London, June 16 (IANS) Singer Elton John has agreed to take part in a charity concert to back a campaign for world peace.

The 65-year-old agreed to take part in the show at Wembley Stadium in September to help create awareness of charity Peace One Day's Global Truce 2012 campaign, reports contactmusic.com.

He was approached by the organisation's ambassador Jude Law and founder Jeremy Gilley.

When Jeremy and Jude came to see me and told me about Peace One Day and the Global Truce 2012 campaign I had to get involved and support them, Elton John said in a statement.