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Fans get Peas of the action

After a colossal lightning storm in June that forced the Black Eyed Peas to cancel their outdoor concert in Central Park, Mother Nature gave Peas a chance last night with weather good enough for a makeup show on the Great Lawn despite a late rain shower.

The almost perfect night for music was noted by frontman will.i.am, who seemed thrilled to be finally joining the elite handful of stars such as Paul Simon and Garth Brooks who’ve rocked Central Park.

In an earlyshow freestyle rap he repeated “New York, New York look beautiful tonight.” And later in the show Fergie crooned, “Lightning didn’t strike twice.”

One of the estimated 60,000 fans at the show, Julie Evans, 19, from Ridgewood, Queens, said, “I was at the first one, and the lightning happened. And it was over before it started. I wanted to cry.”

While the band has denied recent breakup rumors, this show was nice proof that all was well in the Peas’ pod.

The layered vocals of the quartet — sung and rapped — were precise, and they actually appeared to be enjoying each other’s company on stage.

Will was spiffy in a futuristic black military jacket covered in mirrors. Fergie also looked sharp — in all her costumes from a black minidress to a campy pink party dress she wore for the song “Glamorous.” As for her singing, she was divaesque in her vocal acrobatics and raw during her raps.

This production was scaled back from their Super Bowl halftime performance, but this gig was still as much about spectacle as the music. The band’s upbeat party songs were punctuated by topshelf video, flash lighting and lasers cracking the sky above the stage.

Tunes like “Don’t Stop the Party,” “I Got A Feeling” and the raucous “Pump It” — all high-energy dance-pop — kept the crowd churning. There was even a DJ segment were Will turned the park into a rave, mashing classic rock such as Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams” into bottomheavy dancehall beats.

dan.aquilante@nypost.com