the hours tour was a small-scale promotional concert tour by david bowie comprising eight live performances and numerous television appearances in support of the album "hours". 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.