I think that we will get to know the title and the release date earlier.
Yes, actually we were just having a laugh about it, as with Tracker, released in March (or was it April?) the tour dates were announced in september or october the year before, and now it looks like it's going to be the same, the tour announced before we even have the record...
The logical thing would be announce the record and at the same time telling that "details about the tour will be announced soon" and some weeks or a month later, have the tour announced. I don't think that would be later than november, probably coinciding with the release of the record:
September: announce of the record release date plus information about tour dates to be announced
November: Release of the record and announce of the tour dates the same date, to boost the tickets sales coinciding with the record
What do you think about my marketing strategy?