Live 8 organizer Bob Geldolf could be next year’s recipient for the Nobel Peace Prize.

A Norwegian legislator said he deserves the award for his efforts to raise awareness of global poverty.

“I have for many years thought that a representative person from the rock environment should get the prize to show rock’s border breaking character,” MP Jan Simonsen said to the Norwegian news outlet NTB.

This would not be the first time Geldolf, 53, has shown action in the efforts to end poverty. In 1985 he was largely responsible for the Live Aid concerts. Today, his supporters jokingly refer to him as “saint Bob.”

Other recipients of this award include Lester B. Pearson, Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, the Dali Lama and Mother Theresa.

Of course, Geldolf is famous for more than his charity work. The Irish rocker is a former member of the Boomtown Rats and appeared in Pink Floyd’s film The Wall in 1982.

His hard work might pay off next Dec. 10.

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