No Doubt's new album delayed until 2012

Their is some disappointing news, No Doubt have confirmed they will not release their highly anticipated new album this year. The band addressed the fans on their official website:

Dear Friends,

We’ve been incommunicado for the past few weeks so we wanted to reach out and say hi. Work on the new No Doubt album is well underway and we can’t wait to share it with you. The past twelve months have been eventful; we performed for Paul McCartney and President Obama at the Kennedy Center Honors, three beautiful new No Doubt babies were born, and we’ve recorded in studios all over Los Angeles. Ideally our new record would be coming out this year but it’s just not ready yet. We don’t want to rush this album just to get it out. This collection of songs means everything to us and our only priority right now is to make sure that it’s the best album we can possibly make. There is still more work for us to do…

We love our fans and are doing this for your ears and want you to know how much we appreciate your patience and support. We’ll keep you updated here at nodoubt.com and on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Love,

Gwen, Tony, Adrian and Tom

No Doubt

PS. There have been some stories circulating about us collaborating with outside producers and artists. Please don’t believe anything you hear unless it comes from us.

This was bit of a surprise, the did give a preview of several tracks from the new album to Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly in July, and said they were two months away from completing the project. I'm sure the push back is for the best. Are you disappointed?