Cardiff has become the first city in the UK to announce there is a blanket ban on vuvuzelas in the city's three main sporting stadia, reports the Daily Telegraph. The 74,000 seat Millennium Stadium, the 27,500 seat Cardiff City Stadium and the 17,000 seat SWALEC Stadium where last year's First Ashes Test between England and Australia was played have all said no to the vuvu.

"What could be more rousing for a team than hearing the collective voices of thousands of their compatriots, singing traditional hymns and arias," said Richard Thomas, the Managing Director of Cardiff & Co.

"As a Welshman, I can testify at first hand how that feels - the hairs standing upright on the back of the neck," he added.

"The singing generates the passion and the atmosphere or the 'hwyl' as we say in Wales. I'm not surprised that the Welsh capital city has taken this decision - Vuvuzela or Bread of Heaven? - no contest really.

"Fortunately, the decision taken by the stadia in Cardiff means that won't happen - much to the relief of vast majority of fans I'm sure."

Gerry Toms, Stadium Manager at the Millennium Stadium shared Mr Thomas' sentiments.

"Air horns are already banned for all our rugby and football matches and we're now extending that to the vuvuzela," he said.

"It's the signing and the roar of the crowd you'll hear at the Millennium Stadium and we're taking this small step to ensure that this tradition survives long into the future."