Nicole Richie’s famous dad, Lionel eager to dance down the aisle

[HMG] – Unless you’ve been trapped in a closet all weekend you’ll know that Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are tying the knot. Well, Nicole’s dad, Lionel Richie is reportedly so happy he’s put on his tap shoes and is eying the ceiling.

Lionel, 60, whose term as the lead singer for the iconic Motown creation, The Commodores has both earned him, and endeared him to millions adopted Nicole [then called Nicole Camille Escovedo,] along with his wife, Brenda in 1983.

On January 11 of 2008 Nicole then made him a Grandpa when she and Joel had a daughter, Harlow. The sequel, Sparrow, arrived on September 9 of last year. And now Grandpa’s hot to trot down the aisle;

“I cannot wait to give away the bride,” he told People. “I’m not sure who is luckier, Nicole and Joel to have each other, or me to have both of them in my life,” says Lionel, who co-wrote the original ‘We are the World’ with his friend, Michael Jackson.

And his two grandchildren are a source of great joy;

“My happiness for Nicole and Joel knows no bounds,” says Richie. “They’ve given me two beautiful grandchildren, and have proven to be great parents.”

The exact details of the wedding are being kept under wraps, but considering Nicole sold the first pictures of Harlow for $1-million I think we can guess how those wraps might come off.