Rolling Stones live in Spain for 60th anniversary tour – tickets on sale this week

LEGENDARY rockers who have been rolling since before most of the working aged population was even born are still at it – and they'll be live in Spain for one night only this spring.

Now down to three, after the death of Charlie Watts at the age of 80 in August, but still probably one of the longest-running bands on the planet, Mick Jagger (pictured), Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards have just announced their world SIXTY tour to celebrate the Rolling Stones' landmark anniversary of as many years.

The trio, now aged 78 (Mick and Keith) and 74 (Ronnie), will be playing live in 10 countries, including two concerts a week apart in London and one in Liverpool, but with their début SIXTY performance in Madrid.

They will hit the Wanda Metropolitan Centre on June 1, with all-new production and a new design of their iconic lips-and-tongue logo, which was originally the creation of a London art college student in the 1970s, who was paid a whopping £50 (about €57.50) for his efforts.

This June will see the Stones back in Madrid for the first time in eight years – their last visit was in 2014 as part of their On Fire tour, then with Charlie still on the team, at Real Madrid FC's Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

And Los Rolling, as they are referred to in Spain, have met several generations of their fan-base from the stage: Probably the most memorable concert among those who were old enough to watch them live 40 years ago was at the now-defunct CF Atlético de Madrid stadium on July 7, 1982, when the heavens opened, soaking the band.

The audience were nice and dry – protected by the overhead shelters on the terraces – but the artists got a drenching, giving a new meaning to the term 'whetstone'.

Yet, exactly as a whetstone does to a knife, the rockers' show just became sharper and they carried on giving it heart and soul.

For those who will be in the UK at the time of the SIXTY tour, the concert at Liverpool FC's Anfield Stadium on June 9 will be the first in the north-western British city in over 50 years, making it a once-in-a-lifetime – or twice in the average lifetime – event; otherwise, for those based further south, two dates are planned at London's BST Hyde Park, on June 25 and July 3.

Between Madrid and Liverpool, the Stones are on at Munich Olympic Stadium (Germany) on June 5, then before they head to the UK capital, will be performing at the Johann Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on June 13; the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern (Switzerland) on June 17; and the San Siro Stadium in Milan (Italy) on June 21.

After London, the tour continues throughout the whole of July, with the band taking a well-earned rest for August.

Two dates in France – at Lyon's Groupama Stadium on July 19 and the Paris-Longchamp Hippodrome in Paris on July 23 – are sandwiched between showings at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels (Belgium) on July 11; the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna (Austria) on July 15; and another date in Germany, this time at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen on July 27.

The tour concludes on July 31 in Stockholm (Sweden) at the Friends Arena.

But for true Stoneheads, being there on the very first night of this landmark tour is an absolute must – which means a road-trip to Madrid.

Spain's capital is served by fast – and slow – train links from almost every provincial capital city, as well as by coach and by internal flight from all passenger airports.

The helpfully-named Estadio Metropolitano underground rail station (Line 7) is right on the doorstep of the venue, although Las Musas metro station (also Line 7) is about a 10-minute walk away and Las Rosas (Line 2) and Canillejas (Line 5) are about 15 minutes on foot.

Tickets are likely to fly off the shelves in hours, if not minutes, so die-hard fans will need to act quickly – they go on sale to the general public at 10.00 this coming Friday (March 18) on Doctormusic.com, Entradas.com, Livenation.es, Lasttour.org and Ticketmaster.es.

The cheapest available are €50 a head, with VIP-viewing tickets at €280.

A pre-sale, with a certain number of entries set aside ahead of the main box office's opening, will be from Wednesday (March 16) at noon until 11.59 on Thursday (March 17) on Livenation.es, and on Doctormusic.com from noon on Wednesday until 22.00 on Thursday.