On the evening of December 6, the concert Anh trai say hi took place at My Dinh National Stadium. MC Tran Thanh announced that the show attracted 50,000 spectators, calling it the show with the most tickets sold in Vietnam's history, "if I'm not mistaken".
When leading the opening of the show, MC Duc Bao also said that the show had 50,000 people and called the concert a historic musical event of the capital.
This information caused controversy on social networks. Many articles compared the Anh trai say hi Hanoi concert with other 50,000 audience concerts of international stars and pointed out the differences.
My Dinh National Stadium has a capacity of about 40,000 people. Part of the stands are unused due to lack of stage space, but there is still space in the standing area below the stadium after the Premiere Lounge ticket class.
In the stands, some areas such as CAT 3A and CAT 1A were not filled. Audiences said that although there were standing ticket areas below the stadium, the number of fans at the Anh Trai Say Hi concert was not as full as Blackpink's Born Pink concert or singer My Tam's Tri Am live show.
According to Touring Data, Blackpink's concert in Hanoi recorded 67,000 spectators after 2 nights. The organizers of the Tri Am live show announced more than 30,000 spectators.
Therefore, many people think that the organizers of Anh Trai Say Hi "postcard" released a huge number to attract attention. Some viewers joked that the number 50,000 people included people standing outside the stadium, or technology motorbike taxi drivers waiting to pick up customers.
Previously, the producer also caused controversy when announcing that 2 shows in Ho Chi Minh City attracted 78,000 people. This was an astonishing number and was once the subject of ridicule by the online community.
Many people think that this number is not convincing. Because before that, on the first concert night, the program's sponsor said that the show had 15,000 attendees. Singer Erik said that the show attracted 25,000 people.
Although there are no exact attendance figures for the first night, if the two nights attracted a total of 78,000 spectators, the second night is estimated to have had between 53,000 and 63,000 people.
The number of 78,000 people is considered unrealistic, because the concert area in Ho Chi Minh City is not too large, it can accommodate a maximum of about 20,000 spectators.
