- 2026-04-20
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MUSIC
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The Ordinary Boys Returns With New Song “Peer Pressure”
British indie rock band The Ordinary Boys, consisting of Samuel Preston (vocals/guitar), James Gregory (bass), Charlie Stanley (drums), Matthew Powers (guitar), returned with a new song “Peer Pressure” on April 17, 2026 via Scruff Of The Neck.
It is their first new music in over a decade, following the 2015 self-titled album.
As the single, the song is the follow-up to the collaborative Christmas song “Christmas Starts Tonight with British singer-songwriter Olly Murs”, which was released last December.
The track draws on the Worthing band's synonymous indie-ska roots. It was written and produced by Samuel Preston.
The band frontman Samuel Preston said of the song, “Peer Pressure is a song about the stories we tell ourselves to rationalise our excesses, and how we ignore the real problems of life in a post AI world with its billionaires and manosphere. For our first song back we wanted to make something that sounded like an amalgamation of all the music we love and all The Ordinary Boys songs that we released in the 2000s. We wrote peer pressure as a song that we wanted to hear the crowd singing back to us.”- In March, the band performed live for the first time in over a decade with two sold-out intimate shows at London Strongroom and Worthing's The Venue, ahead of the band heading out on the road this Spring and Summer alongside Madness as well as performing at a range of summer festivals, including Victorious Festival and Wales's Together Again Festival.
Samuel Preston added, “It's so fun to be back playing again and releasing songs.” -
The Ordinary Boys' 2026 UK live shows:
May
23rd - The Ridings Recreational Area, Chipping Sodbury w/ Madness
24th - Darwen Music Live, Darwen
July
24th - Together Again Festival, Chester
August
9th - Outdoor, The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury w/ Madness
15th - Sausage and Cider Festival, Wrexham
28th - Big Feastival, The Cotswolds
29th - Chelmsford Park w/ McFly
29th - Victorious Festival
30th - Coast Fest, South Shields
September
5th - FOMO Fest, Stowmarket - source : Apple Music
