A quiet local pub is self-evidently not usually noisy other than live music nights where amplifier volume seems to always be 10, but I have had my ears blasted

A quiet local pub is self-evidently not usually noisy other than live music nights where amplifier volume seems to always be 10, but I have had my ears blasted hallway to meeting each other by music in all of the last 3 UK venues I've been to (two urban pubs and a rooftop bar), and all the urban pubs near an old workplace were almost unbearable. In fairness, the volume in those was mostly due to being absolutely rammed to the gunwhales, I only specifically remember one of them adding music to the din.