Christmas 2007 is certainly a merry one for Seether’s Shaun Morgan. The frontman has returned to South Africa and been overwhelmed by enthusiastic fans. The new album is flying off the shelves while the current single, “Fake It”, has topped the charts worldwide. A few days after landing in South Africa, Morgan’s hit single has reached No.1 on 5fm’s Top40 as well as the vote-based Hi5 @5.

It is hard to imagine that “Fake It” was initially written as a joke about LA’s superficial lifestyle. It appears that the ever-humble Morgan is the perfect spokesman to deliver the message. On release “Fake It” was the most added song on US Rock radio. It has hit No.1 across American rock charts as well as local campus radio and now national airwaves with 5fm.

Morgan is currently performing a few intimate acoustic shows around South Africa to promote Seether’s new album, “Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces”. On Thursday 20^th Dec he made an appearance on 5fm’s drive-time show with DJ Fresh. Listeners flooded the phone lines and were sure to give Morgan a hero’s welcome home.

Performing without his bandmates seemed intimidating but two sold-out shows have barely required Morgan to sing his songs, thanks to fans helping out. At the Durban show on the 21^st Morgan had to wait for fans to finish singing happy birthday to him before continuing the set. Fans have three more chances to see Morgan performing unplugged in South Africa.

28 Dec – Mercury Live (Cape Town)
31 Dec – Phoenix Rising Festival (Kenton on Sea)
6 Jan – Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts (Cape Town)