Neil Perry just launched his new project WOLVESofJUNE, but now he's making claims about his departure from the Band Perry. The country musician is taking to social media to blame his sister Kimberly for his exit, which happened in 2024.
Since 2005, Neil played in the Band Perry alongside his siblings Kimberly and Reid until 2023, when the group went on hiatus. In July 2025, the Band Perry returned as a trio with Kimberly, Reid, and Kimberly's husband Johnny Costello. A few months later, Reid announced he was leaving to focus on artist management.
On Tuesday (Aug. 11), Neil began making posts about the matter, one of which was a video with the sardonic text, "Preparing for my Netflix documentary about how the Band Perry went from three siblings to my sister and her husband." Another was a lengthy statement, which read:
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.
By then, the situation had become about far more than the lineup. I had witnessed instability and broken trust that fundamentally changed my ability to move forward.
Weeks later, I was terminated. The day after my birthday.
I never expected that my decision not to participate under those circumstances would also mean losing my financial interest and access to the band’s platforms, resources, and audience I had spent my life helping build.
Then I watched a story emerge that didn’t resemble the one I lived.
The anger became music. The grief became songs. The loss became freedom.
June 2024 took the old life.
@wolvesofjune is what came next.
In the most recent post, shared today, he offered another statement:
I explicitly asked my sister not to misrepresent my support for the current version of the band.
By May of 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 not interested. I was then presented with three options: move forward as a duo, hold auditions or have her husband step in. I was fine with the first two, but soon understood Kimberly wanted to move forward with the third. We ultimately decided not to proceed.
A few weeks later, Reid rejoined the band through conversations I was not part of, and I was given three days to decide whether I would continue under those circumstances. At the end of that three-day window, I asked for a conversation the following week and was told I was out of time. I was approached again a month later, but I could not move forward under those circumstances. At that point I understood that continuing to tour was no longer realistically an option for me and I would soon be forced out by the 2/3 partnership agreement. What I did not agree to was losing my financial interest and access to the resources and business I had spent my life helping build.
Shortly after the band signed a label deal, my brother left the band. What remained is my sister and her husband.
