They are all-round nice guys who love to surf. They have also sold millions of records and are known for their energetic live performances during their sold-out shows.

Now they’re bringing their Vice Verses Tour to The Big Top Arena, Carnival City in Brakpan on August 8 and the Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape Town on August 11.

Switchfoot formed in 1994 when Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar) and his brother Tim (bass guitar, backing vocals) put their high school friends together – including Chad Butler (drums, percussion), Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) and Drew Shirley (guitar, backing vocals).

Nine albums and over a decade later, they have achieved multi-platinum status, having sold over 4,4 million albums and three million concert tickets worldwide. They have a Grammy Award and a massive worldwide fan base (they currently have over 1.8million Facebook fans and over 229 000 followers on Twitter).

The band has had three con-secutive Top 10 hits on Modern Rock Radio. Their song Vice Verses debuted at number eight on the Top 200 Billboard Charts and number five on the iTunes Top 200 Charts.

 Music from the album Vice Verses has already been included in movie trailers and soundtracks – In Time (featuring Justin Timberlake) and Hawaii 5-0 (which used the song Out Of Control.

 Their album The Beautiful Letdown was RIAA certified 3 x platinum. The band has previously toured with the likes of the Dave Matthews Band, 3 Doors Down, the Goo Goo Dolls and many others.

Switchfoot’s music has also appeared in The Chronicles Of Narnia – Prince Caspian, American Idol, A Walk To Remember, Life Of Ryan, CSI Miami, Grey’s Anatomy, The Vampire Diaries, Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill and Spiderman 2.

According to Foreman, the word “switchfoot” is a surfing term.