent home on the Eternal Sunshine Tour setlist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nHer \u2018Big\u2019 Live Debut<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\u201cI get to spend my album release week with you all,\u201d Grande shared with gratitude while seated on a stool, preparing to perform \u201cHampstead.\u201d She then teased, \u201cwe\u2019ll do some songs from petal <\/em>later\u201d and continued to express appreciation for her fans, saying, \u201cI never will be able to properly articulate what you all mean to me \u2013 and always have, for what? 15 years? Thank you for being by my side all the way from \u2018Honeymoon Avenue\u2019 to \u2018Hampstead.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tLater in the show, during the encore, Ari kept her word. Sticking with the format of her Montreal shows, after performing \u201cpetal,\u201d she tossed in two more tracks from her new album \u2014 neither of which she had sung live yet. The first was \u201cBig Feelings,\u201d which Billboard <\/em>ranked as the fourth best song on the album. For its live debut, the stage was drenched in red lighting, a nod to the passion imbued in the song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u2018Never\u2019 Enough New Songs<\/h2>\n\n\n\tAfter \u201cBig Feelings,\u201d Grande live debuted a second petal <\/em>track. As the stage lighting shifted from red to a warm golden-yellow, the band started to play \u201cnever get over me.\u201d The song became the sixth one off her new album to get its live debut, leaving just six more to experience that special on-stage first. Given that Ari still has two Chicago dates left and 10 in London, it\u2019s safe to say the entire album will be heard live, at least once, before the tour wraps on Sept. 1 \u2014 beginning what could be another long stretch before we hear them live again. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ariana-grande-petal-eternal-sunshine-tour-changes-recap\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ariana-grande-June62026-katia-temkin-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Ariana Grande kicked off her Eternal Sunshine Tour nearly two months ago \u2014 and boy, a lot has changed since. She\u2019s famously tweaked a key lyric in \u201cThank U, Next\u201d (changing: \u201cwrote some songs about Ricky\/ now I listen and laugh\u201d to: \u201cwrote some songs about Ricky\/ we always find our way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2076553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2076553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2076553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2076553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2076553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tUnlike Ari\u2019s first show of the tour that simply teased<\/em> her new album, the pre-show screens during night one of her Chicago stretch frequently showed a QR code to purchase and\/or download petal<\/em> \u2014 which has become the latest addition to Grande\u2019s always-expanding universe, with the same screens also advertising her r.e.m. beauty, Ariana Grande Fragrances and her latest Swarovski campaign. Another new addition? The promotion of her\u00a0Brighter Days\u00a0Ahead\u00a0Foundation, which launched in June and in July partnered with\u00a0Backline to provide\u00a0mental health\u00a0resources to her entire touring team and crew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tLike always, Ari opened the show with her Eternal Sunshine <\/em>lead single, \u201cYes, And?\u201d Only tonight, there seemed to be more ferocity in her gaze and more bite in her delivery. When she sang the line, \u201cI\u2019m so done with caring\/ What you think, no, I won\u2019t hide,\u201d the crowd\u2019s roars were especially loud, perhaps in support of the idea that Grande\u2019s forthcoming break is anything but a means to hide, and rather a necessity in order for her to return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\t\u201cIs it okay if I talk to you guys for a while?\u201d Grande asked after reappearing on stage for Act II (of five, plus an encore). Ahead of performing a live looped version of \u201ceternal sunshine,\u201d Ari took some time to speak directly to her fans and \u201cclear the air\u201d on recent headlines, particularly the one announcing her break following this tour.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI just wanted to talk to you for a second, is that okay if we get a little real tonight? I wrote down my thoughts because I didn\u2019t want to get nervous and forget. I just wanted to say, sometimes when a story comes out that\u2019s not directly from me, things can get a little blown out of proportion. So I just wanted to speak to my fans directly tonight because I love you so much\u2026[I wanted to let you know] how I\u2019m feeling, and not let the world decide and project\u2026So I\u2019d like to just clear the air. I\u2019ll keep it short, I promise.