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
GIG MAP
Recent Tugging
5 years, 9 months ago: The gig The Foo Syndicate @ Rendezvous Lounge on Friday, Oct 15 1971 was added.
5 years, 11 months ago: The gig Rondells @ Eureka Stockade on Wednesday, Apr 26 1972 was added.
6 years, 5 months ago: The gig Redhouse Roll Band @ Iceland Ringwood on Sunday, Apr 8 1973 was added.
6 years ago: The gig Indelible Murtceps, Mastered Gas @ Werribee Palais on Tuesday, Apr 25 1972 was edited.
6 years, 5 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs and others @ Traffik on Saturday, Oct 17 was added.
6 years, 3 months ago: The gig Syrius and others @ Opus 71 on Saturday, May 29 1971 was added.