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Ariana Grande announces she will ‘take step back’ from public life

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2 August 2026

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Ariana Grande is ‘looking forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily’ (Picture: Jennifer Graylock/INSTARimages)

Ariana Grande has announced she will be ‘taking a step back from visibility’ after her tour ends.

The Thank U, Next singer currently on her Eternal Sunshine world tour, which is set to reach London in August, after sold-out dates in the United States.

Her agents confirmed she will pull out of West End revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George.

The superstar was due to tread the boards of the Barbican Centre next summer, opposite her former Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey.

But a representative said: ‘Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour.

‘She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny.