TICKETS to one of the most eagerly anticipated musical performances in Southampton in recent history went on sale yesterday.

But fans wanting tickets to see legendary 60s rockers, The Rolling Stones, at St Mary's Stadium will have to act fast.

Two sections of tickets have already sold out for the gig, which will take place in front of as many as 36,000 fans on May 29.

It comes after the band added a Southampton to their highly anticipated No Filter tour.

Stones Frontman, Mick Jagger, said: “It’s great that we’ll be playing even more UK venues where we’ve never played before.

“Look out Southampton, we’ll see you this summer.”

The date is one of two events, alongside Coventry’s Ricoh Arena, to be added to the tour.

The Europe-wide event began in 2017 and has already included trips to Germany, France and the Netherlands.

But last month, it was announced Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards would extend the tour in 2018 to include gigs at Twickenham, Old Trafford and Scotland’s Murrayfield.

The St Mary's gig will take place 55 years after The Rolling Stones first visited Southampton.

The iconic rock group first wowed crowds in the city on September 29, 1963, when they played Southampton’s Gaumont, now better known as The Mayflower theatre.

The following year they had their first number one, It’s All Over Now, and returned to Southampton on October 4, 1964.

In 2007 the band brought the Isle of Wight Festival to a rip-roaring climax, in front of a crowd of 50,000.