Last night at the Oakland Arena in California, Ariana Grande kicked off her Eternal Sunshine tour—the buzzy set of summer gigs that were impossible to get tickets for.
Supporting her 2024 pop album of the same name, this marks Grande’s first time hitting the road since 2019’s Sweetener tour. For the past two years, Grande has been famously focusing on her Hollywood movie star era, with her Oscar-nominated turn as Glinda in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked films. In summer 2027, she will star opposite Jonathan Bailey once again and make her London stage debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. But yesterday evening saw Grande return to her full-on pop star form: Cue the fabulous mini dresses, platform boots, and yes, the signature high ponytail.
Grande’s first show, which was divided into five acts, unveiled her new custom tour fashions. The star worked with her go-to stylist Law Roach to cultivate six striking looks for the stage, including custom designs by Wiederhoeft, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, and two looks courtesy of Givenchy by Sarah Burton.
The singer opened the show with her hit “yes, and?” wearing a custom black Ludovic de Saint Sernin lace mini dress, complete with a very “the boy is mine”-style Catwoman mask. For act two, Grande changed into a pink fringed Alexander McQueen gown—perfect for twirling and dancing around to her track “7 rings.”
In act three, Grande wore a white Wiederhoeft dress made of lace and tulle, paired with ballerina-style lace up heels. Act four produced a custom, off-the-shoulder Vivienne Westwood purple and black printed gown. The last section saw Grande deliver not one but two looks from Givenchy by Sarah Burton—the first was a black couture dress with silver embroidery, and the second an angelic white lace maxi dress, which she sported to get beamed up at the end of the show while singing “supernatural.”
