THE Mavericks will forever be associated with their 1998 hit Dance The Night Away. Hence the removal of all but the balcony seats to provide a dancefloor for Monday's exuberant concert by the Tex-Mex country, Latin, cow-punk and rockabilly veterans from Miami, Florida.

Formed in the sunshine state in 1989, the band took a long sabbatical from 2003 to 2013, since when they have cemented their comeback with two albums, 2013's superior In Time and this February's Mono.

Inevitably, they have lost a little commercial impetus in the intervening years, which may explain the gaps in Monday's Barbican audience, but those who stayed away from this Mono Mundo Tour date missed a gem of a show, even if the sound system was too muddy.

Warmed up by Dutch-born, red-suited Californian rockabilly crooner James Intveld, the audience's dancing feet were soon twitching again as the eight-piece Mavericks steered their way through a showcase of songs from Mono before Raul Malo – the Cuban answer to Roy Orbison – took the breath away with Neil Young's Harvest Moon.

He would do so again after the first set ended with a joyous Dance The Night Away, returning solo to sing a Cuban song dedicated to his father, in response to the new, unexpected American-Cuban entente cordiale. His voice was equally sublime on Summer Wind before the band returned for the home strait, with the saxophone and accordion particularly exhilarating.

By the time Intveld's band joined in for the finale, the whole mundo was jumping to The Mavericks' magic.