Neil Perry Opens Up About The Band Perry’s Shifting Lineup, Says He Was ‘Terminated’ From Family Band
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"I explicitly asked my sister not to misrepresent my support for the current version of the band," Neil writes of Kimberly Perry moving forward with her husband.
Por Billboard | 12/08/2026
There appears to be some bad blood among the past and current members of family country group The Band Perry . The trio launched in 2010 as a sibling trio, consisting of Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry, and earned hits including “If I Die Young” (a Hot Country Songs and Adult Contemporary No. 1) and “Better Dig Two” (No. 1 on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay). The group went on hiatus in 2023, and Kimberly launched a brief solo career, before The Band Perry regrouped with Kimberly, brother Reid and Kimberly’s husband, Johnny Costello. Soon, Reid left the band and it transitioned to a duo with Kimberly and her husband, who released singles including “Psychological.” Related The Band Perry Talks Twisted New ‘Psychological’: Single: ‘I Definitely Have Related to It in Many Seasons in My Life’ Bird & Byron Fly Into Live Rounds on 'AGT' With 'Haunting' Original Song: Watch Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields Festival Has No Overlapping Sets: See the Full Schedule Now, Neil Perry is telling his side of the story behind how the group’s lineup shifted. On Aug. 11, Neil Perry released a series of posts on Instagram, promoting music under a new moniker called Wolves of June. The first video joined the recent “Netflix doc” online trend, as Perry was seen sitting in a chair in front of shelves of awards that The Band Perry had previously won, and the clip is emblazoned with the words, “Preparing for my Netflix documentary about how The Band Perry went from three siblings to my sister and her husband.” The post included the caption: “June 2024 took the old life. Wolves of June is what came next…” Another Instagram post from Neil Perry gave more details, as he wrote, “June 2024 took something from me. Something I had spent my entire life building. A band. A business. A family. A name. My sister wanted her husband to become a member of the band, taking my brother’s place. I made it equally clear that I was not okay with that…weeks later, I was terminated. The day after my birthday…Then I watched a story emerge that didn’t resemble the one I lived.” That post from Neil Perry included a scene from the series Succession , as well as clips from two interviews that Kimberly Perry and Costello did to promote The Band Perry as a duo, in which she appears to say that her brothers supported her continuing on with the group. Neil Perry wrote : “I explicitly asked my sister not to misrepresent my support for the current version of the band.” He went on to add, “By May 2024, none of us were consistently on speaking terms, and Reid had stopped engaging in both personal and business matters. Kimberly came to me about bringing the band out of hiatus, and we initially agreed that moving forward with Reid was not something we were prepared to do. Kimberly reached out to him, and he confirmed he was n