  The multi-TeV proton and ion beams of the LHC would allow for the most
energetic fixed-target experiment ever. In particular, $pp$, $p$d and $p$A
collisions could be performed at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 115~GeV, as well as Pb$p$
and PbA collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 72~GeV, in a parasitic way by making
use of the already existing LHCb and ALICE detectors in fixed-target mode. This
would offer the possibility to carry out a ground-breaking physics program, to
study the nucleon and nuclear structure at high $x$, the spin content of the
nucleon and the phases of the nuclear matter from a new rapidity viewpoint. In
this talk I focus on the spin physics axis of the full program developed so far
by the AFTER@LHC study group.
