The Mavericks are paying tribute to Raul Malo with a special tour months after his death.
The Dance The Night Away group, whose frontman Malo died in December 2025 aged 60 after a battle with colon cancer, are set to hit the road as co-founding member Robert Reynolds returns with guest vocalists James Otto and Emily West stepping up after impressing at two tribute shows at the end of last year.
In a statement to Rolling Stone magazine, co-founder and drummer Paul Deakin said: “They both gave standing ovation performances.
“Add to that their love and respect for Raul, and the Mavericks made them our top choice to come on the road with us for this first leg of The Music Lives On Tour.
“We are lucky to have them and we are looking forward to many memorable, joyous nights onstage with them celebrating Raul and the legacy of the Mavericks.”
The lineup will be completed by guitarist Eddie Perez and keyboardist Jerry Dale McFadden.
The tour will start in July with two shows in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving onto the cities like Austin, Orlando and Milwaukee before coming to an end in November in Madison, Wisconsin.
Malo was first diagnosed with colon cancer in June 2024, and two months later he revealed he developed Leptomeningeal disease.
This meant the cancer had spread to the membranes around his spinal cord and brain.
After his death, The Mavericks wrote on Instagram: “Anyone with the pleasure of being in Raul’s orbit knew that he was a force of human nature, with an infectious energy.
“Over a career of more than three decades entertaining millions around the globe, his towering creative contributions and unrivaled, generational talent created the kind of multicultural American music reaching far beyond America itself.”
They added that his “spirit will live on forever in heaven, and here on earth through the music, joy, and light he brought forth”.
They continued: “His contributions to American and Latin music will be everlasting, as his songs and voice touched fans and fellow artists around the world.”
Tickets for The Music Lives On Tour go on sale Friday, May 8.