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
12 years ago: The gig Friends, Phil Manning's Band of Talabene, Threshold @ Q Club on Saturday, Mar 31 1973 was edited.
12 years ago: The gig Coloured Balls @ Easyrider Disco on Wednesday, Apr 4 1973 was added.
11 years, 6 months ago: The gig Doug Parkinson in Focus and others @ Benjamins - Essendon on Friday, Aug 20 1971 was added.
9 years, 11 months ago: The gig Danny Spooner, Colin Dryden @ Outpost Inn on Friday, Aug 13 1971 was added.
12 years ago: The gig Pirana @ Matthew Flinders Hotel on Thursday, Sep 20 1973 was added.
11 years ago: The gig Mr Muse and others @ St Brendan's YCW on Friday, Sep 15 1972 was added.