I'm gonna have to miss Oathbreaker's show in NYC this Saturday night. Have a thing I can't skip instead. Really sucks b/c next time they come around it will for sure be at a bigger venue. They are the hot up & coming "underground" heavy act at the moment.

As far as your plugs, do you wear the nice, custom ones? In that case, yeah you're stuck. But what I find works well is a good, not-too-thick, pair of generic one that u can have some leeway with. Generally I just keep them barely covering my ear canal, only twisted a tiny bit into the canal. It'll cut out the most extreme noise that will leave your ears ringing after the show, but still keeps me fully involved in the show.