Police on Vancouver Island say roadside checks set up for a Nickelback concert this month resulted in 142 breath-test demands and netted 18 allegedly impaired drivers.

The RCMP highway patrol says 54 other types of tickets were handed out after the checks were conducted in Lake Cowichan for the concert by the rock band on Aug. 9.

The alcohol screenings resulted in 13 drivers being issued immediate 90-day driving prohibitions, four receiving three-day prohibitions and one 24-hour ban.

The Nickelback concert at the Laketown Amphitheatre was billed by ticket retailers as the band’s first performance on Vancouver Island in 20 years.

The highway patrol says it also made 220 roadside breath demands during the previous weekend around Lake Cowichan for the four-day Sunfest concert festival.

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