Vegetarian rocker Morrissey has successfully banned meat from his upcoming tour of Scotland after reportedly threatening to boycott any venue serving animal products.
The staunch animal activist recently hit headlines when organisers of the Lokerse Feesten music festival in Belgium agreed to ban the sale of burgers and sausages on the day of Morrissey's headlining performance in a bid to keep their star act happy.
Now bosses at a number of venues in Scotland have followed suit by agreeing to remove meat from the menu for Morrissey's gigs.
The former The Smiths star will play at Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday (15Jun11) and Ben Jeffries, director of marketing and communications for the company which owns the venue, has revealed the decision was made to make Morrissey feel "comfortable".
He tells Scotsman.com, "Morrissey has a life-long commitment to animal rights and vegetarianism so, understandably, does not like the smell of cooking meat when preparing for or, indeed, performing a gig. We are delighted to be welcoming this fantastic artist to Perth and, as with all our artists... (we) will do the best we can to make him feel right at home and comfortable."
The Ironworks venue in Inverness has also agreed to the star's demands - bosses have banned the sale of meat to gig-goers, and also forbid any staff members from eating animal-based foods on the day of Friday's (17Jun11) gig.
A spokesman for the Ironworks says, "We were contacted by his promoters who made us aware that no staff can consume meat on the day of his performance on Friday. We've made our staff aware of that, and Morrissey's been quite consistent in those views all throughout his career, so we will obviously respect them."
Bosses of the Queen's Hall in Dunoon have also declared that "no meat" will be cooked at the venue.