Peter Howarth (born 3rd May 1960 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is a musician, who is the current lead singer of the English band, The Hollies, joining in October 2004. He also has a career as solo artist and previously was also a backing singer. In 2014 he released the CD album "Evermore" featuring his acoustic version of "He Ain't Heavy - He's My brother".