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Who: Akala, I Was A Cub Scout, We Start Fires, Eight Legs, Talk Taxis, Assembly Now, Dega Breaks
What: Club COG presents... 'The Birthday Bash'
Where: Camden Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, NW1 8AB. Nearest tube (Camden)
When: Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th June 2008
Age: 14+

Price: £8 advance/£10 on the door/£15 for both nights
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At Check Out Gigs, we like to celebrate in style. Twice. So get yourself down to Camden's famous Dingwalls for two nights of spectacular music, back to back in the first week of June.

First, on Wednesday 4 June, Akala is in town. Britain's best rapper - by a distance - has toured as far afield as Vietnam and Nigeria, performing with artists as diverse and talented as Jay-Z, Christina Aguilera and Richard Ashcroft. With a Best Hip Hop MOBO award to his name and a second album described as 'startlingly effective' by The Guardian and 'dazzling' by Mojo, this could be your last chance to see him play such an intimate venue.

As you would expect with COG, the support are equally exciting. We Start Fires have been rightly acclaimed by NME as one of the very best up and coming bands in the country, and drawn rave reviews the length and breadth of the land. With Talk Taxis and Dega Breaks, two of London's hottest properties, completing the bill, it promises to be quite a night.

Then the next day we're doing it all again. This time your evening's entertainment will be provided by the fantastic I Was A Cub Scout, who are following their acclaimed performances in support of Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly, with their own tour as probably the hottest band of the year. This is your last chance to see them in London this summer.

With local heroes Assembly Now and NME's 'living, strumming proof that guitar music is fashionable' - Eight Legs - in support, as well as a very exciting set of special guests, the show should be pretty damn good.

Needless to say, both nights will be followed by London's finest DJs playing until the early hours of the morning. And with advance tickets available from www.checkoutgigs.com for just £8 - or an even more astonishing £15 for both nights - the COG birthday shows are the place to be in London this June.

Who knows? There might even be jelly and ice-cream.