The annual three-day Ansan Valley Rock Festival, formerly known as the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, has unveiled 12 new acts in its third line-up for this year’s event which includes international artists Skillex, Vampire Weekend, Polyphonic Spree and DIIV along with local acts Park Jung-hyun, Bulldog Mansion, Common Ground, Fantastic Drugstore, Hologram Film, No. 1 Korean, PIA and WHOwho.

The previously announced line-ups of overseas acts included: Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, The XX, fun., Coheed & Cambria, the Foals, the Hurts and Yellowcard. The Korean band lineups included: Nell, Galaxy Express, Daybreak, Dear Cloud, E Z Hyoung, 2nd Moon, Achime, Third Line Butterfly, Guckkasten, 9 and the Numbers, Romantic Punch and the Solutions.

This year’s summer rock fest will be held at the Daebu Sea Breeze Theme Park in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, from July 26-28.

(juliejackson@heraldcorp.com)