Your theory about putting together a special effect is a good one, MB. Alternatively, like I think I theorized here before, they just may have wanted to get the distraction of the holidays out of the way. Yeah, so now we're a few days into the new year, so what's keeping them?
But IF my theory has any credibility, maybe we'll be seeing something imminently.
As an aside, I'm also a longtime diehard fan of a rock musician, for whom there have been rumors this past fall about a new album and tour this spring. The management eventually had to confirm the tour because some European concerts have already gone on sale, but it seems like they were deliberately refraining from giving any news yet about the album and US tour before the holidays. Now that they're over, of course, everyone is on pins and needles waiting to hear something any minute! So it's funny to see the parallels and I'm just continuing to hope that with the new year, there will be new news!