Morrissey has been prohibited from using a photograph of David Bowie on the forthcoming reissue of ‘The Last of the Famous International Playboys’.

April 8 was supposed to see Parlophone reissue the double salvo of Morrissey’s 1991 album Kill Uncle and the aforementioned 1989 single, complete with a previously unseen photo of Bowie and Morrissey – taken by Linder Sterling, in New York, in 1992 – as the latter’s sleeve.

However, Bowie has demanded to EMI – who own Parlophone – that the photo not be used. As Morrissey fansite True to You reports [via Pitchfork], although Bowie has no legal rights to the photograph, most of his back catalogue is licensed to EMI.

Bowie’s first album for 10 years, The Next Day, is due out in April. In other Bowie news, his iconic 1973 album Alladin Sane is due for reissue, and a new Hollywood film documenting his Berlin period has been announced.