Kai Pan blogs on CNReviews about the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Promotional Concert Tour at Shanghai Stadium.

The 80,000-seat Shanghai Stadium played host to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Promotional Concert Tour last Saturday, replete with (mostly) minor celebrities providing wholesome entertainment to get everyone’s patriotic juices flowing. Hometown Shanghai Olympic athletes, Sun Wen (women’s soccer football) and Le Jingyi (women’s swimming) both made appearances, but commercial darlings Liu Xiang (110 metre hurdles world-record holder) and Yao Ming (really tall Chinese guy on the NBA’s Houston Rockets) were notably absent. Despite the hosts repeatedly emphasizing “80,000 seats” to the cameras, at least 75,000 members of the audience were also absent!

A great liveblog-style review, I especially like the description of Yao as the “really tall Chinese guy on the NBA’s Houston Rockets” but the concert itself sounds a bit disappointing, with all the empty seats! We know why Yao Ming couldn’t make it, he’s probably home icing his foot and hoping he’ll be well enough to play in August. Check out the whole post here.

Via CNReviews