BLACKPINK speaks onstage at the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey in this August 28, 2022 file photo. AFP-Yonhap

K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will headline the Coachella music festival, a major U.S. music and art festival scheduled for April, its organizer said.

In an official announcement released Tuesday (U.S. time), Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival unveiled its star-studded lineup for the annual event to be held at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, featuring BLACKPINK, Bad Bunny and Frank Ocean as headliners.

The 2023 lineup for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is seen in this image captured from its homepage. Yonhap

BLACKPINK previously performed at Coachella in 2019 and will return as a headliner for this year's event to become the first K-pop artist to headline the festival, an international magnet for young music fans.

The festival is scheduled to run for two weekends: April 14-16 and 21-23. (Yonhap)