This is just saddening news. I would be completely gutted if this happened to me.

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Lil Louis has suffered an ear injury that has left him deaf - possibly permanently. The house legend was booked to play Sankey's in Manchester, when a member of staff (allegedly one of the promoters) let off an airhorn a few inches from Louis's ear, with serious consequences. Louis has posted about the experience on facebook today, saying that "the compressed air that blasted out was louder and more shrill than anything I�d ever heard. It hurt so bad, I jumped in the air and screamed. The pain was followed by an intense ringing and muffled silence. The left side of the room went dead, and I couldn�t hear anything except that ring."