Spain v Argentina LIVE: World Cup champions parade trophy through Madrid as losers left in disgrace

If you know your Spanish artists, here’s the line-up for entertainment at the parade’s main stage:

• Barce
• Alex Martini
• Pawly
• Arde Bogota
• Ana Mena
• Lola Indigo
• Viva Suecia
• Aitana
• Saiko

So, bus update: we are only just getting started.

They’ve just gone past the Arco de Moncloa, which as you can see by the route map below is at the very start.

They will proceed down the historic Calle de la Princesa, before turning onto the Calle de Alberto Aguilera.

They will continue along the longest straight of the route, passing through Calle de Carranza, Calle de Sagasta, Calle de Genova, Calle de Genova and Calle de Goya, which will see the bus go by some of Madrid’s most emblematic locations such as the Monument to Christopher Colombus.

Then comes the finale, with the bus making a right onto Calle de Serrano and continuing past the Puerta de Alcala before turning onto Calle de Montalban. There, it will drive past the Cibeles Palace, where the main event of the celebrations will take place.

Spain’s open-top bus is en route to Cibeles Palace – but before that, the world champions were met with a royal welcome by King Felipe VI and his family.

There’s a big festival-like stage at the end of the parade route, next to Cibeles Palace, where the DJ is keeping the sea of fans entertained as the bus makes its way through Madrid.

I’ve been able to make out Gasolina by Daddy Yankee and Baby by Justin Bieber so far. English or Spanish, these lot are in full voice.

It is absolutely bouncing at the finishing point of the parade, where unsurprisingly the only tarmac visible is the path that the bus will take.

A complete sea of red and yellow, including a fair few umbrellas as fans brave the sweltering heat. But even they are colour-coded.

Queen classic We Are The Champions plays over the speakers as the Spain team head for the open-top bus.

Looks like the bus parade is just a few minutes away from getting started.

The players are suited and booted and have just come from reception at Moncloa Palace with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez. That followed a royal welcome home by King Felipe VI.

Luis de la Fuente is now speaking in front of a crowd at the start of the route, in front of a big sign that reads: “¡Vamos Espana!”

The route for the Spain World Cup trophy parade will end at the traditional Cibeles fountain, the source of so much joy for Real Madrid fans over the years.

That gets underway in the next few minutes with a 6pm BST (7pm local time) start.