Overwhelming demand for two Hollywood Bowl shows has the pop star reconsidering what a live performance career could look like.

Miley Cyrus may be done with touring, but she isn’t done performing — and the numbers behind her upcoming Hollywood Bowl shows suggest fans aren’t done showing up for her either.

The 33-year-old singer recently addressed the staggering response to her two October concerts at the iconic Los Angeles venue, revealing that the level of interest has her seriously considering a full residency there in the future.

A Stunning Ticket Rush

When presale tickets opened for Cyrus’s shows, nearly 1.5 million fans reportedly joined the queue hoping to snag a spot. The Hollywood Bowl, however, seats roughly 17,500 people per night, meaning only about 35,000 tickets were available across both dates combined — a fraction of the demand.

Radio host Zane Lowe pointed out during a recent interview that satisfying that level of interest would realistically require something closer to 80 shows at the venue. Cyrus didn’t disagree. Instead, she described the framing as essentially validating a concept she’d already been mulling over.

The Case for a Hollywood Residency

For Cyrus, the ticket demand wasn’t just a pleasant surprise — it was proof of concept. She indicated that the two upcoming shows function as something of a trial run, confirming her instinct that fans are willing to travel to see her rather than the other way around. Rather than mounting another cross-country tour, she suggested she’d rather stay put and let audiences come to Los Angeles instead.

That mindset marks a notable shift for an artist who spent over a decade crisscrossing arenas and festival stages. It also positions the Hollywood Bowl, a historic outdoor amphitheater long associated with prestige bookings, as a potential long-term home base for her live performances.

Why Miley Cyrus Walked Away From Touring

Cyrus’s pivot away from traditional touring isn’t new. Her most recent headlining arena tour was 2014’s Bangerz Tour, and her only live outing since has been a string of festival dates during the Attention run between 2021 and 2022.

She has previously explained that large-scale touring stopped feeling worthwhile to her on a personal level. In past remarks, she described performing for massive stadium crowds as an isolating experience, one that lacked the intimacy and sense of safety she values in a live setting. It wasn’t a question of ability, she noted, but of desire — and of prioritizing her own well-being over external expectations.

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Los Angeles holds particular significance for Cyrus, who has called it the city that has her heart. That attachment appears central to the residency idea: hosting shows there wouldn’t just benefit her personally, she suggested, but would also bring economic and cultural value to the city itself.

There’s a practical upside for Cyrus too. Staying local means skipping the grind of touring life — the flights, the hotel rooms, the constant relocation — in favor of performing close to home and returning to her own bed each night. She’s framed it as a win-win: audiences get a show, and she gets to stay rooted in the place she loves most.

What Comes Next

No formal residency announcement has been made, and Cyrus‘s comments so far remain speculative rather than confirmed plans. Still, the response to her two Hollywood Bowl dates has clearly given her — and potentially her team — real data to work with heading into future scheduling decisions.

For now, fans will have to settle for October’s two nights, a limited but symbolic step toward the kind of long-term, homegrown live-performance model Cyrus appears to be building toward.

Source: Entertainment Weekly