Morrissey replaces David Bowie with Rick Astley on record cover

06 March 2013, 14:09 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton

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Morrissey has replaced a picture of David Bowie with one of Rick Astley as the cover art to his re-release of 1989 single ‘The Last of the Famous International Playboys’, effectively Rick-rolling him in the process…

The singer, who will re-issue the single on 7″ this April, has originally intended on using a photograph depicting both himself and David Bowie as the record’s artwork but Bowie declined to grant permission for Moz to do so.

Instead, Morrissey has turned to another famous friend – albeit a less universally cool one. The photo was taken while the pair were backstage at a 1989 recording of BBC’s Top Of The Pops.

Check the cover out below:

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