One of the most hotly tipped UK bands around right now, Good Neighbours are back with new single ‘People Need People’.
It is the final taste of their eagerly anticipated debut album Blue Sky Mentality, out September 26th via Polydor Records.
Speaking about the new track, which premiered on Wednesday night as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record, the band commented: “The title is everything the track is about. When we started this band, we were in and out of jobs and struggling with staying afloat.
“Luckily, we had an amazing group of mates around us who we’ve seen laugh and cry when the going gets tough. The song should be an arm around the ones you love.”
The announcement coincides with news of the duo’s biggest UK & Ireland tour to date in February 2026.
It includes shows in Glasgow, Manchester, and Sheffield, following this month’s run of seven in-store shows to celebrate the album release.
Speaking on the album, the band added: “Blue Sky Mentality has been our motto since day one. Our band began as a kind of light relief – a creative outlet to break from jobs that we couldn’t stand and some tough personal times.
“Over the last year, we ran with that feeling, writing our debut album on the road – in the back of tour buses, hotel rooms, and scattered corners of the world.
“That’s what Blue Sky Mentality means to us – finding light, friendship and a sense of escapism wherever you are.”
Tickets for the tour are available from Friday 12th September (general sale) here.
Debut album tracklist and full lists of live shows are below.
Blue Sky Mentality tracklist:
1. Keep It Up
2. Skipping Stones
3. Ripple
4. found u/me*
5. Walk Walk Walk
6. Kids Can’t Sleep
7. Home
8. Small Town
9. Starry Eyed
10. People Need People
11. Left Hand Man
12. Suburbs
13. Wonderful Life
14. The Buzz
*Vinyl edition includes ‘Somebody’ instead of ‘found u/me’
In-Store Tour Dates:
22/09 – Rough Trade, Bristol
23/09 – HMV, The Vault, Birmingham
25/09 – Banquet / Pryzm, Kingston
26/09 – Jacaranda, Baltic, Liverpool
27/09 – Crash Records, Wardrobe, Leeds
29/09 – Assai, Caves, Edinburgh
30/09 – Rough Trade, The Saltbox, Nottingham
UK & Ireland Tour Dates 2026:
Tue 10 Feb – Dublin, The Academy
Thu 12 Feb – Glasgow, SWG3
Fri 13 Feb – Manchester, New Century Hall
Sat 14 Feb – Sheffield, The Foundry
Mon 16 Feb – Birmingham, O2 Institute
Tue 17 Feb – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Wed 18 Feb – Brighton, CHALK Live
Fri 20 Feb – Bristol, The Electric
Sat 21 Feb – Oxford, O2 Academy 1
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