Morrissey has spoken out to deny that the new Twitter account under his name is in fact not being run by him at all.

The Twitter account @itsmorrissey went live earlier in the week and now has over 250,000 followers but yesterday Morrissey posted a statement on trusted fansite true-to-you.net.

He said: "I would like to stress that I do not have either a Twitter or a Facebook account.

"I gather that a Twitter account has been opened in my name - as 'It's Morrissey' - but it is NOT Morrissey.

"I do not know who has opened this recent Twitter account, but please be aware that it is bogus.

"That's, of course, if you should remotely care."

The Twitter account has been verified which led to the confusion.