On May 21st, Tennessee’s own THE SHOWDOWN began filming their first music video with director Doug Spangenberg. The video for 'Temptation Come My Way' will give a television audience their first official look at the South’s high-voltage rockers.

For their first video, The Showdown brought in Doug Spangenberg, who has directed videos for NORMA JEAN, THIS IS HELL and TERROR, as well as LAMB OF GOD’s 2005 gold-selling DVD Killadelphia. Filmed on the same grounds used by MTV’s Jackass crew, the video will reflect the band’s 80s style and features some serious explosions.

Frontman David Bunton says, “This music video captures the true spirit and feel of The Showdown. No holds barred, heavy metal, pyro, and headbanging. That’s what we’re all about. The goal for our first video was to give people a small taste of how rude we can be live. Heavy metal is plugged in and loud. Heavy metal is the law.”

“I was amped on the song as soon as I heard it,” says Spangenberg. “We kept it simple and shot the band shredding their faces off in a field with a shitload of pyro. In retrospect, I'm surprised they made it out with only light singe marks. They're great dudes, and I look forward to barbequing with them this summer on Ozzfest.”

The Showdown will be busy all summer as part of this year’s Second Stage at OZZFest. Tour dates are as follows:

July

12 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
14 – George, WA – The Gorge
17 – Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre
19 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
21 – Devore, CA – Hyundai Pavilion
24 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Pavilion
26 – Albuquerque, NM – Journal Pavilion
28 – Denver, CO – Coors Amphitheatre
30 – Kansas City, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

August

2 – Dallas, TX – Smirnoff Music Center
4 – San Antonio, TX – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
6 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8 – Columbus, OH – Germain Amphitheatre
10 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
12 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
14 – Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Theatre
16 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
18 – Hartford, CT – New England Dodge Music Theatre
20 – Boston, MA – Tweeter Center
22 – Philadelphia, PA – Tweeter Center
24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Post Gazette Pavilion
26 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
28 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
30 – West Palm Beach, FL – Sound Advice Amphitheatre