Music can have a high cost.
Even Beethoven lost-out from high SPLs.
I had a scary time listening to my local DSO playing Mahler's 2nd. hitting a reported 121db. at my "up-front" seat. The two vocalists, ( posisitioned at the front of the stage) reported, in the live broadcast intermission, the sound being thunderous, I concurred. Steve Guttenberg reported the U2 group hitting 130 db levels.
The Guardian Newspaper is reporting the problems AC/DC are having and the stopping of the group's tour.
Tony in Michigan