I'd imagine they cant release dates until the venues are 100% booked. If they did and then had to cancel again for some reason they would be in a bit of trouble. And trying to sort out venues for events that might be for "drifting" and maybe 6 months away probably isnt too easy. Plus if its meant to run at japfest then they would have to know this years date of that, and even insurance and bla bla bla. So basically theres probably a hell of alot involved in just releasing a few dates, and I want to know as much as anyone, but I presume they're not releasing them cause they dont have them set yet, rather than just being lazy lol!!