It's All Gone Pete Tong

The film begins showing a dirty, hermit-like man living in a very dirty padded room. The film then cuts back to one year earlier, showing DJ Frankie Wilde at the height of his fame on the party island of Ibiza With a record contract in hand, he lives an opulent life performing at the hottest nightclubs and living in a gorgeous villa with his trophy wife Sonya. Sonya is a model that starred in his first music video (Rise Again), and they have a son King (product of an affair by another man). Frankie's career is guided by egotistical super-agent Max Haggar.

Contemporary DJs validate Frankie's mastery of the turntable Pau van Dyk states, "Frankie was definitely one of the best. He had his very sort-of own style, his very own momentum with the crowd. I don’t think that anyone else did it his way." With fame, we also see him partaking in the traditional rock star lifestyle, complete with alcohol, drugs, and women. Frankie's drug addiction manifests itself, to Frankie, as a giant "Coke Badger".

Frankie begins noticing troubles with his hearing while watching a soccer match. Frankie is working on his next album, which appears to be greatly delayed. Helping him are his "two Austrian mates" Alfonse and Horst, who seem more suited for a metal band. Frankie continues working on his album and playing gigs at clubs, but his hearing begins to degrade rapidly. After a disastrous set of gigs, it's apparent to everyone, except Frankie, that he's going deaf. After playing another terrible set at a club one night, Max confronts Frankie. Frankie agrees to see a doctor, who tells him he's lost hearing in one ear and will lose hearing in the other, unless Frankie stops exposure to everything he loves dearly: loud music and drugs.

During a recording session with his Austrian mates, a guitar is smashed into an amplifier whose volume Frankie has maximized. Trying to listen to the speaker, the feedback knocks Frankie unconscious. The damage has left him permanently deaf. Without his hearing and without completion of the album, Frankie is abandoned by Max and Sonya. In a desperate attempt to regain his hearing, Frankie locks himself up in his house, which he "soundproofs", and ingests only fast food and drugs.

Frankie attempts suicide (by tying roman candles to his head), only to realize that he wants to live. Frankie meets lip-reading instructor Penelope and learns to read lips. As his ability increases, so does the closeness of their relationship. Over time, Frankie discovers that he can understand music and sounds through sight (viewing digital waveforms) and vibrations (tying speakers to his feet). Frankie mixes an album (Hear No Evil) and delivers it to Max, who, after listening to it, is ecstatic. His joy is only increased by the newly found knowledge that Frankie is completely deaf.

Max convinces Frankie to play live at Pacha as a comeback for the spurned DJ. Frankie agrees, reluctantly. Frankie proves he can still mix and he's better than ever. After the show, Frankie and Penelope disappear. As the film ends, we see Frankie and Penelope, with baby, walking down a street, unrecognized. Additionally, we see Frankie teaching a group of deaf children how to appreciate music like he does.