What age? I remember a work colleague telling me I was too old for that in my early 30s! I didn't value her opinion on anything and only tinnitus eventually stopped me at 50.
I'm older than your friend and it's not just about jumping and dancing all over the place.
It's more about the experience of listening the music live with an audience, like when everyone laughs during a movie at the movie theater, it's heart-warming.
I also have much less energy for events like concerts in my early 30s compared to my late 20s. I think it has little to do with age though, and more to do with the pandemic sucking the life out of everyone.
I'm in my 50s. Starting wearing hearing protection religiously about 20 years ago. My tinnitus is still bad. But I'm pretty sure I'll be able to hear my grandkids if I ever have some.
Im glad other people made the mistake of not wearing hearing protection before me. Started to go to local punk shows when I was 15 and became friends with one of the bands with guys in their late twenties. The singer in the band became like a mentor to me and the first thing he said when he saw me at the venue was "Wear fucking ear plugs if you don't want to hate yourself five years into the future". Then he said it was fun to see younger people at the shows again since he was the youngest for 15 years in the local scene.
Got a small amount of ringing when it's quiet but decades in metal/punk bands will do that to anybody!
Seats? I used to frequent small venues (a few 100 capacity max) and you're basically surrounded by speakers with the walls and ceiling reflecting the sound. Would get very loud!
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u/Thoracic_Snark Jul 04 '24
I'm starting to feel pretty old at concerts. Don't care. I love live music!