Bono's name has been put forward for one of the world's most important political jobs.
The U2 frontman has been suggested as a possible candidate for the president of the World Bank by prestigious American newspaper The Los Angeles Times.
"Don't be fooled by the wraparound sunglasses and the excess hipness," the paper wrote in an editorial. "Bono is deeply versed in the issues afflicting the least-developed nations of the world."
The singer's charity work, in particular his campaigns to get rid of Third World debt earned him the paper's endorsement for the job which becomes vacant in May, although he will face stiff competition from Britain's Gordon Brown, also linked to the position.
Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Editor Andres Martinez said the suggestion of Bono to head the World Bank was entirely serious, although he said the newspaper was also making an effort to "take chances" and be "less predictable" on its opinion page in recent months.
Bono has yet to comment on the suggestion.
