{"id":696559,"date":"2026-07-17T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696559\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:57:09","slug":"matt-damon-and-anne-hathaway-have-god-tier-concert-histories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696559\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway have god-tier concert histories"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s an old maxim about Hollywood which says \u2018actors want to be rock stars and rock stars want to be actors.\u2019 Well, that may or may not be true but it does explain why the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a> and Sydney Sweeney<\/a> are so often seen at SoFi and the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n

It also explains how The Odyssey leads Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon have managed to rack up two of the most impressive concert histories we\u2019ve ever seen. Scroll down for behind-the-scenes stories about iconic mid-\u201990s gigs, intimate audiences with The Thin White Duke and globetrotting Britpop<\/a> reunion adventures \u2013 or watch the interview in full above.<\/p>\n

Anne Hathaway: \u201cIt was [1996] at Meadowlands [Arena, in New Jersey]. I was very, very young and I was with a group of friends. Our seats were way up and very far away from the stage, but Radiohead (who I\u2019ve seen so many times since then) were so amazing\u2026 \u2018Creep\u2019 came on and it was the song that everybody knew [at that time] and so we were all singing along back at them. And then Alanis came on stage \u2013 I\u2019ll never forget her entrance: she just ran out from the side and burst into the centre of the stage. We must have been tens of thousands of people at Meadowlands, but we were all just with her. Her presence filled up the entire place in this really cool way\u2026 and she was wearing boots that I wanted\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DavidAlicia Keys and David Bowie during Conde Nast Media Group Presents \u201cThe Black Ball\u201d to Benefit \u2018Keep a Child Alive\u2019 Hosted by Alicia Keys and Iman. CREDIT: KMazur\/WireImage<\/p>\n

Matt Damon saw Radiohead soon after<\/p>\n

Matt Damon: \u201cI saw Radiohead at Roseland [Ballroom] in New York in, I think, 2000. I wanna say it\u2019s still one of the greatest things I\u2019ve ever seen. It was a smaller venue, probably 2,500-3,000 people. That\u2019s a good way to see them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hathaway witnessed David Bowie in husband mode<\/p>\n

AH: \u201cActually, it\u2019s a really sweet story because it was my first time hanging out with [fashion designer] Valentino Garavani, who then went on to become one of the dearest friends of my life. He invited me to go to Iman\u2019s [annual] Black Ball [charity event]. That year, she asked [her husband] David Bowie<\/a> to perform. He didn\u2019t want to, but she was like, \u2018You\u2019re doing it.\u2019 So he got up and performed. So I got to see David Bowie [being] a dutiful husband. He just did it because he loved his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

Damon wasn\u2019t going to miss Oasis Live 25<\/p>\n

MD: \u201cIt was fantastic. I saw them in New York and I also saw them in Australia. I happened to be in Australia and I happened to know that it was when they were gonna be there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never [got a chance to see them] in the \u201990s when they blew up, which was when my career was really kind of blowing up too\u2026 I always thought I\u2019d be able to and then they stopped performing. So when they reunited, like millions of other people, I went and got tickets right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

And\u00a0The Odyssey\u00a0star gave his daughter the ultimate first gig<\/p>\n

MD: \u201cMy wife and I were like, \u2018We\u2019ve ruined her.\u2019 It was Prince<\/a> at The O2 [in London] and he did it in the round with just two backup dancers\u2026 We were right up next to the stage and I just looked at [my wife] Lucy and was like this, \u2018some poor guy\u2019s gonna show up someday with concert tickets and she\u2019s gonna be like, \u2018wait, when do we get to reach up and touch Prince\u2019s feet?\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

Their favourite albums are good too<\/p>\n

Anne Hathaway
Bj\u00f6rk \u2013 \u2018Selmasongs\u2019 (soundtrack to Lars Von Trier\u2019s Dancer in the Dark)<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the whole album, but the first and the last songs\u2026 It opens with \u2018Overture\u2019 and then the last one is \u2018New World\u2019. That musical journey is one of my favourites I\u2019ve ever found, so I think that I would probably keep that one close.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Matt Damon
U2 \u2013 \u2018The Joshua Tree\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a huge U2<\/a> fan and even picking one of their albums would be tough, but I\u2019d probably go back to this one from my youth\u2026 I was probably 17 when it came out and so it just feels like part of a soundtrack of my life \u2013 leaving and going to college and being liberated in a way\u2026 kind of entering the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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