SEAN COMBS - DIDDY + FERDINAND LAUNCH ANTI-VIOLENCE GIG

DIDDY + FERDINAND LAUNCH ANTI-VIOLENCE GIG

American rap mogul SEAN COMBS and English soccer player RIO FERDINAND are organising an anti-violence gig in London, in a bid to end gun and knife crime on Britain's streets. The concert, which will take place at either the O2 Dome or Wembley Arena next year (08), will feature a host of hip-hop and rock stars. The collaboration follows a spate of gun and knife attacks involving young teenagers in London over recent months. Both men are already involved in anti-violence campaigns in their native countries. Manchester United player Ferdinand fronts an anti-knife crime campaign in Britain while Combs, whose father was shot dead when he was just three, is an anti-gun crime campaigner in the US. Ferdinand says, "It's so important to me to get the message across that there is no point in carrying a knife." Combs adds, "I have been touched by gun crime personally. I have lost friends and I want to get the point across that the violence has to stop."