While the Hammerstein Ballroom show is already sold out, Guster are offering limited pre-sale tickets for the Portland, Maine, gig through their Web site guster.com starting October 16.

For Guster fans wondering where in the heck that new album is, drummer Brian Rosenworcel clears things up. “Our album isn’t being scrapped or shelved or even changed substantially. It’s just coming out early next year instead of late this year. Our manager, Dalton Sim of the Dalton Sim Management Company Incorporated, was the one that told us we were better off waiting until February or March of 2003 to release the album,” he wrote in a post on the band’s Web site.

Rosenworcel goes on to reveal that the disc will be called Come Downstairs & Say Hello, although he admits he’s also said it was going to be called Bitch Magic or Olympia Dukakis. So, what ends up on the label is anybody’s guess.

Since hitting the East Coast music scene in the late ‘90s, Guster have been hailed as one of the great indie successes. Thanks to their quirky tunes and ceaseless gigging, the band developed a dedicated fanbase and quickly became a popular draw in the Boston area.

After releasing their second album, Goldfly, in 1997, Guster took their show on the road and began to pack out clubs nationally. One year later, they landed a major label contract with Sire Records Group and debuted Lost And Gone Forever in 1999. Their new album will be issued on Palm and Reprise.