When Is Tokio Hotel Releasing Their New Album?

The members of Tokio Hotel: Gustav Schafer
Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, & Georg Listing
(listed from left to right)

Tokio Hotel, a German rock band, has had over four albums released in the past eight years, and are becoming widely known around the world. Having now completed two world tours, and getting ready to release a new album, Tokio Hotel's fame is skyrocketing. One of the questions that many fans are

Cover Art for the album Humanoid.

asking, is when will the new album be released? The leader of the group, Bill Kaulitz, along with the other three members of the band are strangely vague in all the information that they have given to the fans in the past two years. There are even rumors which they refuse to directly address such as 'Is Tokio Hotel even a band anymore?' and 'Is there even a current album in progress?' While I do believe that they do not have any reason for just plainly lying to their fans, I do believe that they, or their record label could be doing a much better job on relaying information. For example, while the members of Tokio Hotel have made comments on their official page on Facebook along with multiple videos validating that said album is to be released soon, they have not validated any time for a release date, or even mentioned a name to the album. Originally, the album was said to be released in Spring of 2012. Eventually, this date got pushed to Spring of 2013, and now is apparently going to be released in the Fall of 2013. It has also been said that they will begin their tour late this year, but I don't see how that could be possible, seeing as how there have not been dates for any shows posted anywhere. As a faithful fan of the band for three years, I know first hand that a situation such as this can be very confusing and even slightly irritating. If they keep up their lack of communication, fans may begin to lose interest, and their popularity may decrease by the time they release new content (their latest album was published in 2009 and was titled Humanoid. They published their album in both English and German.) Why is Tokio Hotel being so secretive? As of now, I can't give an official answer, but I do hope that it is for a good reason, and that new information about the band and album will soon be released.