The original cowboy from the Village People band is lassoing himself a husband.
Disco deity Randy Jones, 60, is rounding up friends and family in Manhattan to legally wed longtime partner Will Grega, a software developer and composer, during three days of festivities, the couple said in a press release.
The grooms symbolically wed in New York in 2004, but gay marriage wasn’t legal in the state at that time.
“Calling NYC home for four decades, and seeking marriage equality for nearly as long, we could not have chosen to be married in any other city in the world,” Jones said in a statement.
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“I'm thrilled! The benefits are great. I now have a lifetime membership to the YMCA!” joked Grega, 54, referring to one of the Village People’s biggest hits.
The couple's celebration is slated to start Thursday night with a “romantic marriage proposal” on The Ride, a tour bus with stadium seating that acts as a mobile theater.
The bus is scheduled to “pause at New York’s Columbus Circle and its glittering fountains” for a celebratory dance performed to Andrea Bocelli’s “Septiembre Amor,” the campy couple said.
The husbands will say their vows Friday, Jones’ birthday, during a City Hall ceremony attended by their mothers, they said.
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The wedding reception, which Jones publicized on his Facebook page, will follow at The DL, a rooftop bar on the lower east side.
The Western icon will get his spaghetti when the celebration honors Grega’s Italian heritage with “a true Italian banquet” and a special appearance at the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy on Saturday.
Jones was a founding member of the Village People and performed the hits “Macho Man” and “YMCA” with the instantly recognizable group from 1977 to 1979 and then on and off through the 1980s.
“This person is the love of my life,” Jones said in a comment under a Facebook photo of Grega posted last week.
“I think I’m losing control of my quiet, dignified wedding,” Grega replied.
ndillon@nydailynews.com
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