Marko Perkovic
May 19 2008, Edward

As Zagreb gears up for a spectacle on its main square Trg Bana Jelacic at the end of this month, the debate once again emerges around Marko Perkovic Thompson, Croatia’s leading rock star of present times. Thompson will take to the stage in the Croatian...

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