If it’s Muse, it has to be a 20 years since Black Holes type show and not playing the dross they’ve served up since and that’s coming from someone who was a super fan for their first four albums.
With my very limited knowledge of TV, as I understand it they are all desperate for content and particularly content that can be reused and recut and repackaged (which live music is perfect for). I would imagine the beeb were keen not to set a precedent with NY for any future headliner to point to.