You can always get what you want from the Rolling Stones because 78-year-old Mick Jagger will run 12 MILES in a gig to thrill fans.
The Jumpin’ Jack Flash singer’s exceptional stamina dwarfs the efforts of even top footballers, who typically do seven miles in a match.
He plans to measure the distance with a device but said: “It is something like eight and 12 depending on how energetic I feel.”
And like a super-fit athlete, Sir Mick has to train hard before touring with the 59-year-old band, currently gigging in the States.
He said: “I have to do voice before we start rehearsals, gym, upper body and sprinting, but my favourite part of it is dancing because that is more like what I am actually doing on stage.
“I always say to my trainer we need more dancing in there. It’s much more fun to go into dance studio and fool around and try things out. It is a great way of keeping fit. If you dance for 45 minutes that will wear you out and keep you fit.”
Recently his brother, singer Chris, 73, in his book Talking to Myself, revealed the star owes his moves to their mum, Eva.
He said: “Mum was an enthusiastic dancer and Mick has inherited much from her light feet and love of movement. Mick follows in mum’s footsteps.”
Sir Mick, talking to US radio host Howard Stern on SiriusXM, said he, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards enjoyed being back together on the No Filter Tour, but it is run like a military operation.
He said: “The show day, almost from the minute you get up, is very military for me. That is the way I deal with it. I know exactly what I’m doing for this 15 minutes, this 15 minutes, then you get 10 minutes off.
“You know you still gotta relax within that. You have got to be relaxed when you go on stage, you cannot be flying with all strange thoughts in your mind.”
In the shows they pay tribute to drummer Charlie Watts, who died in August, aged 80. Sir Mick said: “Charlie was a heartbeat for the band. He had a great sense of humour and outside of the band we used to hang out a lot.
“We liked sport and we would go to football and cricket games.
“We would have other interests apart from music. He was a very quirky guy but we really miss him.”
