Reunion concerts announcement

In late April 2010, the band announced its intention to reconvene again for a one-off show on 21 May 2010 at Belgrade’s SKC , this time in the lineup that had 29 years earlier recorded the band’s second studio album—Čonkić on vocals, Zoran Bulatović on guitar, Marinko Vukmanović on bass, and Laslo Pihler on drums—in order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the “Bila je tako lijepa” single release. By early May 2010, one more reunion show was added: at Zagreb ‘s Boogaloo club, one day after the Belgrade concert. On 5 May 2010, while promoting the upcoming SKC show at a press conference held in the Makao Chinese restaurant in Belgrade, the reunited band—with Čonkić, Bulatović, Vukmanović, and Pihler on hand—also announced a new single set to be released in early July 2010. They further revealed following year’s plans for doing a cover album that was to feature covers of 1960s and ’70s competition songs from the Yugoslav pop schlager festivals such as the Opatija Festival [ hr ] , Beogradsko proleće [ sr ] , and Vaš šlager sezone [ bs ] . A week to ten days prior to the Belgrade reunion show, drummer Pihler pulled out of the performance, citing abdominal pain. Scrambling to find a replacement on short notice, the remaining members managed to bring in Veliki Prezir ‘s drummer Robert Radić who, having already been familiar with Pekinška Patka songs, learned the drum parts in only five days.