Veterans Novi Fosili split

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Novi Fosili, the Croatian pop band who represented the former Yugoslavia in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, have announced that their New Year�s Eve Concert on Zagreb�s main square was their last.

The concert lasted for 90 minutes, and was the first time the group had performed on Zagreb'smain square, as they have always played at indoor venues in the past.

Singer and composer Rajko Dujmić said: "The plan was for an intimate event, for adults to relive their best years, and for children to hear, perhaps, the songs which were played whilst they were conceived! There was never a financial motive – I just think it would be impolite not to bid farewell to our faithful public with song."

The group was formed in Zagreb in 1969. In 1976, their hit from the Splitski Festival, Diridonda soon became a hit throughout Yugoslavia. They then released several albums which sold millions of copies.Their next several albums sold millions of copies, some of which have become evergreens.Since 1984 Sanja Dole�alhad been the group's female vocalist.. The group's male vocalists were Vladimir Kočiš Zec and Rajko Dujmić. Some of their hits include: Za dobra stara vremena (For the good old times), Milena, Djece sreće, Tonka, Ej moj Saša and Sanja, in which Rajko sings of his love for a girl who is one centimetre taller than he is! 'Oh, my Sanja, if you were a little bit shorter'.

In 1987 the band represented Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest. With their song Ja sam za ples/I Wanna Dance they reached fourth place.

In 2005 they released a best-of double CD called Za dobra stara vremena (For the good old times) after one of their most popular hits, andheld sell-out concertsin Zagreb, Belgrade and Ljubljana. Sanja Dole�al hosted her own chat show on the Croatian RTL channel from its launch in 2004 until 2006, and was often moved to tears by the heart wrenching stories of some of the show’s guests.

Vladimir Kočiš gained his nickname Zec (Rabbit) due to his running skills as a child, and Rajko Dujmić is known as Lima (an inversion of mali, meaning little) due to his height of just 170cm. He has battled with alcohol in recent years. In 1989, Rajko Dujmić composed the winning entry for Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest, Rock Me by the group Riva. The lead singer Emilija Kokić will take part in this year’s Croatian national Eurovision Song Contestpre-selection Dora.