Eighties pop star Rick Astley has replaced David Bowie on the cover of Morrissey's reissued The Last Of The International Playboys single.

Bowie asked Emi Uk bosses not to use a photograph of him with the former The Smiths frontman as the cover art, and even though the rocker has no legal rights to the snap, label executives agreed to reconsider.

The 1989 single will now feature an image of Morrissey with Never Gonna Give You Up singer Astley backstage at U.K. Tv show Top of the Pops in 1989 on the cover when it is released next month (Apr13).