Ariana Grande’s Los Angeles tour stop turned emotional as the singer wiped away tears in front of fans during her Eternal Sunshine era.
The moment happened during Grande’s run at Crypto.com Arena, where The Hollywood Reporter reported that she became visibly emotional during Sunday night’s show.
The L.A. dates came early in Grande’s first major concert tour since 2019. Ticketmaster lists The Eternal Sunshine Tour as beginning June 6, 2026, at Oakland Arena before moving to Los Angeles the following week.
Grande’s latest album and stage show are built around memory, loss, self-protection and the question of what is worth keeping after painful years in public view.
Grande’s Tears Came During Her Los Angeles Run
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The Hollywood Reporter reported that Grande wiped away tears during the Los Angeles stop as emotions took over inside Crypto.com Arena. The outlet also noted the star power in the room, including Universal chairman Donna Langley attending Sunday night’s show.
Crypto.com Arena hosted Grande’s tour on June 13 and June 14. The Los Angeles dates followed the opening Oakland run and gave the tour one of its first major celebrity-heavy stops.
People reported that Kim Kardashian attended the June 13 show with Stephanie Shepherd and Emma Roberts. Kardashian shared clips from the concert on Instagram, including one tagged to Grande with the caption “My baby” and a pink heart emoji.
The L.A. shows also came after years in which Grande had focused heavily on acting, film promotion and studio work. That gap made the arena return a larger moment for fans who had not seen her on a full tour since the Sweetener World Tour.
The Show Uses Memory Erasure as Its Central Image
In a review of the tour’s first Los Angeles show, The Guardian wrote that Grande built the show around the idea of memory erasure, with visuals showing another version of herself connected to a memory-clearing machine.
The Guardian described the concert as a 23-song set that leaned heavily on Eternal Sunshine while also bringing in earlier hits. The review said the first Los Angeles show opened with “yes, and?” and moved through songs including “positions,” “the boy is mine,” “One Last Time,” “Rain on Me” and “Break Free.”
The review singled out “Dangerous Woman” as an emotional high point and described the closing image as Grande being lifted into light-filled rafters. The show also included “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” a song from her forthcoming album Petal, according to the Guardian.
The songs, visuals and long break from touring already place the L.A. tears inside a comeback built around what she has carried since her last full concert run.
The Tour Marks Her First Major Run Since 2019
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Grande last toured before this with the Sweetener World Tour in 2019. Ticketmaster’s tour information says The Eternal Sunshine Tour began June 6 in Oakland, with dates scheduled across North America and London.
The Guardian noted that Grande’s years away from touring included major screen work, including her role in the Wicked films and her time as a coach on The Voice. The tour brings her back to arenas after that stretch of film, television and studio work.
People’s coverage of Kardashian, Shepherd and Roberts at the L.A. show added to the celebrity-event feel around the early tour dates. Kardashian’s Instagram Stories showed her singing along to “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” with Shepherd and Roberts, according to the outlet.
Grande is scheduled to continue the tour after Los Angeles with more arena dates, including additional California shows before the run moves across North America.