Hey kids -- please, take it from a 41 year old who let his friends talk him into going to a metal show, who brought his deluxe ear plugs, and used them, but who is now nevertheless permanently deafer than he was yesterday:
Tinnitus is NOT worth it. Music does not have to be so loud (especially when it's shitty music anyhow) and your ears are very fragile! Just think twice before surrounding yourself with drunken mullet-heads and huge speakers. Life is too short, until you lose your hearing, at which point it becomes too long. Here's what I'm hearing right now, in a quiet house: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... It sucks! Trust me. What?