NICK LACHEY - LACHEY AND SIMPSON PLAN BENEFIT SHOW

Pop couple NICK LACHEY and JESSICA SIMPSON are planning to perform at a concert benefiting Hurricane Katrina victims.

Katrina, the biggest natural disaster in US history, left a trail of death and destruction across America's Gulf Coast when it struck last month (AUG05), and the singers, who have already made financial contributions, hope to help with a benefit show.

Lachey says, "(We're taking part in a) benefit event that's going to happen in Las Vegas in mid-October. We're trying to put that together right now."

Simpson adds, "I spent a lot of times in New Orleans because I shot The Dukes of Hazzard in Baton Rouge. We made a lot of friends (there). I immediately was texting and calling and shooting out emails to make sure people were okay."