Salon.com > Andrew WK http://www.salon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:45:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Party king Andrew W.K.’s un-invitation http://www.salon.com/2012/11/26/party_king_andrew_w_k_s_un_invitation/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/26/party_king_andrew_w_k_s_un_invitation/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13107682 Rock star and self-styled party king Andrew W.K. set the Internet alight with chatter last week when he revealed that he was invited to the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain to participate in a cultural exchange. But Noel Clay, a spokesperson from the State Department, said via phone that the invitation has been rescinded.

Calling it "a mistake and not appropriate," Clay said the program has been canceled.

The initial invitation sparked an outcry among human rights observers. The Bahraini monarchy has been roundly criticized for a sustained violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations that began in 2011.

The government, led by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, is supported by Saudi Arabia, which is connected to the diminutive oil-rich island nation via causeway, and the United States, whose fifth fleet is stationed there.

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