Second lineup of 2011 Jisan Valley Rock Festival announced

Second lineup poster for the 2011 Jisan Valley Rock Festival [CJ&EM]

The second lineup for this year's Jisan Valley Rock Festival has been revealed, according to the official website of the music fest on Wednesday.

Jisan's webpage showed that internationally famous artists Arctic Monkeys, Incubus, CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) and ONE OK ROCK will grace the stage of the annual event to be held for three days starting July 29 this year.

Local artists chosen to rock out at the fest includes Delispice, Jaurim, Guckkasten, Yellow Monsters, Monni, Zitten, Dear Cloud and Huckleberry Finn, while the third lineup for the event will be announced later this month.

Earlier this month, the first lineup was announced which included The Chemical Brothers, Suede and The Music, Amadous & Mariam, Feeder, Clash, Apollo 18 and 10cm.

Arctic Monkeys, composed of members Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders, is an English alternative rock back formed in 2002. They released their debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" in early 2006 and are well-known for their hit songs "Teddy Picker," "Mardy Bum" and "When the Sun Goes Down."

Incubus was first formed in 1991 in Calabasas, California with lead vocalist Brandon Boyd. They received critical acclaim and mainstream success with their 1999 album "Make Yourself." They became more successful with the release of their single "Drive" and their album "Light Grenades" made its debut at No. 1 and received Gold certification. The group has also held a tour in the United States, Japan and Canada.

CSS is a Brazilian rock band from Sao Paulo and became widely accepted in the new rave scene. The group's named is an abbreviation for Cansei de Ser Sexy which means "got tired of being sexy" in Portuguese. CSS is popular for their hit songs "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above," "Off the Hook" and "Alcohol."

ONE OK ROCK is a rock band which splashed onto the music scene in Japan in 2005. They began their music career with the release of their first single "Naihi shinsho" in April 2007 and have taken the stage for various music festivals since.

Tickets for the Jisan rock fest, to be held at the Jisan Forest Resort located in the city of Icheon of the Gyeonggi Province, are available on various online shopping websites.

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