After his show was canceled from Toronto venues, Croatian rock star Marko Perkovic, of band Thompson, performed yesterday at a hush hush gig in a Croatian community centre in Toronto’s west village.

Thompson, headed by Perkovic, has been accused of promoting fascism and sympathizing with neo-Nazism.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights group, has attacked the group for “glorifying” ethnic cleansing and genocide in its lyrics, with Thompson fans photographed giving a salute used by the Ustashe, a World War Two Nazi-allied regime.

The band was originally slated to play Toronto’s Kool Haus, but when owners were informed of the controversy the venue decided to cancel their November 4 appearance.

The show, however, went on.

Thompson’s Toronto-based tour manager, Marija Blazanin, sent emails detailing the under wraps new venue to ticket holders reportedly on the day of the secret show.

The band played for several thousand fans at the Croatian Centre.






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