Posters for Morrissey’s new album have been banned from Merseyrail stations.
The Manchester-born singer is set to release his 12th solo album, California Son, on Friday but it will not be allowed to feature on Liverpool’s rail network.
Members of the public complained about the promotional material due to Morrissey continually espousing far-right political views in public.
He has also worn pin badges in support of far-right party For Britain Movement, whose current leader Anne Marie Waters is opposed to Islam.
Merseyrail confirmed that they have removed the posters of the former Smiths frontman’s latest album from all of its stations.
“Processes are in place for Merseyrail to approve any potentially contentious material prior to it appearing on the network,” read a statement.
“However due to the nature of this advertisement it did not reach a level of verification.
“Merseyrail will work [with] the third-party supplier to improve this process in the future.
“Any content used within advertising on the Merseyrail network does not reflect the organisation’s values, and we apologise for any offence the publication of these posters may have caused.”
Earlier this week Cardiff-based Spillers Records, considered the world’s oldest record score, banned sales of ‘California Son’ also on grounds of Morrissey’s political views.