Music / Dice
Bristol Bucks the Booking Fee
We’ve all felt frustrated by the fees added to concert tickets. There’s a fee to book, then a fee to process your booking, then probably a fee to make a cup of tea, and finally a fee to print the ticket yourself. How can any company with a good conscience force you to print off your ticket at home and charge you for the privilege? Who even owns a printer?!
In an age where you can book a flight and travel halfway around the world with nothing but your phone and your passport it doesn’t make sense that you need to carry a scrappy bit of paper around with you all day just to get into a gig. It’s an archaic system and one which definitely doesn’t make sense in 2015.
is needed now More than ever
Bristol newcomer DICE, however, is changing things fast. Launched in London last autumn by a team of music fanatics and the design geniuses behind the award-winning and beautiful escher-inspired Monument Valley, DICE handpicks the best gigs in Bristol with absolutely no booking fees. Oh, and it’s 100% mobile. No more printers, no catches, no fuss.
Each day DICE’s editorial team hand-pick the best gigs, club nights and festivals happening in town. Fans looking to get into the Simple Things Festival or rave at NASS, fans who want to see Disclosure, Tame Impala, Years and Years, George Ezra, Wolf Alice, Four Tet, Jamie XX, Miguel, Skepta or Bring Me The Horizon, simply open the app and book in a couple of taps.
A nifty Spotify integration lets you listen to track previews in app before purchasing your tickets, and bespoke recommendations suggest similar artists based on the event you’re viewing – perfect for those looking to discover something new.
Tickets are linked to the device they’re purchased on, making them 100% tout proof so you can rest safe in the knowledge that you’ll only ever pay face value for a ticket bought on DICE, and not a penny more.
Missed out on tickets to your favourite band? Not a problem. A unique ‘Waiting List’ feature means you’ll be the first to know if tickets become available for a sold out gig. And if you’re one of the lucky fans with a ticket to a sold out show and can no longer make it? Just as easy, you can return your tickets for a full refund and DICE then sells these tickets on to eager fans who have added themselves to the Waiting List. No more buying tickets at ten times the face value off someone who never had any intention of going to the show.
There’s so much incredible live music on your doorstep. All you’ve got to do is get out and hear it. DICE is available for iOS and Android.