Eagle-Eye Cherry at Joy Station in Sofia on December 2 - the man behind the hit Save Tonight live on a Balkan stage

If you listened to the radio in the late nineties, the song Save Tonight is probably burned into your memory. The man behind that hit, Eagle-Eye Cherry, comes to Joy Station in Sofia on December 2 for a live concert - a rare chance to hear, in the flesh, the voice that defined a generational ballad.

Cherry is a Swedish singer born in 1968, son of the American jazz musician Don Cherry and half-brother of the singer Neneh Cherry. He grew up between Sweden and New York, where the family were neighbours with Talking Heads, and his musical path was shaped by both jazz and rock. The breakthrough came in 1997 with the debut album Desireless and the single Save Tonight, which became a platinum hit and climbed to number five on the American Billboard chart.

Save Tonight is not his only contribution - he has a long career across several albums - but it is that song that stayed his eternal signature, a track that still spins on radio stations around the world. The Sofia concert is part of his current European tour and promises an evening built from the hits that made his name.

For Balkan fans of nineties pop and rock, this is a nostalgic trip taken live rather than through headphones. Tickets are sold through bilet.bg, at prices around 58 leva. Joy Station, as an intimate Sofia venue, is exactly the right setting for a show like this.