Ariana Grande is said to have prepared for her London tour dates by holing up in the Oxfordshire countryside after announcing she was taking a break from the spotlight.After her run of gigs at the O2 Arena, the singer, 33, plans to take some time off after struggling to deal with ‘ongoing scrutiny’ over her appearance.So ensuring she was ready to take to the stage tonight, Ariana is said to have enjoyed a break at private members’ club Soho Farmhouse with her boyfriend Ricky Alvarez.According to The Sun, the American star was spotted taking some downtime at the luxurious retreat, where she spent time at the spa relaxing before her shows.The Wicked actress is thought to have travelled on a first class commercial flight from New York to London with Ricky before heading for their countryside break.They apparently spent two days unwinding at the club, where Ricky is thought to have leaned into the country life by going clay-pigeon shooting. Ariana Grande is said to have prepared for her London tour dates by holing up in the Oxfordshire countryside after announcing she was taking a break from the spotlight Ensuring she was ready to take to the stage tonight, Ariana is said to have enjoyed a break at private members’ club Soho Farmhouse with her boyfriend Ricky Alvarez (pictured together)A source told the publication: ‘Ariana and Ricky arrived in the UK at the start of the week and checked into their five-star London hotel in the capital. But they wanted to escape the madness, so immediately went to Soho Farmhouse for a couple of nights with some friends.’The club has strict rules about not bothering celebs, so it was a perfect place for Ariana to recuperate before her London shows.’ In a surprise twist, Sabrina Carpenter was also said to be on site at the same time, after secretly recording her Man’s Best Friend album there last year.The insider said: ‘By chance, Sabrina was also on-site, having flown in via helicopter last week. She’s one of the biggest stars on the planet, but was happily mixing with other guests in the pool and spa.’Ariana is also a fan of the Farmhouse branch of Soho House and was previously spotted there in 2023 with her ex-boyfriend Ethan Slater.Ariana celebrated her 30th birthday alongside Ethan at the complex, three weeks before their relationship was revealed to the world. The pair, who were filming in the UK at the time, were joined by another pal who was seen walking alongside them.One onlooker who saw the couple during their stay – where Ariana was rumored to have enjoyed a getaway with her ex-husband Dalton Gomez the year before – told the Daily Mail that they were seen eating breakfast the morning after Ariana’s milestone birthday. ‘Ariana was sitting next to Ethan and [they were with] another woman, who looked like an assistant or a PA, and another guy,’ the insider shared.’They were eating breakfast – and they wanted to take a picture of a poached egg that got dropped on the floor by a waitress as she was bringing it over to them. Ariana said it looked cute.’ Earlier this week, Ariana hard launched her romance with Ricky online as she slipped a cosy picture of herself with her on-again boyfriend into a new Instagram album (pictured 2016) Her hiatus announcement came amid a roiling online outcry over her new music video Petal, in which her figure was so thin that her sternum was distinctly visible At the time of the trip with Ethan, the outside world was unaware that she had split from her husband, real estate agent Dalton – news that would only be revealed three weeks later. Three days after their divorce was made public, her romance with Ethan – who was also married to wife Lilly Jay, with whom he had a baby in August – was splashed across headlines around the world. They announced their split in June 2026.Earlier this week, Ariana hard launched her romance with Ricky online as she slipped a cosy picture of herself with her boyfriend into a new Instagram album.She shared the album days after announcing plans to withdraw temporarily from public life once she finishes her current run of concerts on September 1.Her hiatus statement, which cited ‘endless, ongoing public scrutiny’, came amid a roiling online outcry over her new music video Petal, in which her figure was so thin that her sternum was distinctly visible.In her new Instagram post, she projected a cheery disposition as she documented her travels on the road with her Eternal Sunshine Tour.One photo showed Ricky, a former backup dancer whom she previously dated in 2015 and 2016, with one of his arms wrapped lovingly around her.Although their faces were kept out of frame in that photo, she included another snap of her clinging to him in which his face was in the shot but the image was blurred.The gathering public concern for Ariana rose to a fever pitch after the release of the Petal music video, in which she plays a young aspiring starlet attempting to navigate the rigors of showbiz.’T?ll me who’s to blame, is it the people or myself?’ she sings at one point in the number. ‘But this time feels so very different. This is not a cry for help.’Her protruding bones in the video ignited a firestorm of feverish online speculation about her health, with some commentators comparing her to Karen Carpenter, the 1970s pop star who succumbed to heart failure aged 32 after years of anorexia.Two days after the Petal video dropped online and went viral, a representative for Ariana confirmed she would be ‘taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour’, via People.A family insider then exclusively informed the Daily Mail that Ariana’s inner circle had ‘begged’ her to take a ‘break’ from her career.The hiatus entailed her departure from a planned West End revival of the classic Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George, which would have reunited her with her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey.