I was glad to note that JP are working on new material. Obviously, this "farewell" tour has hit me in the gut very hard as it would for any stand up, die hard JP fan. I would like to pose a question to folks here in the forum. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part and I'm reading into something that's just not there but did the wording of the announcement for the "farewell" tour seem to leave the possibility of new material in the future (sans touring) open-ended? Speaking for myself, that was my interpretation but I did read an interview with Rob where he made some comments that indicated otherwise. With this announcement of "new material" though I'm thinking that maybe there's still a chance for future releases from JP (again minus touring). It probably goes without saying that new JP material and no tours is better than no new JP material at all.
That's just been something on my mind since this whole "Epitaph" business was revealed. I'd really like to know what other folks think about this.