The musician’s merch table is, to most people, the place where you buy T-shirts, albums and ephemera. At a big arena show there might be grotesquely overpriced satin jackets, or other such tat. The whole point is you part with money for something you will probably discard. When Zeal and Ardor – the musical project of 29-year-old Swiss-American Manuel Gagneux – started touring, they offered something different. Something free, something permanent: fans can get their flesh branded with a red hot iron. Have any...
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