{"id":2048843,"date":"2026-07-17T08:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048843"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:42:34","slug":"matt-damon-and-anne-hathaway-have-god-tier-concert-histories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048843","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway have god-tier concert histories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Matt_Damon_Anne_Hathaway_The_Odyssey.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2576840\" class=\"post-2576840 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68 featured-video-container wpb_row td-pb-row tdc-element-style\">\n<div class=\"tdi_67_rand_style td-element-style\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-d5U3ru9x\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Features<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Film Interviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway have god-tier concert histories<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>From private moments with David Bowie to front-row seats at Prince<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Alex Flood<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-17T09:42:34+01:00\">17th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_87 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_89  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_90 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_90\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>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 and Sydney Sweeney are so often seen at SoFi and the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <em>The Odyssey<\/em> review: cinema may have peaked with Christopher Nolan\u2019s blockbuster epic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It <em>also<\/em> explains how <em>The Odyssey<\/em> 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 reunion adventures \u2013 or watch the interview in full above.<\/p>\n<h2>Anne Hathaway\u2019s first gig was Alanis Morissette supported by Radiohead<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Anne Hathaway:<\/strong> \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 <em>the<\/em> 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<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3957378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3957378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3957378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/David_Bowie_Black_Ball.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3957378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alicia 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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Matt Damon saw Radiohead soon after<\/h2>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Matt Damon:<\/strong> \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<h2>Hathaway witnessed David Bowie in husband mode<\/h2>\n<p><strong>AH:<\/strong> \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 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<h2>Damon wasn\u2019t going to miss Oasis Live 25<\/h2>\n<p><strong>MD:<\/strong> \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<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DONKnCEjExv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>And\u00a0<em>The Odyssey\u00a0<\/em>star gave his daughter the ultimate first concert trip<\/h2>\n<p>MD: \u201cMy wife and I were like, \u2018We\u2019ve ruined her.\u2019 It was Prince 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<h2>Their favourite albums are good too<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Anne Hathaway<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bj\u00f6rk \u2013 \u2018Selmasongs\u2019 (soundtrack to Lars Von Trier\u2019s <em>Dancer in the Dark<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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<p><strong>Matt Damon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>U2 \u2013 \u2018The Joshua Tree\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a huge U2 fan and even picking <em>one<\/em> 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<p><em>\u2018The Odyssey\u2019 is in UK cinemas now<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_91 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Alanis Morissette<\/li>\n<li>Britpop<\/li>\n<li>David 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long game<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NME-HERO-FEMTANYL-CREDIT-JACQUI-SHARAH@2560x1707-400x267.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NME-HERO-FEMTANYL-CREDIT-JACQUI-SHARAH@2560x1707-800x533.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">The breakneck rise of digital hardcore duo Femtanyl<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-custom_ad_1  tdi_105 td_block_template_2\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-sidebar-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_90 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_90\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>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 and Sydney Sweeney are so often seen at SoFi and the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <em>The Odyssey<\/em> review: cinema may have peaked with Christopher Nolan\u2019s blockbuster epic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It <em>also<\/em> explains how <em>The Odyssey<\/em> 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 reunion adventures \u2013 or watch the interview in full above.<\/p>\n<h2>Anne Hathaway\u2019s first gig was Alanis Morissette supported by Radiohead<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Anne Hathaway:<\/strong> \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 <em>the<\/em> 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<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3957378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3957378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3957378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/David_Bowie_Black_Ball.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3957378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alicia 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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Matt Damon saw Radiohead soon after<\/h2>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Matt Damon:<\/strong> \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<h2>Hathaway witnessed David Bowie in husband mode<\/h2>\n<p><strong>AH:<\/strong> \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 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<h2>Damon wasn\u2019t going to miss Oasis Live 25<\/h2>\n<p><strong>MD:<\/strong> \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<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DONKnCEjExv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>And\u00a0<em>The Odyssey\u00a0<\/em>star gave his daughter the ultimate first concert trip<\/h2>\n<p>MD: \u201cMy wife and I were like, \u2018We\u2019ve ruined her.\u2019 It was Prince 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<h2>Their favourite albums are good too<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Anne Hathaway<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bj\u00f6rk \u2013 \u2018Selmasongs\u2019 (soundtrack to Lars Von Trier\u2019s <em>Dancer in the Dark<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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<p><strong>Matt Damon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>U2 \u2013 \u2018The Joshua Tree\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a huge U2 fan and even picking <em>one<\/em> 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<p><em>\u2018The Odyssey\u2019 is in UK cinemas now<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/film-interviews\/matt-damon-anne-hathaway-concert-histories-david-bowie-radiohead-3957340&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Matt_Damon_Anne_Hathaway_The_Odyssey.jpg&#8221;] FeaturesFilm Interviews Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway have god-tier concert histories From private moments with David Bowie to front-row seats at Prince By Alex Flood 17th July 2026 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2048843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2048843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2048843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2048843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2048843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}