Yes, that they are back in the studio seems to be great news.
I still wonder, though, how it makes sense for them to do just five shows on the US west coast this fall. There's got to be some good reason. Some have speculated that they're doing video recording for a DVD, which would be great. Or that it's in response to MK signing with a new US record company and promoting Privateering's release in the US. I don't know. Just interesting.