 Bob Geldof | It's pretty much official: although the winner of the 2005 Nobel Man Of Peace award won't be announced until November 24 in Rome, Bob Geldof was told he won the award at the Live 8 DVD launch. NME.com reports the Live 8 DVD, which will be released on November 7, was screened at the Vue cinema in Leicester Square in London Thursday night. Geldof humbly accepted his Nobel title, saying, "I am overwhelmed and proud. It's more than an honour, it's almost ridiculous. It's almost too big. That's fucking big. I feel weird." |
Geldof's Live 8 shows in early July rose awareness worldwide of the G8 summit in Scotland. The eight world leaders at the summit agreed to increase African aid from $25 billion to $50 billion and forgive the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries in Africa, in an effort to save countless citizens of those nations from poverty and disease.
Previous living Nobel Peace Prize winners vote for the winner of the Nobel Man Of Peace. They voted Geldof based on "his unflagging work and powerful voice on behalf of the poor of Africa over the last 20 years and in particular the last 12 months."
It was previously reported that Geldof's odds of winning the Nobel Peace Prize, a different distinction than the Man Of Peace Award, were fairly close to those of U2's Bono. In the end, that prize went to Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei and his International Atomic Energy Agency.
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