Hours Tour

The Hours Tour was a small-scale promotional concert tour by David Bowie comprising a handful of live performances and numerous television appearances in support of the album Hours in late 1999. Several live songs from the tour were included as b-sides to singles from the album, and a full concert recording from the tour was released in 2020 as Something in the Air (Live Paris 99).

Hours Tour
Tour by David Bowie
Associated albumHours
Start date9 October 1999
End date7 December 1999
Legs1
No. of shows9
David Bowie concert chronology

History

Guitarist Page Hamilton, founding member of Helmet, was drafted to replace Reeves Gabrels whose final performance and association with Bowie ended at the VH1 Storytellers performance on 23 August 1999. Rumours of a split were denied by both parties, until a few months later the story changed as the guitarist admitted that he and Bowie had drifted apart.[1]

Live recordings

The Elysée Montmartre performance on 14 October 1999 was filmed and recorded with three songs later appearing on the CD single of "Survive"; the full concert was eventually released in 2020 as Something in the Air (Live Paris 99).[2] The concert is notable for being recorded one day after Bowie received the rank of Commander in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his contributions to art and music.[3][4]

The Libro Music Hall, Vienna, performance on 17 October 1999, coinciding with the launch of BowieNet Europe was made available as a live webcast. The performance at the Kit Kat Klub, New York City, on 19 November 1999 was recorded and filmed with a webcast of the performance as part of the American Express Blue Concert series transmitted on 7 December 1999, in addition to a simulcast radio broadcast by SFX Radio network on the same date. Three songs from the performance appeared on the CD single of "Seven" (2000).

Setlist
Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)
Live album by
David Bowie
Released14 August 2020
Recorded14 October 1999
VenueÉlysée Montmartre, Paris, France
LabelParlophone
David Bowie chronology
Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
(2020)		 ''Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)''
(2020)		 I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)
(2020)

Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) track list:

  1. "Life on Mars?"
  2. "Thursday's Child"
  3. "Something in the Air"
  4. "Word on a Wing"
  5. "Can't Help Thinking About Me"
  6. "China Girl"
  7. "Always Crashing in the Same Car"
  8. "Survive"
  9. "Drive-In Saturday"
  10. "Changes"
  11. "Seven"
  12. "Repetition"
  13. "I Can't Read"
  14. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell"
  15. "Rebel Rebel"

Tour band

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America
23 August 1999New York CityUnited StatesManhattan Center
Europe
9 October 1999LondonEnglandNetAid – Wembley Stadium
10 October 1999DublinIrelandDublin HQ
14 October 1999ParisFranceElysée Montmartre
17 October 1999ViennaAustriaLibro Music Hall
North America
19 November 1999New York CityUnited StatesKit Kat Klub
Europe
2 December 1999LondonEnglandThe Astoria
4 December 1999MilanItalyAlcatraz
7 December 1999CopenhagenDenmarkVega

Songs

References
  1. Nicholas Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0
  2. Richards, Will (15 August 2020). "Listen to David Bowie's new 1999 live album 'Something In The Air'". Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. Shackleford, Tom (17 August 2020). "David Bowie Estate Releases 'Something In The Air (Live Paris 99)' Album [Stream]". Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. "Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) details". 6 August 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. Plati, Mark. "Interview in Spin UK". Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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