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Marko Perković
Marko Perković, better known by his stage name Thompson, is a Croatian far-right nationalist rock singer-songwriter. Born in the village of Čavoglave, he participated in the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995), during which he started his musical career with the nationalist song "Bojna Čavoglave" in 1991. He achieved commercial success during the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the albums Vj…
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Born 27 October 1966 · Q935263
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2026· 10 entries
Published video “Naši junaci #shorts”.
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Published video “Zahvalnost prije svega #shorts”.
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Published video “Hipodrom, Blu ray + DVD izdanje #shorts”.
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Published video “Zaprešić hvala #shorts”.
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Published video “Hipodrom u prodaji #shorts”.
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Published video “"504 027 (Hipodrom, live)", trostruki CD od danas u pretprodaji!”.
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Published video “M.P. Thompson - Hipodrom, Zagreb 2025. (Full concert)”.
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Published video “Pogledajte cijeli koncert #shorts”.
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Published video “M.P. Thompson - Intro (Hipodrom, Zagreb 2025.)”.
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2025· 3 entries
But he played two concerts at Žatika Sport Centre in Poreč
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Perković also wore a t-shirt that read "03941158", the inmate number of Croatian political activist Zvonko Bušić
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Hrvoje Klasić of France24 stated that the singer's popularity does not reflect an increasing support for far-right movements in mainstream society and that the vast majority of fans perceive Perković as a "patriot, prese
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2022· 1 entry
Perković stopped performing due to his son's health issues, returning two years later, upon his son's insistence
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2020· 1 entry
After a public and legal dispute, a High Misdemeanour Court allowed Perković to use the salute in the song and in concerts
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2019· 2 entries
Perković gave an interview to the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, but instead of releasing the authorized full transcript, the newspaper published a critical article about him in 2020, causing Perković to fe
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On behalf of the city of Split and its veterans, on the eve of Croatian Victory Day, Perković held a concert in front of 80,000 people
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2018· 1 entry
Ivo Goldstein explained that Perković's authenticity as a war veteran and singer in the context of the 1990s had broad sympathy, but that his rise in popularity is related to the drastic change in Croatian politics durin
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2017· 1 entry
Was barred from performing in Austria
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2015· 1 entry
Perković performed in Knin in front of some 80,000 spectators for the 20th-anniversary celebration of the Croatian military's Operation Storm, with many in attendance singing pro-Ustaše songs and chanting slogans such as
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2014· 1 entry
Received the award for hit song of the year for "Samo je ljubav tajna dvaju svjetova", and in 2025, he obtained three nominations—for best song, best vocal collaboration, and best music video for "Ako ne znaš šta je b
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2012· 1 entry
On all charges by an appeals panel at the ICTY, but at the time a fugitive)
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2011· 1 entry
It was named the best Croatian patriotic song by Narodni Radio
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2008· 3 entries
Perković stated that "if they ban it, I won't sing it, because I fought for a state governed by the rule of law"
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In a conference before the free concert at Ban Jelačić Square in Zagreb, Perković stated, "we don't want fascist, Nazi, communist, Bolshevik symbols at the concert
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With shows in Rijeka, Krapina, and Čakovec, before pausing for the group's usual Lenten break, which was followed by performances in Zadar's Jazine Arena and in Gothenburg, Sweden
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2007· 3 entries
A Washington Post writer described the New York stop on the Bilo jednom u Hrvatskoj tour as sounding "like Iron Maiden doing Eastern European folk"
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Defended Perković, claiming the musician did not write the song nor is a version of it available on any of his albums
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The Anti Defamation League reported that many Thompson concert attendees, primarily young people, wore clothing with Ustaše symbols and carried banners with "anti-Serb, anti-semitic, and anti-Roma rhetoric"
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2004· 3 entries
Collaborated on several songs on then-Thompson bassist Tiho Orlić's solo album Tiho
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It was reported that Perković bought a 20% share of the radio station Narodni radio
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And later continued to deny performing the song, claiming it was a montage made and shared by the journalists Denis Latin and Aleksandar Stanković from Croatian Radiotelevision, and part of a wider conspiracy by UDBA
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2003· 2 entries
Perković released the greatest hits album Sve najbolje
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Perković was barred from performing in Amsterdam
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1999· 1 entry
For "Zaustavi se, vjetre", two nominations in 2003, including for E, moj narode as best album and "Iza devet sela" as hit song of the year
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1998· 1 entry
And E, moj narode in 2002, Perković became a symbol of Croatian patriotism
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1996· 1 entry
Perković visited Vancouver, Canada, at the invitation of members of HSP
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1995· 1 entry
Perković started working on his second studio album, Vrijeme škorpiona, which he released the same year
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1992· 2 entries
Where he performed songs associated with the Ustaše
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Perković released his debut album, Moli mala (English: "pray, baby"), on Croatia Records, with producer Tonči Huljić
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1991· 1 entry
Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia, prompting the Croatian War of Independence
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1976· 1 entry
Bušić hijacked TWA Flight 355 and planted a bomb at Grand Central Terminal in New York City that killed a police officer attempting to disarm it, an act intended to draw international attention to Croatia's position unde
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1966· 1 entry
Born 1966-10-27.
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