LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus

Chris Stapleton, Great Woods, Xfinity Center.  I had bought great seats as soon as the event was announced.  Covid came and the concert was delayed to 2 years. In years before I had learned about and bought special "musicians ear plugs".  I had them years earlier at the Nissan Center in Nashville, and due to bad acoustics in my seating area, they saved my ears.  In the years between concerts I forgot to bring them.  The lead female in the first warm band was awful and literally Painful to my ears.  I debated trying to get away, but decided by the time I reached a safer distance, she would hopefully be done.  A few months later the ringing started.  

Motley Cru at BC Place this past September.  Every 3 gun competition I have attended/competed. Tinnitus 15 years and keeps getting worse.  Have been following a tinnitus treatment modality (cure?) being developed by the University of Michigan.  It looks very promising in clinical studies … http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/422/eaal3175?rss=1

BTW, the loudest bang recorded was Krakatoa which was said to be defining at about 100 miles away and lead to huge numbers of deaths.

I read that as "the loudest band ever recorded" before I realized what you meant. But still, Krakatoa would be a cool name for a heavy metal band, no?

Woodstock was very loud. So were two Jimi Hendrix concerts; a number of Jefferson Airplane concerts; Jeff Back. But the loudest, the one that hurt me in the moment and continues to, was Junior Brown at the Turning Point, a tiny cellar club in Piermont, NY. I sat ~11 feet from him. He only used one Fender Reverb Twin, but cranked it like crazy. By then I used earplugs, but forgot to bring them (oh, well). My ears started ringing that night and never stopped.

Not complaining. It’s actually OK. I still can listen to music (sometimes moderately loud for short periods) and hear it/enjoy it.

Black Sabbath 1972 maybe or some local Blues Clubs that are way too loud. Always carry earplugs to any kind of show. Start young.

I have had Tinnitus for 8 Years. It only gets worse and never goes away. It is pretty loud but somehow the brain tunes it out most of the time. It doesn't seen to interfere with listening unless I think about it,