It's the same as what they said in the press conference on July 8th (the news are from July 9th). Which means that, in reality, they said that they'd want to start this year and they hope to, but nothing is specific. The list of towns they provided (including Seattle) is, for me, written in wet sand - other than the obvious LA and NY, I wouldn't count on anything they say until I see the official tour list and successful ticket sales.