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tShe continued: \u201cSo basically, the announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing. It was a plan that I quietly made a long time ago and it\u2019s a decision that was made from a thoughtful and empowered place and I want you to know that many things can be true at the same time,\u201d at which point, a fan screamed \u201cf\u2013k the haters,\u201d to which Grande bashfully smirked.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI heard that my fans were worried that \u2018negativity was ruining things for me,’\u201d she said with air quotes. \u201cI just have to say, that could not be more the f\u2013k opposite. This is not what that is, and I just want to be very very clear. Multiple things can be true at the same time: boundaries need to be set, human beings can need a break sometimes\u2026and also, this can be and will continue to be the greatest experience of my professional career and life\u2026So I just wanted to make that quite plain.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI have one more thing to say: no matter what noise is out there, nothing will ever be able to distort my reality or be more real to me than this love that we share. The rest of that s\u2013t is not mine to carry, so I don\u2019t carry it. I needed to get up here and differentiate that from my true [feelings] because this tour has been the most healing, beautiful, corrective, magnificent, special experience of my life \u2013 and so has putting out petal<\/em>\u2026It\u2019s been extraordinary. I wish that words were enough to articulate just how much I love you all\u2026Now we can keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAnd so she did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tDuring her July 28 show in Montreal, Ariana added \u201cpetal\u201d to the setlist for the first time, giving her new album\u2019s title track not only its live debut, but its world premiere. She kept it in the set for the following two Montreal shows, beginning her encore with it again on July 30 (followed by the world premiere and live debut of \u201clike i do\u201d) and on album release day, July 31 (followed by the premiere and live debut of \u201cstay\u201d and \u201coh well\u201d).<\/p>\n \n\tWhen she once again started the encore for her first Chicago show with the title track, it became clear the song has found its permanent home on the Eternal Sunshine Tour setlist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\t\u201cI get to spend my album release week with you all,\u201d Grande shared with gratitude while seated on a stool, preparing to perform \u201cHampstead.\u201d She then teased, \u201cwe\u2019ll do some songs from petal <\/em>later\u201d and continued to express appreciation for her fans, saying, \u201cI never will be able to properly articulate what you all mean to me \u2013 and always have, for what? 15 years? Thank you for being by my side all the way from \u2018Honeymoon Avenue\u2019 to \u2018Hampstead.’\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLater in the show, during the encore, Ari kept her word. Sticking with the format of her Montreal shows, after performing \u201cpetal,\u201d she tossed in two more tracks from her new album \u2014 neither of which she had sung live yet. The first was \u201cBig Feelings,\u201d which Billboard <\/em>ranked as the fourth best song on the album. For its live debut, the stage was drenched in red lighting, a nod to the passion imbued in the song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tAfter \u201cBig Feelings,\u201d Grande live debuted a second petal <\/em>track. As the stage lighting shifted from red to a warm golden-yellow, the band started to play \u201cnever get over me.\u201d The song became the sixth one off her new album to get its live debut, leaving just six more to experience that special on-stage first. Given that Ari still has two Chicago dates left and 10 in London, it\u2019s safe to say the entire album will be heard live, at least once, before the tour wraps on Sept. 1 \u2014 beginning what could be another long stretch before we hear them live again. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ariana-grande-petal-eternal-sunshine-tour-changes-recap\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ariana-grande-June62026-katia-temkin-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Ariana Grande kicked off her Eternal Sunshine Tour nearly two months ago \u2014 and boy, a lot has changed since. She\u2019s famously tweaked a key lyric in \u201cThank U, Next\u201d (changing: \u201cwrote some songs about Ricky\/ now I listen and laugh\u201d to: \u201cwrote some songs about Ricky\/ we always find our way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2076553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2076553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2076553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2076553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2076553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Response To This \u2018Yes, And?\u2019 Lyric<\/h2>\n
Her Speech Addressing the Headlines<\/h2>\n
The Permanent \u2018Petal\u2019 Addition<\/h2>\n
Her \u2018Big\u2019 Live Debut<\/h2>\n
\u2018Never\u2019 Enough New Songs<\/h2>\n