Seems I'm in the minority in thinking of simply being happy to have a release date for this. Not disappointed in the slightest. I understand it takes quite a bit of time and effort to arrange for something like this to be released properly. I'm not going to complain and be an ungrateful ass by knocking the band or the production company simply because I'm impatient. The band and production company have done plenty to keep their fans informed about its progress. More so than a lot of other bands would have done.
Frankly, I'm in the same minority.
I've not been edge-of-my-seat excited about the release for a long time. DVD's coming - cool. I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Haven't been too bothered when, but it's nice after so much milling around to finally have a date.
They weren't, realistically, going to release it too close to DT12, anyway. I'm sure that's half the rationale. Getting dangerously close, don't want to be releasing mixed messages or spreading the DT-buck too thin. New music's the priority. When Luna Park comes out, it's gonna be a treat, but there's no rush. No news was a little fidgetty - confirmation is relaxing. Not the perfect confirmation, but a pretty good one. Plus, if they do belay the DT12 tour until 2014 as JP suggested, it's gonna sell a lot of tickets. First stop -
everyone's living room! Next stop, I dunno, Oslo?
15 months does sound like a long time from shoot to street, but I just plain can't bring myself to be annoyed! It's a decent news day.