Well, first let me say an amazing thank you to all the fans who came to Firefest 3 - over 1000 ticket sales means Firefest 4 already a certainty, and announced for the weekend of Oct 26th/27th next year. No bands officially confirmed yet, but many names in the hat. Hopefully we'll be able to make an announcement in January.

Meanwhile, you could treat yourself to another great festival with Progpower UK 2 and catch the likes of Kamelot, Jon Oliva's Pain, Leave's Eyes, Cloudscape and more! For further information and ticket sales, go to www.progpoweruk.com

As you will have noticed, we've had to increase the cover price - the first such increase for six years! Subscription prices have increased too, but until end of December I'll still allow subs to be taken out at the old rate of £24 UK, £27 Europe, and £36 rest of world. I hope you still find the magazine great value for money, and would aalso like to take this opportunity to thank F2 Music for tying in with Fireworks for promoting their label. Please enjoy their promo CD, and feel free to contact them with your opinions.

I need to apologise for the Gremlins last issue, which saw the intro to the Spheric Universe Experience interview (now this issue) tacked on to the start of the Sphere of Souls interview. Shouldn't happen again.

Well, all that's left is for me to wish one and all a wonderful Christmas from the whole Fireworks team, and I hope 2007 is as healthy and exciting as 2006.

ENJOY!!

-- Bruce Mee