Morrissey lived by his iconic song ‘Meat Is Murder’ and banned ALL meat products from his gig in Manchester on Saturday night.

The devout vegan has made it mandatory that all of his gigs are strictly vegetarian - and it was the same at his only UK gig of 2016.

There were signs posted around the Manchester Arena stating ‘At the request of the artist there will be no meat products available tonight’.

As part of his set, The Smiths song - and album title of the same name - ‘Meat Is Murder’ was played to a backdrop of gruesome video footage from slaughterhouses.

After the video was shown, a large screen asked the crowd, ‘what’s your excuse now?’.

Many took to Twitter with mixed reactions to the decision.

Twitter user @taraseddon wrote: “The hypocrisy of claiming to be a die hard Morrissey fan whilst eating meat is unreal. What’s your excuse?”

Another user, @Joinwonderland wrote: “When people get upset by the videos Morrissey shows during Meat is murder. If you don’t like what you see, maybe you shouldn’t eat it?”

But it was all too much for Oliver, with Twitter handle, @olijt1994 who said it was too ‘in your face’.

He wrote: “Morrissey was a good concert, shame about the Meat is Murder rant in the middle though, was too in your face didn’t go well with his set.”

But Morrissey’s message did encourage some fans to go vegetarian.

Sarah, with Twitter handle, @rochdalegirl wrote: “After seeing Morrissey’s Meat Is Murder gruesome montage last night I’m not going to eat meat again.”

Superfan Daniel Bardsley said he has also become vegetarian after watching the footage played alongside ‘Meat Is Murder’.

Daniel, from Oldham, says the video played during Morrissey’s version of The Smiths track Meat is Murder convinced him to vow to stop eating meat.

The 17-year-old said: “I was on the verge of becoming a vegetarian anyway but the video just reinforced my opinion.

“It showed how badly animals are being treated so if you are a vegetarian you don’t contribute to that.”

Morrissey famously cancelled a show in Iceand last year - claiming the venue refused to stop serving meat. At the time the man himself said in a statement: “I love Iceland and I have waited a long time to return, but I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to their cannibalistic flesh-eating bloodlust.”