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45 miles of traffic on M4 ahead of 1D and Manics gigs 45-mile M4 queues ease as Cardiff hosts One Direction and Manics
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Stop-start traffic for 45 miles has been reported on the M4 as thousands of music fans head to Cardiff. Long queues on the M4 motorway are easing as thousands of music fans descend on Cardiff for One Direction and Manic Street Preachers concerts.
People are heading towards the capital for the One Direction concert at the Millennium Stadium. At its peak, stop-start traffic stretched back for 45 miles, from Malpas, Newport, to Chippenham.
The Manic Street Preachers are also headlining at Cardiff Castle as part of the BBC's UK-wide Music Day. One Direction are playing the first of two nights at the Millennium Stadium - while Manic Street Preachers are at Cardiff Castle for BBC Music Day.
The traffic is westbound between junction 17 at Chippenham, Wiltshire, and junction 26 at Malpas, Newport. Traffic still remains slow between junctions 23 Magor and 26 Malpas.
Traffic Wales and the Truck Road Agency in England said the delays were caused by a mixture of Friday afternoon rush hour traffic and people heading to both concerts. Traffic Wales and the Trunk Road Agency in England said the delays began building on the motorway from about 12:40 BST on Friday.
A Traffic Wales spokesman said: "It is definitely because of the two concerts.
"The traffic is flowing but slowly."
The highways official said delays were down to "just the sheer volume of traffic" rather than any incident or accident.
Park and ride facilities put on to cope with the events have also come under huge pressure, with concert-goers warned that the Cardiff east park and ride at Pentwyn has no spaces left, and only limited space left at the Cardiff west site.