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
9 years, 9 months ago: The gig Skyhooks @ Killester College on Friday, Jul 5 was added.
8 years, 10 months ago: The gig John Crowle and others @ Frank Traynors on Friday, Aug 11 1972 was added.
9 years, 9 months ago: The gig guests and others @ Frank Traynors on Wednesday, Feb 25 was added.
9 years, 5 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Gerry Humphries, Michael Turner in Session, Madder Lake @ Q Club on Saturday, Feb 19 1972 was added.
9 years, 2 months ago: The gig Bobby Bright and the Bright Band @ Peanuts Gallery on Thursday, Jul 13 1972 was added.
9 years, 9 months ago: The gig Mighty Kong @ Stanley's Stomp Station on Friday, Jul 6 1973 was added.