Village People, the Ray Simpson version, have thanked Australia for winning the Same Sex Marriage battle by dedicating their version of an Aussie classic to all Australians.
Village People’s Ray Simpson said “we want to thank you Australia to congratulate you for passing Gay Marriage” before breaking into their own version of ‘Waltzing Matilda’.
Congratulations, Australia! Yes! This calls for a song…a song we sing before every single show. #Lovewins #MarriageEquality @karlkwin @mrpford @han_francisco @talklifestyleau @OUTinPerth @Noise11Tweets @morningshowon7 @EricAnzalone pic.twitter.com/QszW5jtJZH
— Village People* featuring Ray Simpson (@villagepeople) December 14, 2017
Simpson’s Village People, the group that has been the Village People for the past 37 years, toured Australia earlier this year. It is not the Village People (aka Victor Willis version) that is touring Australia this week.
Willis, the original singer of Village People, left in 1980, returned briefly in 1982 and then left again. This year he started legal proceedings with the Simpson version to take back the name. He is touring Australia will a selection of new recruits freshly auditioned only months before this current tour.
