{"id":29811,"date":"2025-10-31T19:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/29811\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:24:16","slug":"leon-thomas-celebrates-sold-out-tour-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/29811\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Thomas Celebrates Sold-Out Tour in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeon Thomas’ Mutts Don’t Heel World Tour kicked off in Dallas on Oct. 30.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Elijah Smith<\/p>\n

Leon Thomas exhibited exactly why he is a jack of all trades at the opening night of his sold-out Mutts Don\u2019t Heel Tour in Dallas.<\/p>\n

The House of Blues<\/a> transformed into a silver-screen daydream on Thursday night for the launch of his headlining 2025-2026 world tour. Thomas was joined by Ambr\u00e9, known for stitching R&B and hip-hop styles together with jazz and trap textures<\/a>, who opened for him. The songstress\u2019s 30-minute set was the perfect warm-up, setting the tone for the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At 8:58 p.m., the white stage lights snapped on, revealing classic silver, sparkling Hollywood curtains, two silver risers for the band, four silver, glittering pillars framing the set and a chrome sculpture of Thomas\u2019 head floating above, reminiscent of a disco ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDallas, what\u2019s up?\u201d the songwriter asked, dressed in all black with shades to get the night started, with fans screaming in response. \u201cTonight I want you to indulge me. I want to try something new, alright? So, on the count of three, I want every single person in this room to bark for the Mutts Don\u2019t Heel Tour. You ready? One, two, three, now go!\u201d This prompted the concertgoers to bark loudly, a preview of how the night\u2019s energy would unfold.<\/p>\n

He then hit the gas with \u201cHeel\u201d from his MUTT Deluxe: Heel before sliding cleanly into \u201cHow Fast\u201d from the original EP MUTT. Strapping up his guitar for \u201cDancing With Demons,\u201d he dropped to his knees, showcased his guitar skills, and hit a few spins for good measure while performing the track. Blue lights washed over the stage for \u201cFar Fetched,\u201d which locked into a groove where he jammed out. After each song up to this point, applause from the crowd was like clockwork, marking the excitement in the venue.<\/p>\n

\"ManLeon Thomas\u2019 tour is sold out.<\/p>\n

Thomas continued with more tracks from MUTT, turning \u201cLucid Dreams\u201d into a sing-along with hands in the air, swaying in sync. \u201cVibes Don\u2019t Lie\u201d lifted a sea of phones in the air. Switching back to the deluxe side to sing \u201cParty Favors\u201d gave the drummer a star turn that demonstrated why he made the cut to hit the road. Thomas then ditched the guitar and glided across the stage while performing \u201cI Do\u201d before he grabbed it again for \u201cMy Muse\u201d and \u201cJust How You Are\u201d from his project PHOLKS, which led to another jam session. Midway through, he flipped to a cover of Hozier\u2019s \u201cToo Sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The creative then tapped into his 2023 album Electric Dusk to deliver \u201cBlue Hundreds,\u201d a rock-and-soul blend that shifted the atmosphere by splitting the crowd\u2019s mood. He took a trip down memory lane for \u201cAquarius\u201d from the mixtape V1bes before bouncing back to the single \u201cBaccarat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

A reset occurred when the music for \u201cSafe Place\u201d served as the reentry point. Thomas ditched the guitar and worked the whole stage instead. The room\u2019s engagement was back, locked in for him. \u201cSlow Down\u201d had folks belting their hearts out. \u201cLove Jones\u201d cooled the tempo, with call-and-response between him and the crowd that felt flirty and communal all at once. When the opening notes of \u201cYes It Is\u201d rang out, the place erupted as phones went up. He planted himself at the center mic and let it fly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s getting hot in here,\u201d he said, feeding off the noise.<\/p>\n

Thomas proceeded to \u201cCrash & Burn,\u201d which included a quick confession about the ups and downs of his personal life. No guitar, just his voice and movement, and the crowd kept singing with him. \u201cTreasure In The Hills\u201d was next on the set list before yellow lights painted the room as he picked the guitar back up for \u201cI Used To.\u201d The venue turned into a constellation of phone lights when his band started playing \u201cBreaking Point.\u201d For \u201cNot Fair,\u201d bodies rocked and a wave of cheers swelled into a full round of applause before the last chord faded.<\/p>\n

He closed out the night with his first No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s\u00a0Hot R&B\/Hip-Hop Songs\u00a0chart as a solo artist, \u201cMUTT.\u201d Surrounded by the discourse that hip-hop hasn\u2019t had a top 40 song on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1990, Thomas is having a week of celebration after \u201cMUTT\u201d landed at No. 10. Drowning the stage in red, there were more phones and more shouting. It was validation that the charts aren\u2019t the end-all, be-all for a genre\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

\"\"Leon Thomas is thanking his fans for his first solo song reaching the top 10.<\/p>\n

He had one last guitar flex. A fan nearby summed it up with a grin: \u201cHe loves a guitar solo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, Dallas! That\u2019s my time,\u201d Thomas said and stepped off stage, and the audience started barking back. He took his time and didn\u2019t rush, and now this tour is a statement of a pending victory lap for the rising superstar.<\/p>\n

See more photos from Thursday\u2019s show:<\/p>\n

\"\"A bust of Leon Thomas floats above the ceiling at House of Blues.<\/p>\n

\"ManLeon Thomas is excited to kick off his first show on the tour.<\/p>\n

\"Man Leon Thomas\u2019s 2024 hit \u201cMutt\u201d remains popular amongst this Dallas crowd.<\/p>\n

\"ManA man with his guitar.<\/p>\n

\"ManLeon Thomas is getting his groove on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leon Thomas’ Mutts Don’t Heel World Tour kicked off in Dallas on Oct. 30. Elijah Smith Leon Thomas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2171,102,104,103,2173,3950,3502,2174],"class_list":{"0":"post-29811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-concert-reviews","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-hip-hop","13":"tag-nightlife","14":"tag-rb","15":"tag-touring-artists"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}