📍Credit Union of Texas Event Center — Oct. 17, 2025
Written by Clinton Camper
There’s something delightfully offbeat about watching Sombr in person — like stumbling into a late-night talk show hosted by a poet who overshares for fun. When the Late Nights & Young Romance Tour stopped at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center on Friday, October 17, the Dallas crowd got the full experience: charm, chaos, and just the right amount of cringe comedy.
Sombr — real name Sam Doores — has been steadily carving out his lane in the alt-pop world, blending humor, heartbreak, and confessional storytelling with the theatrical flair of someone who grew up binging Saturday Night Liveand late-night TV reruns. (Fun fact: the entire stage design on this tour — city skyline backdrop, glowing desk, faux-studio lighting — is modeled after his obsession with late-night aesthetics. He once joked in an interview that he built it so his mom would finally believe he has a “real job.”)
Dressed in all black along with his band, Sombr looked like the head writer of his own heartbreak show. Between songs, he oscillated between smooth and silly, cracking jokes with the kind of timing that felt more stand-up than singer-songwriter. “Should I take my shirt off?” he teased at one point, before adding, “Yeah right, take me to dinner first — I’m not that easy.” It’s that mix of confidence and clownery that makes him impossible not to root for.
The night’s emotional centerpiece came when he pulled an audience member onstage for what he called The Breakup Hotline. The challenge? Call an ex and explain why it didn’t work out. But this time, the participant was happily in a new relationship — with another man. Sombr didn’t miss a beat, smiling wide before saying, “That’s beautiful. Happy Pride, baby!” The crowd roared. It was the kind of spontaneous, human moment that perfectly captures why his shows feel more like shared experiences than performances.
Musically, Sombr’s setlist covered every shade of late-night emotion. “I Wish I Knew How to Quit You” opened the night like a slow confession under dim neon. “Perfume,” “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind,” and “Come Closer” pulsed with intimacy and ache, while “Dime” and “Would’ve Been You” hit that sweet spot between radio-ready and emotionally wrecked. During “Undressed,” a girl behind me scream-sang every lyric with her entire soul — glass-shattering and pure — the kind of dedication that would make even Sombr laugh mid-line.
One of the night’s most cinematic moments came with “Canal Street,” a deep cut inspired by his time in New York — a nod to his early days busking and producing music in cramped apartments before finding viral success online. (He’s since become known for his self-produced tracks, DIY music videos, and the way he somehow makes heartbreak sound like a party you’d still RSVP to.)
By the time he closed with “12 to 12,” the crowd wasn’t ready to let go. The lights dimmed, and the New York skyline behind him flickered like a TV about to cut to static. Sombr waved, grinned, and gave one last late-night-host sign-off: “You’ve been a beautiful audience, Dallas. Get home safe, call your ex — or don’t.”
It was the perfect ending to a show that felt part therapy session, part rom-com, and part chaotic talk show. Sombr doesn’t just perform songs — he hosts your heartbreak, makes you laugh about it, and then turns it into a memory you’ll want to replay.