Leon & The Peoples - Tennis Got Soul
City Winery NYC presents Leon & The Peoples - Tennis Got Soul on Wednesday, August 26th, at 7:30 PM.
Leon & The Peoples, NYC's hottest Reggae Soul band has developed their signature blend of Reggae & Soul music while performing nationwide and building a loyal fan base for the last 10 years. Led by multi-talented performer, actor- singer-songwriter and producer simply known as Leon. Leon passionately leads the band with his smooth, sultry vocals and heart felt lyrics, while The Peoples features top-notch musical talent from across the globe. The unique creation results in high energy live performances and a commitment to bringing their blend Soul & Reggae to a world wide audience. Their 2nd album, "Love Is A Beautiful Thing" on Spectra Music label gained nationwide radio play after debuting at #3 on Billboards Hot Singles Sales chart with the title track “Love Is A Beautiful Thing” and following it up second single “beautiful” also charting on Billboard at #12. They received an International Reggae & World Music Award nomination for the first album “The Road Less Traveled" as well as "WINNER" of Best International Artists at the Joe Higgs Reggae Awards.
Leon & The Peoples joined LL Cool J, Usher, Alicia Keys, as main stage acts on Tom Joyner’s Star-Studded Fantastic Voyage Cruise. They co-headlined the “For The Children” with the legendary Reggae band Third World at SONY Hall in New York’s Times Square. Headlined Virginia’s Jazz On The Bluff and Agusta’s Arts in the Heart 2025 festival.St. Albans Jazz and R&B Festival Head-lined AIDS WALK NY Concerts in Central Park, International Festival of Life (Chicago). New Orleans Music Fest, Aspen Jazz Fest, Catalpa NYC Music Festival, the world famous Apollo Theater, The Peoples Festival (DE), Reggae On The River (CA), New York’s SONY Hall and many more. Completed a 38 city "sold out" tour w/ Reggae great Beres Hammond. Leon & Peoples song "Life Is A Funny Game" is the closing credits song in 20th Century Fox movie "Cover" They have two songs on the romantic comedy "I Really Hate My Ex" and the drama, "Where Children Play.”. Leon & The Peoples headlined the Change Fest for Social Justice in Chicago as well as several sold out shows at City Winery in Chicago and NYC.
As an actor, Leon has starred in over 40 movies and numerous TV shows and is the star of 3 upcoming movies due to be released in “26. Voted as one of the Sexiest Actors of all time by AOL. He portrayed the late great David Ruffin in the NBC hit movie "The Temptations" and as Little Richard in the authorized bio pic "Little Richard." He also starred "The Five Heartbeats". Other notable movies include, the lead role in the international Disney blockbuster Cool Runnings, Above The Rim, Waiting to Exhale, HBO’s OZ and currently be seen on, the Paramount Plus series, “The CHI”, Showtime series “City On A Hill” as well as the Emmy winning Amazon series SWARM. Starred opposite Bruce Willis & Frank Grillo in the action film “A Day To Die”
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