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
11 years, 9 months ago: The gig Alan Leesing and others @ Frank Traynors on Saturday, Apr 24 1971 was added.
11 years, 9 months ago: The gig Ajax, Ariel @ Swinburne Technical College on Friday, Oct 12 1973 was added.
11 years, 10 months ago: The gig Town Criers and others @ The Web on Saturday, Aug 30 was edited.
11 years, 1 month ago: The gig Peter Parkhill and others @ Frank Traynors on Monday, Oct 11 1971 was added.
11 years, 4 months ago: The gig Friends @ Speakeasy on Saturday, Jul 1 1972 was added.
11 years, 10 months ago: The gig Max Merritt and the Meteors @ Berties on Thursday, Aug 6 was added.