Agreed but I think a lot of it probably has to do with them rushing the announcement to get in front of a leak. That picture was probably slapped together in an hour. I'm sure once they're ready to show off the new old lineup they will do lots of press together and take cool photos etc.
Yeah, I believe MP is still on the other side of the world right now with The Winery Dogs. The timing doesn’t make sense.
It's like Hugh Syme put together the press release photo.
They could've rushed the announcement because of a potential leak, but so what if it leaks? I mean, it's still happening. It is my opinion that Mangini was about to embark on his solo album press campaign. In fact, he had even started it, where in one interview posted before the DT announcement, referred to working with Jordan in the past tense.
I don't think it's any coincidence that the day after the DT announcement, Mangini released his new album major press release.
My guess is that he gave them a date that he was going live with it, and it could've even been on short notice.