I kinda think the same way - after the way they handled the trilogy I think it will be much better if all of a sudden they say we have an album to promote. Im hoping for this because they can take their time & throw away all the shit & release a good album.
That's what apparently Jason said, no details about when a new album may come out but tour "within the year". I think it could happen, not a long tour or anything but a few shows by next summer? I think it's possible.
It sounds like a good sign if they're going into the studio! But yeah you can never be sure how long it's actually going to take. Sometimes they do things quickly but they also first went into the studio to work on the follow up to American Idiot at the beginning of 2006, so...
There's no sense in getting overly excited about this, but yeah, I believe there will be no announcement until they're done. Actually, it will earn them a lot of media coverage when they go foreverly with it. Anyway, I'm not musing about a new album until I can hold it in my hands