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
11 years ago: The gig Coloured Balls @ Speakeasy at the Chevron Hotel on Saturday, Oct 7 1972 was added.
12 years, 1 month ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Coloured Balls and others @ Melbourne Showgrounds on Saturday, Mar 10 1973 was added.
11 years, 9 months ago: The gig Kush @ Easyrider Disco on Friday, Feb 18 1972 was added.
12 years, 1 month ago: The gig Guest Band and others @ Frank Traynors on Monday, May 25 was added.
12 years ago: The gig 1st Heat Battle of Bands was added.
10 years, 7 months ago: The gig Martin Wyndham Reade, David Lumsden @ Frank Traynors on Wednesday, Mar 16 1966 was added.