Venue details
Thumpin' Tum
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
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Recent Tugging
5 years, 3 months ago: The gig Blackfeather, Moonstone @ Berties on Friday, May 5 1972 was added.
5 years ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Cleves @ Sebastians on Friday, Oct 22 1971 was added.
5 years, 8 months ago: The gig Chain, Tank @ Garrison on Thursday, Apr 12 1973 was added.
5 years, 2 months ago: The gig London Express @ Shelter on Sunday, Aug 22 1971 was added.
5 years, 8 months ago: The gig Skyhooks @ La Trobe University on Friday, Mar 15 was added.
5 years, 2 months ago: The gig Richard Doctors, John Crowie, Graham Lowndes @ Frank Traynors on Friday, Jun 30 1972 was added.