Neil Perry has publicly said he was effectively removed from The Band Perry after the group reformed as a duo comprising his sister Kimberly Perry and her husband, Johnny Costello. His comments challenge Kimberly’s reported assertion that her brothers supported the new arrangement, highlighting a family and business dispute within the former sibling trio.

Neil said that by May 2024 the siblings were not regularly speaking and that he initially discussed reviving the band without brother Reid. He alleges he was later given three days to accept Reid’s return, then faced being forced out under the group’s two-thirds partnership agreement; he says he objected to losing his financial interest and access to the business. The article says Reid subsequently left and the current act consists of Kimberly and Costello.