No higher that they'd be at Download, at least in this country. They've played Reading twice since they last played Download and they were on early afternoon on main and then headlined like the 4th or 5th stage in a small tent.
I am referring to them losing Stevie Wonder, as is everyone else, as he was the generally accepted rumour at the time from credible sources. But you seem intent on ignoring the possibility that he was the one previously booked, as it runs counter to the narrative you're trying to push.
I don't know exactly when they lost Rihanna (as she does seem by far the more likely of the two), but it doesn't appear to have been late on or even close to it. The headliner trio we ended up with were all rumoured quite a long way out - you seem to be suggesting that GnR were a late replacement, but they were being rumoured by a credible source as early as October 2022 - with any "doubt" over them mostly because someone loudly refused to accept it and insisted on telling everyone that at every opportunity.
As above, 2023 isn't remotely comparable given all 3 headliners were seemingly in place at least 9 months before the festival so there was no "late replacement" at all. But for this year, and as I've already said - I have no idea whether they tried to look outside the acts they already had booked or not. Nor do you.
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