LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus

Oh yeah the tinnitus part. That started longer ago than I can remember. Most of the time I can increase the volume and drown it out. 

Jeff Beck with Jennifer Batten at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Brutal. I had to leave, the SPL had to be exceeding 90dB. The higher notes in the guitar solos were making my face peel.

Has to be some shows in this small club I went to called waterstreet music hall.  I believe they are out of business.  I do not have Tinnitus, and am lucky.  I now always wear ear protection.

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.

My biggest ear hurt was my left ear after driving a NASCAR car at POCONO when the exhaust pipe was on the drivers side. I have done  this drive two more times with ear protection

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.