The Mack is back - well, he would be if the courts would let him. 2 Wikid Records - the record label set up by Everton footballer Kevin Campbell (no really) - has secured a court injunction stopping Mark Morrison from releasing his new album, 'Innocent Man', due out this month.
Presumably Campbell would have had quite a strong case if he'd told the court he was simply trying to protect the ears of British music fans, but in fact he is trying to protect his own fledgling record company. Apparently Campbell signed Morrison to his new label and bankrolled the recording of the new album, which was due for release in the New Year, only to find out that Morrison had done another deal with JetStar Records, who planned to release the album this month. The court injunction secured by Campbell will stop that release until a High Court hearing on 20 Dec.
Commenting on the injunction, Campbell told reporters this weekend: "I'm glad we were granted the injunction but I'm completely gutted that we have had to go that far. Mark Morrison was given everything he asked for by 2 Wikid but it seems that he couldn't help but return to his old ways".
On his ambitions in the music business Campbell continued: "I've worked hard to realise my ambition in football but had hoped that my future career would be in the music business. I have always dreamt of starting a record label but now Mark Morrison has spoilt that dream for me. There is no loyalty in this business - just greed."
Demonstrating his usual respect for the judicial system - he told reporters "no judge is gonna stop me" - Morrison says: "The injunction is ludicrous. I signed a new deal with a new record company because I was not getting the support I needed from 2 Wikid. I was with that label for a year and in that time released just one record, which was not properly promoted. The whole world is waiting for this album and it will come out on Dec 27. No injunction or judge will stop it. The Mack will return."